By Lucy Raitano (Reuters) -Sterling fell against a firmer dollar on Wednesday, as markets geared up for a multi-year UK spending review due later in the day from British finance minister Rachel Reeves, who is set to reveal how public spending will be divided up. The pound was last down 0.2% versus the dollar at …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he was less confident that Iran will agree to stop uranium enrichment in a nuclear deal with Washington, according to an interview released on Wednesday. “I don’t know,” Trump told the “Pod Force One” podcast on Monday when asked if he thought he could get Iran to agree …
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By Raechel Thankam Job (Reuters) -British pub chain Fuller, Smith & Turner will take a cautious approach to increasing prices, CEO Simon Emeny said on Wednesday, as the group navigates rising costs from higher taxes and minimum wage hikes. Companies across the country had flagged an increase in labour costs related to a rise in …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Talks between Russia and the United States aimed at improving ties and removing “irritants” in their relationship are not expected to yield quick results, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. “Well, let’s say that there are a lot of blockages in bilateral relations. Of course, one can hardly hope for any quick results, but …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday that Russia was ready to help remove excess nuclear material from Iran if the United States and Tehran deemed such assistance useful. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said earlier on Wednesday that Moscow was willing to remove nuclear materials from Iran and convert them into fuel as …
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HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday it had summoned a Russian diplomat over a suspected June 10 violation of Finnish airspace, the second such event in under three weeks. NATO member Finland on Tuesday said it believed a Russian military aircraft entered its airspace off the coast of Porvoo in the southern part …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland has detained and charged one of its citizens with spying for Russian intelligence services, the State Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday. Warsaw says its role as a hub for supplies to Ukraine has made it a target for spies and sabotage from Russia. Moscow has repeatedly dismissed such accusations. “The prosecutor charged …
LONDON (Reuters) -British homebuilder shares rose sharply on Wednesday, ahead a public spending announcement from the UK finance minister that is expected to confirm 39 billion pounds ($52.54 billion) of funding for affordable homes in the next decade. An index tracking British homebuilder shares was last up 2.36% at its highest since November, building on …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The world experienced its second-warmest May since records began this year, a month in which climate change fuelled a record-breaking heatwave in Greenland, scientists said on Wednesday. Last month was Earth’s second-warmest May on record – exceeded only by May 2024 – rounding out the northern hemisphere’s second-hottest March-May spring …
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GRAZ, Austria (Reuters) -Austrian police said on Wednesday that a pipe bomb was found at the home of the suspect in a school shooting on Tuesday in the city of Graz, but that it was not functional. (Reporting by Francois Murphy; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
