Oil prices dip as tariffs take effect
US crude prices fell by nearly 2 per cent on Tuesday as US tariffs on China took effect, though President Donald Trump paused for a month a decision on steep levies ...
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UK regulator to ease path for retail investors to buy bonds
Britain’s financial watchdog has laid out plans to make it easier for retail investors and wealth managers to buy corporate bonds and for companies to raise capital from these ...
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Hundreds flee Santorini as quakes continue to disrupt life
Hundreds of people left Santorini on ferries and planes on Tuesday to reach safety in Athens as a series of quakes kept shaking the famous Greek tourist island.
Hundreds of ...
Maresca hails huge win as Chelsea hit back to beat West Ham
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca labelled his team’s 2-1 win over West Ham United a huge result as they came from a goal down on Monday to boost their hopes ...
List of major signings in the mid-season transfer window
The following is a list of major signings during the 2024-25 mid-season transfer window, which closed on Feb. 3 (transfer fees reported by club or media, includes add-ons):
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Nico Gonzalez: ...
US manufacturing rebounds in January; inputs prices paid measure surges
US manufacturing grew for the first time in more than two years in January amid strong orders, but a measure of prices paid by factories for raw materials rose solidly, ...
OPEC+ rolls over oil policy, ditches US government data
OPEC+ agreed to stick to its policy of gradually raising oil output from April on Monday and removed the US government’s Energy Information Administration from the sources used to ...
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Trade war begins between the world’s top two economies as China announces retaliatory tariffs after US levies take effect
China on Tuesday imposed tariffs on some U.S. imports in a swift response to new U.S. duties on Chinese goods, raising the stakes in a showdown between the ...
Global hedge funds dump everything but real estate stocks, says Goldman Sachs
Hedge funds last week jettisoned global stocks and added bets they would decline, said Goldman Sachs (GS.N), just before US President Trump announced tariffs that sent global markets tumbling.
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US metal buyers likely to turn to Mideast, Chile as tariffs bite
US companies will look to the Middle East and India for more aluminium and to Chile and Peru for copper as they seek to circumvent sweeping tariffs imposed by US ...
White House plans sovereign fund, Trump signals interest in TikTok
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the US Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund and said it may purchase TikTok.
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US tariffs on Mexico to be paused for a month, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump will pause new tariffs on Mexico for one month after Mexico agreed to reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard members to stem the flow ...
Putin says ignoring Soviet role in liberation of Nazi death camps is shameful
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that ignoring the Soviet Union’s role in liberating Nazi German death camps such as Auschwitz and not inviting surviving family members of Soviet troops ...
Dollar surges on Trump’s tariffs, sending peers to multi-year lows
The dollar surged on Monday, pushing its Canadian counterpart and the Mexican peso to multi-year lows while China’s yuan slumped to a record trough in offshore trade after US ...
Bitcoin drops to 3-week low as Trump tariffs rattle markets
Cryptocurrency prices slid on Monday, with bitcoin at a three-week low, as the risk of a trade war spooked investors and caused a selloff across financial markets.
Bitcoin , the world’...
Turkish monthly inflation exceeds 5 per cent after price adjustments
Turkey’s monthly inflation rate climbed more than expected to 5.03 per cent in January due to a minimum wage hike and several new-year price updates, while annual inflation fell to 42.12 ...
Oil prices gain as Trump tariffs stoke supply worries
Oil prices rose on Monday after US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, raising fears of supply disruption, though gains were capped by concern over what ...
Former British soldier jailed for collecting information for Iran
A British soldier was sentenced to more than 14 years in jail for collecting sensitive information for Iran and gathering the names of special forces personnel before briefly escaping from prison ...
Car bomb kills 15 in northern Syria, deadliest since Assad toppled
A car bomb killed at least 15 people in the Syrian city of Manbij on Monday, the second attack there in three days and Syria’s deadliest since Bashar al-Assad was ...
UN body reports ‘alarming rise’ in Russian execution of captured Ukrainian soldiers
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission has recorded an “alarming rise” in reported executions of Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russian armed forces during the war in recent months, it said ...
Saudi Arabia, UAE seen as possible venues for Trump-Putin summit
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are seen by Russia as possible venues for a summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, two Russian sources ...
My boss should not have kissed me, Hermoso tells Rubiales trial
Spanish women’s World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso confronted former football federation boss Luis Rubiales at his trial on Monday, saying she did not agree to the kiss that triggered ...
Schools shut, more flights scheduled as quakes constantly shake Santorini
Schools remained shut and additional flights were scheduled to help people leave the Greek island of Santorini on Monday as dozens of tremors shook the popular holiday destination for a ...
Man United’s Rashford joins Aston Villa on loan
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has joined Aston Villa on loan, both Premier League clubs announced on Sunday, bringing to an end a difficult few weeks for the England striker ...