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LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister James Cleverly said he had spoken to the leaders of warring factions in Sudan to help facilitate the evacuation on Tuesday of British citizens from the North African country. “I’ve spoken, either directly or through intermediaries, with the leaders of the factions on the ground, calling for them to …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Anglo American’s overall first-quarter production rose 9% from a year earlier, helped by a 28% jump in copper output from the ramp-up of its Quellaveco mine in Peru and improvement in its steelmaking coal operations, it said on Tuesday. The London-listed miner said it produced 178,000 tonnes of copper in the quarter to …

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LONDON (Reuters) – First-quarter job opportunities in London’s financial sector plunged by almost a third year-on-year, recruiter Morgan McKinley said on Tuesday, as firms struggle with economic and geopolitical headwinds. The collapse of U.S. lender Silicon Valley Bank and the rescue takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS last month has put thousands of UK-based finance …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Six highly rare first edition collections of William Shakespeare’s plays will go on show in London next week in what auction house Christie’s says will be the largest display of the works in Britain. The exhibition, which marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio in 1623, runs in …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The British parliament’s standards commissioner has expanded his investigation into Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, according to the latest list of open inquiries published on the parliament website on Monday. The investigation, over whether Sunak properly declared his wife’s shareholding in a childcare company which stands to benefit from new government policy, was …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Monday announced 100 million pounds ($124.5 million) in initial funding for a taskforce to help develop foundation models – a type of artificial intelligence used by chatbots like ChatGPT – for use in fields like healthcare and education. “Harnessing the potential of AI provides enormous opportunities to grow our economy, …

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By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound was little changed against the dollar on Monday, trading in close proximity to a 10-month high hit earlier this month as markets expect the Bank of England to continue tightening policy to bring down inflation. Data last week showed British consumer prices at 10.1% in March, …

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By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda is unlawful because the east African country is not a safe country, lawyers for a group of asylum seekers told the Court of Appeal in London on Monday. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government wants to send thousands of migrants …

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