LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Friday summoned Iran’s most senior diplomat in London to protest the execution of Mohsen Shekari, the first such execution over recent anti-government unrest. “The execution of Mohsen Shekari by the Iranian regime is abhorrent. He is a tragic victim of a legal system in which disproportionate sentences, politically motivated trials …
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By Tim Kelly, Paul Sandle and Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) – Japan, Britain and Italy are merging their next-generation jet fighter projects in a bridge between Europe and Asia that marks Japan’s first major industrial defence collaboration beyond the United States since World War Two. The climax to months of talks reported by Reuters in …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain proposed over 30 reforms on Friday to bolster the City of London’s role as a global financial centre, now outside the European Union and facing competition from Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt, as well as New York and Singapore. IS THIS BIG BANG 2.0? Not quite, but it marks …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Office for National Statistics said on Friday that it was cancelling the release of producer price inflation (PPI) data due on Dec. 14, after the discovery of further potential problems with the calculation of the series. Last month the ONS had to correct the series due to an error in the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Associated British Foods said trading at its Primark fashion retail business had made an “encouraging” start to the 2022-23 year as it reiterated a forecast that group profit would fall over the year. In a statement published ahead of its annual shareholders’ meeting on Friday AB Foods, which also owns major sugar, …
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(Reuters) – An indigenous group from the area of the Amazon rainforest where British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered in June on Thursday deplored the release of one of the suspects in the killing. The Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley (Univaja) said in a statement that the man’s …
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British shoppers used cash in only 15% of transactions in 2021, half the level of the year before and down from nearly 40% before the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers said on Friday. The British Retail Consortium said government advice to go contactless during the pandemic, as well as a surge …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain began preparations on Friday for trade talks with South Korea, starting a consultation with businesses and individuals about what they want to see in a future free trade agreement. The negotiation of trade deals around the world is a main plank of Britain’s vision for itself after leaving the European Union, …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry said the British royal family had dismissed race-related hounding of his wife Meghan by the press as a rite of passage as the couple delivered a fierce attack on the media in their Netflix documentary series released on Thursday. Harry also drew comparisons between how papers had treated …
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By Stefania Spezzati, Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -Barclays has promoted 85 people to managing director (MD) in its investment bank, it said on Thursday, with by far the majority of the coveted titles this year being taken by men. Banks have come under pressure for a poor track record on gender equality, …
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