ECB policymakers split on growth outlook
European Central Bank policymakers are increasingly at odds on the outlook for growth, a rift that could shape the rate cut debate for months with some fearing a recession and ...
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Hostage guards in Gaza operating under new instructions Hamas says
Hamas’ armed wing said that since June the group has been operating under new instructions on how to handle hostages should Israeli forces approach their locations in Gaza.
The announcement ...
US OPEN: Day 8
No alarm for Sinner, Swiatek as top seeds ease into quarter-finals
Top seeds Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek continued to blaze a trail through the U.S. Open draws on Monday, easing into the quarter-finals of a tournament marked by almost ...
UK mortgage approvals hit post-2022 high
British lenders approved the highest number of mortgages in July since the start of the “mini-budget” crisis in 2022 under former Prime Minister Liz Truss, according to Bank of England data ...
Economic growth in Turkey cools to 2.5 per cent in second quarter
Turkey’s economy expanded by a less-than-expected 2.5 per cent in the second quarter of the year, data showed this week, cooling in the face of a year-long monetary tightening drive.
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Netanyahu says Israel must control Philadelphi corridor in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected calls to soften his refusal to withdraw troops from the southern Gazan border area as the price for a ceasefire deal, saying ...
Palestinian man dies in detention as Israeli West Bank operation continues
Israeli troops turned over to Palestinian health authorities on Monday the body of a Palestinian man who died after his arrest hours earlier in the occupied West Bank as a ...
Brazil’s Supreme Court votes to uphold X suspension; Starlink disobeys ruling
A Brazilian Supreme Court panel voted unanimously on Monday to uphold the suspension of social media giant X in the country for defying a court order, blocking access to more ...
Haul of ancient Roman coins discovered in Sicily
A rare haul of 27 silver Roman coins dated between 94 and 74 BC has been discovered on the remote island of Pantelleria, the Sicily region said on Monday.
The discovery was made ...
UK suspends 30 of its 350 arms export licences to Israel
Britain will immediately suspend 30 of its 350 arms export licences with Israel because there was a risk such equipment might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law, Foreign ...
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Thousands line streets for funeral of American-Israeli hostage killed in Gaza
Thousands of mourners lined the streets of Jerusalem on Monday to bid farewell to slain American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the best-known faces of those seized by Hamas-led gunmen ...
Salvage operation of MV Sounion oil tanker about to start
The salvage operation of the oil tanker MV Sounion, which was recently attacked by Iran-aligned Houthi militants, is about to begin, the European Union’s mission in the Red Sea, ...
US seizes Venezuelan president’s plane in Dominican Republic
The United States has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and flown it from the Dominican Republic to Florida after determining that its purchase violated US sanctions, ...
Foden unlikely to play for England due to illness, Guardiola says
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said midfielder Phil Foden is unlikely to join up with the England squad for Nations League fixtures against Ireland and Finland due to illness.
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Biden accuses Netanyahu of not doing enough to secure hostage deal
President Joe Biden said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas ...
Shell and Turkey’s Botas to sign long-term LNG deal
Turkish state energy company Botas and British oil major Shell (SHEL.L) will sign a long-term LNG agreement on Monday, the Turkish Energy Ministry said.
It said Energy Minister Alparslan ...
Battered and unloved, Germany’s coalition likely to hang on after regional losses to far right
The far right’s first victory in a German state election in the post-war era prompted soul-searching in Berlin on Monday, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s battered and unloved coalition ...
Israelis strike and protest to demand Gaza hostage deal
Israeli protesters took to the streets for a second day on Monday and the largest trade union launched a general strike to press the government to reach a deal to ...
UK tax on North Sea oil may cut revenue by £12 billion, group warns
British government plans to increase a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers would lead to a nearly 12 billion pound ($16 billion) drop in revenue to the state and ...
Oil prices extend decline amid OPEC+ output hike expectations
Oil prices extended losses on Monday on expectations for higher OPEC+ production starting in October and as signs of sluggish demand in China and the US, the world’s two ...
Real Madrid’s Mbappe relieved to score first LaLiga goals
Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe said scoring his first LaLiga goals for his new club on Sunday was a relief after drawing a blank in their first three league games ...
French central banker calls for September ECB rate cut
The European Central Bank would be “wise” to deliver another interest rate cut in September, French policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said, warning there was a risk of undershooting its ...
UK’s Grenfell Tower fire victims say final report may still not bring justice
Seven years on, Shah Aghlani still remembers clearly the call in the middle of the night from his distressed aunt who was trapped with his disabled mother in a 23-storey ...
Ukraine - Russia war
Ukraine’s attacks on Belgorod disrupt school sessions, Russia pounds Kyiv with missiles
Some kindergartens will shut for a week in the Russian city of Belgorod near Ukraine’s border while several schools will hold online classes after a Kyiv attack destroyed a ...