UK shop prices fall less sharply as retailers brace for tax hit
Prices in British shops fell less in March than in February and are likely to climb soon due to the impact of a new tax on employers and other costs ...
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British house prices stagnated in March, Nationwide says
British house prices were flat in March and the market is likely to stay soft after a tax increase on property transactions, mortgage lender Nationwide said this week.
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Russia says Ukraine ‘multiplying’ energy attacks despite US-brokered moratorium
Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday Ukraine had increased its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, hitting targets 14 times in the last 24 hours, despite a U.S.-brokered moratorium, a ...
Evanilson at the double as Bournemouth draw 2-2 at West Ham
Bournemouth striker Evanilson struck twice against West Ham United on Saturday to gain his side a point in a 2-2 draw at the London Stadium, cancelling out goals from Niclas ...
Munoz strike gives nine-man Palace 2-1 win over Brighton
Crystal Palace winger Daniel Munoz netted a second-half winner as they secured a 2-1 Premier League win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, with Eddie Nketiah and Marc Guehi ...
Protesters rally across Spain against housing crisis, tourist flats
Hundreds of thousands marched across 40 Spanish cities on Saturday to protest against soaring rents and a lack of affordable homes in a country that enjoys Europe’s fastest economic growth ...
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China says ‘market has spoken’ after US tariffs spark selloff
By Antoni Slodkowski
China said on Saturday “the market has spoken” in rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and called on Washington for “equal-footed consultation” after global markets ...
Everton hold Arsenal to 1-1 draw to leave Liverpool smiling
Everton did neighbours Liverpool a massive favour by holding title-chasing Arsenal to a 1-1 Premier League draw at Goodison Park on Saturday when Iliman Ndiaye’s penalty cancelled out a ...
Juve are still a work in progress, Tudor says before Roma test
Newly-appointed Juventus coach Igor Tudor said his team were in a bad way when he took the job and they remain a work in progress two weeks into his tenure ...
USAID team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country’s massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump ...
Verstappen conjures up stunning pole lap at Suzuka
World champion Max Verstappen took pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday, stunning the McLarens with a late flying lap to put his Red Bull at the front ...
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US Senate Republicans pass measure to move forward on Trump’s tax cuts
The US Senate approved a Republican budget blueprint early on Saturday that aims to extend trillions of dollars worth of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and sharply reduce government ...
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US starts collecting Trump’s new 10% tariff, smashing global trade norms
U.S. customs agents began collecting President Donald Trump’s unilateral 10% tariff on all imports from many countries on Saturday, with higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners due ...
Arm recently sought to acquire Alphawave for AI chip tech, sources say
SoftBank-owned chip tech provider Arm Holdings (O9Ty.F) recently sought to acquire UK-based Alphawave (AWE.L) to secure a crucial technology for building its own artificial-intelligence processors, according to ...
UK factories struggle as trade woes hammer sentiment
British manufacturers endured a torrid March as the US tariff threat and looming tax increases at home contributed to a plunge in new orders and ebbing optimism, a business survey ...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces expanded sex trafficking indictment as trial looms
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was hit with an expanded federal indictment on Friday, charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts including racketeering and sex trafficking.
Combs, 55, previously pleaded not guilty ...
Zelenskiy says details of foreign troop contingent in Ukraine could be ready in a month
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that European military planners could be ready within a month with details of a foreign troop contingent in Ukraine seen as critical to ...
UK PM Starmer holds calls with Australian, Italian leaders on tariffs, says spokesperson
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni about the approach to US tariffs on Friday, saying they agreed an “...
SpaceX’s private Fram2 crew returns to Earth after polar-orbiting mission
Four private astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Friday after roughly four days orbiting the planet in a novel polar trajectory, walking out of their spacecraft with ...
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Russia launches missile at Kryvyi Rih military gathering
Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday it had launched a missile at a gathering of Ukrainian servicemen and foreign instructors in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, killing ...
Trump says he will extend TikTok deadline for 75 days
US President Donald Trump on Friday extended the deadline for the sale of ByteDance’s US assets of short video app TikTok, saying “tremendous progress” had been made but more ...
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Misfiring United seek revival and rare double in Manchester derby
Manchester United can claim a league double over Manchester City for the first time in five years and Ruben Amorim needs that victory more than ever in a season where ...
De Bruyne to leave Man City at the end of season
Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will leave the Premier League club at the end of the season, the 33-year-old Belgian announced on Friday.
De Bruyne has lifted 16 trophies since ...
Israel kills a Hamas commander in Lebanon, further testing ceasefire
Israel killed a commander of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in an airstrike on southern Lebanon on Friday, further testing a ceasefire that halted last year’s war between Israel ...