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FTSE 100 climbs on Glencore, Next earnings and Iran deal hopes

The blue-chip FTSE 100 index rose 0.12% to 10,892.23 points by 0847 GMT, while the midcap FTSE 250 climbed 0.6% to 24,608.02 points, on...

Sterling edges up; UK service sector activity improves 

Investors took some heart from U.S. President Donald Trump saying his administration had held "very good discussions" with Iran during all-day negotiations on Tuesday,...

Spotify’s higher spending on marketing, AI features to hit profit

The company also projected third-quarter monthly active users below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, blaming the weakness on product changes in emerging markets such...

Congo Ebola response hit by worker protests over late pay

Dozens of health workers gathered outside Ebola treatment centres in Bunia, Rwampara and Mongbwalu, all in Ituri province, on Sunday and Monday, calling for immediate...

Britain’s Princess Eugenie gives birth to third child

Eugenie, the younger daughter of the monarch's disgraced brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and ⁠his ​ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, already has two sons, August, ​who was born...

AI offers ‘lifeline’ for emerging economies, World Bank says

Widespread job losses due to AI are also less of a threat to emerging economies, the report found, adding that developing economies have more...

Guatemala’s Fuego volcano intensifies, prompts preventive evacuations

The eruption sent pyroclastic flows — fast-moving mixtures of volcanic gas, ash and rock — down five ravines International News via Reuters: Guatemalan authorities ordered the...

North Korea’s Vietnam War dead to get first memorial 60 years on

Vietnam and North Korea maintain diplomatic ties dating back to the Cold War, but Pyongyang's direct involvement in the Vietnam War remains little known International...

Oil prices drop after claims of progress in US-Iran talks

Brent crude futures fell $3.30, or 3.9%, to $80.47 a barrel by 11:19 a.m. ET (1519 GMT), and U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures dropped...

US-facilitated Israel-Lebanon talks have begun, says State Department

The latest round of U.S.-facilitated talks between Israel and Lebanon began on Tuesday in Rome and will continue through Thursday International News via Reuters: The latest...

BP’s quarterly profit doubles to over $5 billion after Iran war oil surge

Oil majors have benefited this year from market volatility caused by the U.S.-Iran conflict, which has disrupted energy flows and tightened global supplies International News...

Cuba’s power grid collapses again during restoration efforts after nationwide blackout

State television journalist Lazaro Manuel Alonso said a new disconnection of the National Electric System, or SEN, occurred on Monday afternoon despite progress made...
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