(Reuters) – Aston Villa head coach Steven Gerrard said he will keep trying to win over the Premier League club’s fans and prove he is the “right man” for the job. Villa are 16th in the standings after a dismal start to their Premier League campaign. Gerrard was booed off the pitch by the club’s …
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(Repeats to change story keyword used by media customers.) (Reuters) -Australia snatched a 14-12 win over Scotland after finishing with 13 women in a wild and windy Rugby World Cup match in Whangarei on Saturday. Down 12-0 near the hour-mark, the Wallaroos rallied through tries to winger Bienne Terita and prop Ashley Marsters before fullback …
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(Reuters) – Manchester City defender Kyle Walker said he is confident he will fully recover from a groin surgery in time to be available for selection in the England squad for this year’s World Cup in Qatar. Walker, 32, went under the knife earlier this month after picking up the injury in City’s 6-3 Premier …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Robbie Coltrane, the larger-than-life Scottish actor who played the beloved half-giant Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, died on Friday at the age of 72, his agent said. Coltrane’s more than four-decade-long career ranged from roles in the James Bond films “GoldenEye” and “The World Is Not Enough” to the lead in the …
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss is fighting for her political survival less than 40 days into her premiership. The following is a timeline of her first six weeks in office: SEPT. 5 – TRUSS WINS LEADERSHIP CONTEST Truss is elected Conservative Party leader by the party’s membership, winning 57% of the vote …
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By Yoruk Bahceli and Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss and new finance minister Jeremy Hunt will have to do a lot more than Friday’s U-turn on corporation tax to restore Britain’s credibility with financial markets after three bruising weeks. Truss and Hunt, a former foreign minister, will be looking to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British government officials are in talks with major American suppliers of liquefied natural gas about a deal to bolster energy imports ahead of a winter spike in demand, Sky News reported on Friday. Sky News said the government was discussing “substantial purchase agreements” with companies including Cheniere and Venture Global which would …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A British newspaper on Friday pitted Liz Truss in a race against a lettuce, asking readers if they thought the under-fire prime minister would lose her job before the vegetable decayed. The tabloid Daily Star set up a live feed of an unrefrigerated iceberg next to a photo of Truss. “Which wet …
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By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss is clinging on to her job after a political crisis and market turmoil sparked by her fiscal plans that has seen her fire her finance minister and reverse major parts of her flagship tax-cutting agenda. Despite an unconvincing news conference that did little to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – New British finance minister Jeremy Hunt will set out the government’s medium-term fiscal plan on Oct. 31, the Treasury said in a statement on Friday, sticking to the date his predecessor had announced. The Treasury said Hunt, who was appointed on Friday after his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng was fired by Prime Minister …
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