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By Hanna Rantala and Mimosa Spencer LONDON (Reuters) – French fashion label Christian Dior kicked off the holiday shopping season in London on Thursday, unveiling a Christmas spectacle at Harrods – with tennis star Emma Raducanu presiding over the event. The LVMH-owned brand outlined the London department store’s façade with lights, emblazoning the entrance with …

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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday he was pleased with the progress the government was making on resolving a long running post-Brexit trade row with the European Union over Northern Ireland. Technical talks recently resumed for the first time in seven months on the Northern Ireland protocol, the part of the …

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By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling was set for its biggest daily gain since January 2017 against a weakening U.S. dollar on Thursday after U.S. consumer prices rose less than expected, opening the way for the Federal Reserve to slow the pace of its interest rate hikes. After falling 1.6% on Wednesday, the pound …

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LONDON (Reuters) – A top five investor in British software company Aveva plans to reject a 9.5 billion pound ($11 billion) takeover bid by French industrial group Schneider Electric, joining two other shareholders who have already said they would do the same. Hedge fund Davidson Kempner said in a statement on Thursday that it believed …

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(Reuters) -England have included in-form Leicester City midfielder James Maddison in their squad for the World Cup in Qatar, with forwards Callum Wilson and Marcus Rashford also selected. Maddison and Newcastle United striker Wilson have not played for England since 2019, but have been rewarded for fine starts to the domestic season in the run-up …

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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Kingdom faced a barrage of questions and criticism of its migration and poverty policies in a United Nations review of its human rights record on Thursday amid allegations that it is backsliding on freedoms. While criticism is part of the normal U.N. process that takes place every …

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