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The Bank of England said on Thursday it could see a modest reduction ahead in the huge support it has provided to Britain’s economy during the Covid-19 pandemic and ...

Manchester City have signed England midfielder Jack Grealish on a six-year contract after paying the 100-million pound release clause, Aston Villa announced on Thursday, making him the most expensive player ...

Six-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi will leave Barcelona despite both parties having reached an agreement over a new contract, the La Liga club said on Thursday, citing economic ...

High winds rekindled wildfires north of Athens on Thursday as emergency crews battled for a third day to control blazes across Greece in searing, tinder-dry conditions. A wall of dark ...

France’s highest court upheld a new law requiring the public to hold a health pass to access bars and restaurants and health workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by ...

The White House on Thursday confirmed it may require visitors from abroad to be vaccinated as part of its plans to eventually reopen international travel but said it had yet ...

Moderna Inc said on Thursday its COVID-19 vaccine was about 93% effective through six months after the second dose, showing hardly any change from the 94% efficacy reported in its original clinical ...

U.S. men continued to sputter on the Olympic athletics track, failing to qualify in the 4×100 metres finals and suffering in an upset in the 110m hurdles where they were ...

Intel Corp (INTC.O) said on Monday its factories will start building Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) chips and laid out a roadmap to expand its new foundry business to catch ...

Major drinks companies are making deals and reaching joint ventures to boost their offerings of spirits priced at $200-a-bottle and up, the fastest-growing segment in the $1 trillion global market for ...

The Bank of England is expected to keep its huge support for Britain’s economy running at full speed on Thursday, despite a strong recovery from its pandemic slump and ...

Oil prices rose towards $71 a barrel on Thursday on rising Middle East tensions, while fresh movement restrictions imposed by countries to counter a surge in COVID-19 cases threatened the demand ...

Britain’s competition watchdog is sticking with its view that Pfizer (PFE.N) and Flynn Pharma broke the law by charging the country’s public health service “unfairly high” prices ...

As athletics records continue to fall at the Olympics, adulation and incredulity at such extreme examples of human endeavour are being followed by more sober reflection as fans try to ...

Flames that threatened a coal-fired power station in Turkey’s fire-ravaged southwest have been extinguished, local authorities said on Thursday after workers and residents were evacuated overnight by ship when ...

Greek authorities ordered more evacuations on an island near Athens on Thursday and battled a blaze near the site of the ancient Olympic Games in the western Peloponnese as wildfires ...

Last month was one of the world’s hottest Julys on record, behind only 2019 and 2016, with unusually high temperatures seen in regions from Finland to the United States, EU scientists ...

Britain will scrap quarantine for fully-vaccinated travellers returning to England and Scotland from France, rowing back on a rule that had infuriated French politicians and thrown millions of holidays into ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged British pension fund managers to put more of their clients’ money into illiquid long-term investments in infrastructure and unlisted companies, raising the prospect of fatter ...

Pop star Rihanna’s net worth is estimated at $1.7 billion, making her the richest woman musician in the world, but her music is not the primary source of her wealth, ...

Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish will undergo a medical at Manchester City on Thursday before finalising a 100 million-pounds ($139 million) deal with the Premier League champions, Sky Sports reported on Wednesday. ...

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya landed on Wednesday in Poland to take refuge after defying an order to return early to her authoritarian homeland from the Tokyo Olympics. Reminiscent of sporting ...

Coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 200 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the more-infectious Delta variant threatens areas with low vaccination rates and strains healthcare systems. The global surge ...

Facebook mistakenly blocked gold medallist sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah, the fastest woman in the world, from Instagram, the company said on Wednesday. The Jamaican sprinter had tweeted that she had been ...