By Susan Mathew and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -London’s blue-chip FTSE 100 index ended lower on Friday as UK lenders fell 4% in a global banking sector selloff and uncertainty on the outlook for interest rates further weighed on sentiment. UK banks dropped to a nearly two-month low, while non-life insurers sank 3.5% to a …
By Michel Rose, Alistair Smout and John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Britain will pay France around 480 million pounds ($577 million) over three years to try to stop migrants travelling in small boats across the Channel as the two allies on Friday took a major step to end years of bickering in the post-Brexit era. …
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PARIS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday said that he would give his dad a Fathers’ Day card but no knighthood, making light of controversy over the resignation honours’ list of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Johnson has nominated his father Stanley for a knighthood in the list of honours he can …
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By America Hernandez PARIS (Reuters) – France and Britain signed two energy partnership agreements on Friday, emphasising nuclear power as a secure source of low-carbon energy. The deals were announced during a bilateral summit in Paris spanning energy, defence and migration. “France and the UK are working together so that never again can the likes …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Technology giant Apple on Friday told a London tribunal that Britain’s competition watchdog had “no power” to launch a probe into its mobile browsers because it did so too late. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a full investigation in November into cloud gaming and mobile browsers over …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles gave his younger brother Prince Edward the title of the Duke of Edinburgh on Friday, handing him the title last held by his father Prince Philip. (Reporting by Sarah Young; Editing by Kate Holton)
LONDON (Reuters) – Finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Friday that the British economy had been more resilient than many had expected, commenting on official data showing economic output rose 0.3% month-on-month in January. “In the face of severe global challenges, the UK economy has proved more resilient than many expected, but there is a …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Thursday it would delay building parts of a new high-speed railway linking London and northern England after the cost of the massive project, known as HS2, soared yet again. In the latest blow to a project designed to modernise Britain’s rail network and add capacity on busy tracks, the government …
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By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – The British government plans to play a bigger role in tackling unfair trade practices, it said on Thursday, reducing the role of an independent body set up after Brexit to adjudicate trade disputes. The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) was established in 2021 to exercise Britain’s new powers to police …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Rachael Levy WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top animal welfare officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) were subpoenaed last year by a federal grand jury seeking to establish why they took no action against animal research breeder Envigo, despite repeatedly documenting the mistreatment of thousands of beagles, according to several …
