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FTSE indexes set for worst week in nearly a year as Middle East tensions weigh

The blue-chip FTSE 100 dipped 0.1% by 1130 GMT, while the FTSE 250 was flat, but both the indexes were on course for their...

China expresses ‘grave concern’ over EU’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act

A ministry spokesperson said China will closely monitor the legislation process of the act and assess its impact and China and Beijing will resolutely...

Iceland plans August 29 referendum on EU negotiations

Reykjavik in 2013 abandoned EU membership talks after four years of negotiations International News via Reuters: Iceland should hold a referendum on August 29 on resuming...

Germany’s Merz faces first state election test

There will be four more state elections this year International News via Reuters: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces his first electoral test since taking office last...

EU halts visa-free travel for Georgian officials

Once among the most democratic and pro-Western of the successor states to emerge from the Soviet Union, Georgia has turned increasingly authoritarian since the...

UK house prices rise but inflation fears cloud outlook

Halifax said house prices were 1.3% higher in the 12 months to February than a year earlier, above the 0.9% forecast in a Reuters...

Colombians to elect new Congress, chose three presidential candidates

Voters will choose from over 3,000 candidates to fill 102 Senate seats and 182 House seats, in a vote analysts predict will be divided...

Sterling pulls back as Iran war sees investors flock to safe havens

Sterling was last down 0.15% against the dollar to $1.3335 on the day, and set for a weekly decline of around 1.1% International News via...

Europol warns Iran crisis raises threat of terror, extremism and cyberattacks

Europol spokesman Jan Op Gen Oorth said he expected to see more cyberattacks against European infrastructure and an increase in online fraud using increasingly...

ECB has no preset response to Middle East war, Lagarde says

The ECB will take its decisions "in view of all the data that we can harness, and that we can analyse, and that we...

Somali parliament backs constitutional changes that could extend president’s term

The vote happened on Wednesday, and on Thursday analysts who follow the Horn of Africa country closely were still debating exactly what the implications...

Conservative Anglicans challenge Archbishop of Canterbury with rival leadership

GAFCON opposes liberal shifts in parts of the Communion, including the ordination of women and greater inclusion of LGBTQ+ members International News via Reuters: An influential...
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