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Once Prince of Wales, Charles returns as king

Once Prince of Wales, Charles returns as king

By Alistair Smout CARDIFF (Reuters) – King Charles ended a tour of the United Kingdom on Friday by visiting Wales, a nation with..

Horses and the ‘Sport of Kings’ were Queen Elizabeth’s passion

Horses and the ‘Sport of Kings’ were Queen Elizabeth’s passion

By Alan Baldwin WINDSOR, England (Reuters) – Horse racing is the “Sport of Kings”, and it was also the passion of Qu..

Loss of queen brings first encounter with death for some children

Loss of queen brings first encounter with death for some children

LONDON (Reuters) – The death of Queen Elizabeth and the closure of schools on the day of her funeral have meant many teachers an..

The queen’s queue: A portrait of our times

The queen’s queue: A portrait of our times

By Farouq Suleiman and Carlos Barria LONDON (Reuters) – The death of Queen Elizabeth has drawn people from across Britain and th..

LAUREUS CELEBRATES LAUNCH OF DIGITAL-FIRST CONTENT SERIES, SPIRIT OF SPORT

LAUREUS CELEBRATES LAUNCH OF DIGITAL-FIRST CONTENT SERIES, SPIRIT OF SPORT

The new multi-media content platform will provide unrivalled storytelling from the biggest names in global sport First episode to inc..

Climate impacts heading to ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ -UN chief

Climate impacts heading to ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ -UN chief

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) -The impacts of climate change are “heading into uncharted territories of destruction”, ..

Factbox-Government measures to ease inflation pain

Factbox-Government measures to ease inflation pain

(Reuters) – Pandemic-related disruption to global supply chains and the knock-on effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine have c..

How China became big business for Twitter, from blocking to blue checks

How China became big business for Twitter, from blocking to blue checks

By Fanny Potkin, Eduardo Baptista and Tony Munroe SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) -Even as China bars 1.4 billion citizens from Twitter, i..

London flight, hotel fares surge ahead of Queen’s funeral

London flight, hotel fares surge ahead of Queen’s funeral

By Muhammed Husain and Chandini Monnappa (Reuters) – Hotel prices in London and airfares to the British capital are soaring as h..

Bank of England to raise rates by 50bps again to tame inflation: Reuters Poll

Bank of England to raise rates by 50bps again to tame inflation: Reuters Poll

By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England looks set to hike borrowing costs by another 50 basis points next week,..

UK unemployment hits lowest since 1974 but jobs boom is fading

UK unemployment hits lowest since 1974 but jobs boom is fading

By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s jobless rate hit its lowest since 1974 but the drop was due ..

Fuel markets to stay tight till mid-2020s as refining shrinks

Fuel markets to stay tight till mid-2020s as refining shrinks

By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – Crude oil refining capacity has shrunk by a record 3.8 million barrels per day from March 20..

UK’s FTSE 100 gets a lift from commodities as U.S. inflation data looms

UK’s FTSE 100 gets a lift from commodities as U.S. inflation data looms

By Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) – UK’s main index ticked up in choppy trading on Tuesday on gains i..

Bottlenecks, supply problems improving at ABB robotics division – board member

Bottlenecks, supply problems improving at ABB robotics division – board member

MUNICH (Reuters) – Bottlenecks in the supply of semiconductors and other components for ABB’s robotics division are improv..

Stora Enso sells paper mill to German Lidl owner Schwarz Group

Stora Enso sells paper mill to German Lidl owner Schwarz Group

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish forestry group Stora Enso said on Tuesday it would sell its Maxau paper production site in Germany ..

Spain August final 12-month inflation at 10.5%

Spain August final 12-month inflation at 10.5%

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish consumer prices rose 10.5% year-on-year in August, slightly higher than the flash estimate released last mon..

Ocado Retail cuts outlook as Britons tighten belts

Ocado Retail cuts outlook as Britons tighten belts

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -British online supermarket Ocado Retail downgraded its full-year outlook on Tuesday, saying customers..

