NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jack Draper said he was thrilled to become the first British man to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals since his friend and mentor Andy Murray in 2016 after beating Tomas Machac in straight sets on Monday. The red-hot Draper has yet to drop a set or a service game at the …
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By Khushi Singh (Reuters) -UK’s main stock index ended lower on Monday, weakened by a sell-off in aerospace-defence and personal-goods shares, while real estate shares surged on a bid for property portal Rightmove, capping losses. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index fell by 0.2%, after hitting a three-month high Friday and logging its third straight weekly …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – A former top Polish official who worked closely with ex-prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki was detained in London on Monday, a spokesperson for the Polish prosecution said, adding that prosecutors were seeking his swift extradition to Poland. The man, identified by prosecutors as Michal K., faces accusations in Poland of taking part in …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government has said it will investigate how prices for concert tickets sold on official websites are hiked when demand surges, after fans seeking their spot at next year’s Oasis reunion shows faced soaring costs over the weekend. Culture minister Lisa Nandy said it was “depressing to see vastly inflated prices” on …
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By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) – HSBC’s new chief executive Georges Elhedery, who took the helm at the Europe’s largest lender on Monday, said he was committed to build on the bank’s current strategy, according to an internal staff memo. Elhedery, who joined HSBC in 2005, takes over the reins at the bank from …
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(Reuters) – Sterling dropped against the euro but was still within striking distance of a one-month high, while rising versus a weakening dollar. The greenback eased but remained close to its highest level in almost two weeks as investors focused on a U.S. jobs report due at the end of this week. British factories had …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British actor Ian McKellen said on Monday he feared he would die when he lost his footing and fell off a London stage mid-performance in June. McKellen, 85, was starring in “Player Kings”, combining William Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Parts One and Two”, in the capital’s West End theatre district, when he tripped …
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By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – It is rare a player scores a century in both innings but fails to win the man-of-the-match award, but that is the fate that befell Joe Root as he ceded the honour to all rounder Gus Atkinson as England swept aside Sri Lanka on Sunday. Atkinson became only the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Labour Party announced plans on Saturday to deliver the most “packed legislative agenda” for a new government in decades, including the introduction in the autumn of laws to improve employees’ rights and greater protection for renters. With parliament due to return from its summer recess on Monday, the Leader of the …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Tickets for next year’s Oasis reunion tour sold out by Saturday evening though fans eager to see the band play live for the first time in 16 years complained of technical issues and long online waits that often ended in disappointment. Fans trying to access the three websites selling the …
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