LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Boris Johnson cut ties with his government-appointed lawyers on Wednesday after he was referred to the police over more potential breaches of COVID-19 lockdown rules, a move the former prime minister’s aides have portrayed as a “stitch up”. The Cabinet Office, which is responsible for overseeing the operation of government, said …
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By Mariano Valldolid and Marco Trujillo SILVES, Portugal (Reuters) -Police deployed heavy equipment and sniffer dogs on Wednesday, the second day of a search at a remote reservoir in Portugal for evidence linking a German suspect to the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 16 years ago. Emergency services brought in a remote-controlled tractor-mounted tree …
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By Sinead Cruise and Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) -Deutsche Bank and Citigroup admitted anti-competitive activity by exchanging sensitive information on UK government bonds between 2009 and 2013, Britain’s anti-trust watchdog said, as it provisionally found five banks in breach of competition rules. HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Canada, meanwhile, have not admitted any …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Portuguese police have been searching a reservoir this week about 50 km (31 miles) from where British three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007, authorities said. The move was the most recent development in the search for McCann whose disappearance 16 years ago triggered a global hunt and garnered huge media attention. WHEN …
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By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -UK stock indices slumped on Wednesday, as stubbornly high domestic inflation sparked fears of more interest rate hikes by the Bank of England, while concerns around the U.S. debt ceiling deadlock further dented sentiment. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index fell 1.8%, reaching its lowest level in nearly …
LONDON (Reuters) -Three-year-old Madeleine McCann, from Rothley, Leicestershire in central England, disappeared on May 3, 2007 during a holiday with her parents in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. Sixteen years on, Portuguese police on Tuesday started searching a reservoir inland from where she disappeared. Here is a chronology of developments. 2007 May 3 – …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has been investing in the wrong things for two decades and ‘soft compulsion’ is needed to nudge pension fund money towards growth sectors, a top investment executive said on Wednesday. The government is looking at how to encourage pension funds to invest more in UK companies to boost growth, and one …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Thousands of university students asked London’s High Court on Wednesday to give the go-ahead to a mass lawsuit against University College London (UCL) over disruption to their studies caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and strikes. More than 3,000 current and former students – who paid at least 9,250 pounds ($11,482) …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -German Finance Minister Christian Lindner didn’t commit to a timetable for resolving a budget dispute between the three coalition partners on Wednesday, exposing cracks in the government and casting uncertainty over spending plans. “We want to present plans for the budget soon,” Lindner said before answering questions in the Bundestag’s budget committee. According …
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By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Wednesday the use of U.S.-made military hardware by pro-Ukrainian fighters who conducted a raid on a Russian border region this week was testament to the West’s growing involvement in the Ukraine conflict. The Russian military said on Tuesday it had routed militants who attacked the Russian …
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