(Reuters) – A British aid worker who was detained by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine and accused of being a mercenary has died, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Friday. Paul Urey was captured in eastern Ukraine and charged with “mercenary activities” by separatists in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. (Reporting by Reuters)
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s accounting regulator has told top accounting firms to show what controls they have in place to prevent cheating in professional exams, following enforcement cases in the United States and elsewhere. EY, one of the Big Four accounting firms, had to pay $100 million last month to settle U.S. …
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(This story corrects first paragraph to show that Frost is a former Brexit negotiator) (Reuters) – UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has gained backing from former Brexit negotiator David Frost and British lawmaker Suella Braverman to become the next UK prime minister, British media reported on Thursday. Truss, who received 64 votes in the second …
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By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Things are looking up for GSK and its chief Emma Walmsley as the British drugs giant prepares to spin off its consumer health business on Monday in London’s biggest listing in a decade and the company’s most radical shake-up in 20 years. Buoyed by a recent clinical trial success …
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By Ed Osmond ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) -Tiger Woods made a dismal start to his British Open bid as he carded two early double-bogeys on the way to a six-over-par 78 that left him 14 shots behind the leader on Thursday. The American 15-times major champion, who has won the Open twice at St Andrews, …
By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -Former finance minister Rishi Sunak cemented his lead over rivals to become Britain’s next prime minister on Thursday in an increasingly bitter race to replace Boris Johnson. Sunak, whose exit from the Treasury last week was one of the first in a cascade of resignations that forced …
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(Reuters) – Aston Martin is closing in on a deal to raise over 500 million pounds ($589.30 million) by bringing in Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund as a major shareholder and launching a rights issue for investors, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The proposal will result in Saudi’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) investing up …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak won the most votes in the second round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister, as one candidate was eliminated. Sunak came top with 101 votes, followed by junior trade minister and bookmakers’ favourite Penny Mordaunt on 83 …
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By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) – A handwritten Mozart manuscript, a flight book from the bombing of Hiroshima and a fragment from a Gutenberg Bible, as well as a cassock worn by Pope Francis, are among a range of items up for grabs in an online sale by U.S.-based Heritage Auctions. Fifty-two lots are being …
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By Muvija M and Peter Nicholls BILLERICAY, England (Reuters) – Early on a summer’s morning in a quiet residential street, a police officer knocked on a door and asked the man who answered: “Are you a loan shark?” A few minutes later, the man and a woman were marched from the house as specialist debt …
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