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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday there had been a “disgusting” rise in antisemitic incidents since last weekend’s attack on Israel by Hamas, as police stepped up patrols in vulnerable communities. London’s Metropolitan Police said there had been 105 reports of antisemitic incidents and 75 antisemitic offences between Sept. 29 and …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Former England captain Alastair Cook, his country’s record test run scorer, announced his retirement from professional cricket on Friday. The 38-year-old left-handed opener, who retired from international cricket in 2018, played his entire county career with Essex. “It is not easy to say goodbye. For more than two decades, cricket has been …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday it was pushing back the publication of some of its next round of labour market data by a week to Oct. 24. Data from the ONS’ Labour Force Survey (LFS), which is used to calculate Britain’s unemployment rate, would no longer be published on …

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(Reuters) – Wayne Rooney said he rejected an offer to manage in the Saudi Pro League before choosing to take charge of Birmingham City. The former Manchester United and England striker, who previously coached DC United and Derby County, was appointed Birmingham manager on Wednesday with the club lying sixth in the second-tier Championship. Birmingham’s …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank has completed its takeover of Numis, a London-based boutique investment bank, expanding its links with UK corporate clients, the German bank said on Friday. The combined business, Deutsche Numis, will oversee more than 170 corporate broking relationships and provide advisor, corporate broking, and equity capital markets services, the bank said. …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign office on Friday updated its travel guidance to tell its citizens in Gaza to follow Israeli advice and relocate to southern Gaza within the next 24 hours. “The Israeli military announced on the morning of 13 October that the entire population of Gaza north of Wadi Gaza should relocate to …

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