By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said on Friday it had come under several “deliberate” attacks by Israeli forces in recent days and efforts to help civilians in villages in the war zone were being hampered by Israeli shelling. The U.N. mission, known as UNIFIL, is stationed in southern Lebanon …
DUBAI (Reuters) – Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, architect of the group’s cross-border raids in 2023 that became the deadliest day in Israel’s history, was killed in combat, Khalil Al-Hayya, deputy Gaza Hamas chief and the group’s chief negotiator, said on Friday. Sinwar’s death, which follows Israeli assassinations of other Hamas leaders and commanders, will deal …
LONDON (Reuters) – The leaders of Ireland’s three coalition parties will discuss the date of the next general election on Monday, Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman said, proposing November 29 as his preferred date. Prime Minister Harris must call the election by March but analysts have for weeks seen November as the most likely date, …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland has signed up to the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), the government said on Friday, a project which seeks to build a unified air and missile defence system across Europe. The system was initiated by Germany following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and is designed to allow European countries to buy defence …
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By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Analysts expect EU carbon permit prices will soar by 2027 as policy measures shrink supply, while their forecasts for 2025 and 2026 were little changed, a quarterly Reuters survey showed on Friday. The EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) is Europe’s main tool for curbing emissions to meet its climate …
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By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The pound rallied by as much as 0.5% on Friday, after data showed UK consumer spending was surprisingly strong last month, offering some reassurance about the strength of the economy, although the currency was still set for its third weekly drop. British retail sales unexpectedly rose in September, according …
(Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will bar transgender women from the top two tiers of women’s cricket in England as well as the women’s Hundred under its new transgender participation policy. Last year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) approved new gender eligibility regulations whereby any male or female participant who has …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Rachel Reeves will stress a commitment to stability in her first trip as Britain’s finance minister to the International Monetary Fund’s annual meetings in Washington next week, two years after the country was at the centre of a bond market storm. Reeves does not risk the same fate as …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Intrum, Europe’s biggest debt collector, said on Friday it will file for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States as it seeks to restructure its own finances. The company has struggled as the pandemic, an energy crisis and two-decade-high interest rates failed to unleash a wave of loan defaults, with concerns …
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By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) -Senior British bankers will be able to cash in bonuses up to three years sooner under proposals unveiled by the Bank of England on Thursday, as it pushes ahead with reforming tough credit crisis-era rules to boost competition. One year after British regulators scrapped a decade-long cap …
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