(Reuters) -Events organiser Informa more than doubled its share buyback programme to 725 million pounds ($880.4 million) on Thursday and forecast annual sales and profit at the upper end of its outlook range, sending its shares about 6% higher. The British company said demand for live events in its North American and European markets had …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has no plans to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, but the Strasbourg court which enforces it overstepped its powers in blocking the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda, deputy prime minister Dominic Raab said on Thursday. The government was thwarted in its attempt to send a handful of migrants …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government cannot give a fixed date for when it will first be able to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, deputy prime minister and justice secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday. Britain’s initial attempt to deport asylum seekers – part of a policy designed to deter dangerous sea crossings of the English …
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(Reuters) – British technology company Halma reported a 20% jump in annual profit on Thursday and said its chief executive officer Andrew Williams would retire next year after 18 years at the helm. Williams will be replaced by Chief Financial Officer Marc Ronchetti, the FTSE 100-listed firm said, adding that a search was on to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has no plan to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), but wants the Strasbourg-based court which enforces it to take a more limited view of its powers, deputy prime minister Dominic Raab said on Thursday. “Our plans involve staying within the Convention, the European Convention. It is also important …
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a further blow to his authority on Wednesday when his second ethics adviser in less than two years quit his post. Johnson last week survived a confidence ballot that saw 41% of his lawmakers vote against his leadership after months of scandals and gaffes that have raised …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy he hoped progress could be made in the coming days on getting grain shipments out of the country, Johnson’s office said following a call between the pair. Ukrainian grain shipments have stalled since Russia’s invasion and ports blockade, stoking global prices for …
LONDON (Reuters) – British rocker Ozzy Osbourne is “doing well and on the road to recovery” after undergoing surgery earlier this week, his wife said. Sharon Osbourne in a message on Instagram thanked fans for their support, after saying last week that the frontman for the former group Black Sabbath was going to have “a …
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian suspects in the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and his Brazilian guide Bruno Pereira have confessed to killing and dismembering the men, local broadcaster Band News reported on Wednesday. The federal police had said in a statement on Wednesday they were still searching for Phillips and Pereira in what …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Two company directors, who lured about 2,000 investors into a 37 million pound ($44.6 million) fraudulent green investment scheme in Brazil, on Wednesday were each sentenced to 11 years in jail by a London court. Andrew Skeene, 44, and 45-year-old Omari Bowers were convicted of three counts of conspiracy to defraud and …
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