Seeking right tone, new UK PM Truss had to quickly change gear for queen

Seeking right tone, new UK PM Truss had to quickly change gear for queen

By Elizabeth Piper and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Just a week after Queen Elizabeth asked Liz Truss to form a government,..

Cryptoverse: Ether snaps at bitcoin’s heels in race for crypto crown

Cryptoverse: Ether snaps at bitcoin’s heels in race for crypto crown

By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – For years, ether could barely dream of challenging its big brother bitcoin..

Oracle offers its MySQL HeatWave database and analytics on Amazon’s cloud

Oracle offers its MySQL HeatWave database and analytics on Amazon’s cloud

(Reuters) – Oracle Corp has started to offer MySQL HeatWave, its cloud database service for transactions, analytics and machine ..

French cloud provider OVH lines up diesel generators to offset potential power cuts

French cloud provider OVH lines up diesel generators to offset potential power cuts

By Mathieu Rosemain STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – OVHcloud, France’s biggest home grown cloud services provider, is braci..

Premium bicycles win new fans among China’s city folk

Premium bicycles win new fans among China’s city folk

BEIJING (Reuters) – Zhou Changchang likes to spend his spare time cruising along the streets of China’s capital with his c..

Most Twitter shareholders vote in favor of sale to Musk-sources

Most Twitter shareholders vote in favor of sale to Musk-sources

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) – A majority of Twitter Inc’s shareholders have voted in favor of the social media compan..

Bezos’ Blue Origin suffers rocket failure during uncrewed mission

Bezos’ Blue Origin suffers rocket failure during uncrewed mission

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A rocket from Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin failed mid-flight shortly after lifto..

Nintendo shares jump 5% on record ‘Splatoon’ launch

Nintendo shares jump 5% on record ‘Splatoon’ launch

By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) – Shares in Nintendo Co Ltd jumped 5% on Tuesday after the Japanese gaming company reported record..

Spain’s retailers shun government proposal to freeze basic goods prices

Spain’s retailers shun government proposal to freeze basic goods prices

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s main supermarket chains rejected on Monday a proposal by the left-wing coalition government to ..

With solemn ceremony, Scots pay tribute to late Queen Elizabeth and welcome new king

With solemn ceremony, Scots pay tribute to late Queen Elizabeth and welcome new king

By Andrew MacAskill and Lindsay Dunsmuir EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The late Queen Elizabeth’s coffin was taken along the Royal..

Shares, euro jump on Ukrainian advance in northeast

Shares, euro jump on Ukrainian advance in northeast

By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) -European shares jumped on Monday after Ukrainian forces advanced rapidly in Kharkiv province, in Rus..

Exclusive-EU watchdog considers collateral changes to ease energy crunch

Exclusive-EU watchdog considers collateral changes to ease energy crunch

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -The European Union’s securities watchdog said on Monday it was considering a rare move to relieve..

EU plans to make fossil fuel firms share excess profits, draft shows

EU plans to make fossil fuel firms share excess profits, draft shows

By Kate Abnett and Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission wants to force fossil fuel firms that have pocketed gains ..

With selfies and salutes, Britain’s generations mark queen’s passing

With selfies and salutes, Britain’s generations mark queen’s passing

By Humza Jilani and Andrew MacAskill LONDON/EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Some shed tears or wore military uniforms and medals, others t..

Dollar falls ahead of U.S. inflation data; euro jumps

Dollar falls ahead of U.S. inflation data; euro jumps

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar fell to its lowest level in about two weeks against a basket of cu..

Duchess Meghan pauses Spotify podcast during mourning for Queen Elizabeth

Duchess Meghan pauses Spotify podcast during mourning for Queen Elizabeth

LONDON (Reuters) – Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has paused new episodes of her Spotify podcast during the official mourning pe..

Explainer-How will the public be able to say goodbye to Queen Elizabeth?

Explainer-How will the public be able to say goodbye to Queen Elizabeth?

LONDON (Reuters) – The body of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will lie in state inside Westminster Hall for the public to pay t..

Explainer-The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant’s shutdown

Explainer-The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant’s shutdown

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – The last operating reactor at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine..

Electrolux flags cost cuts, warns on profit as inflation squeezes demand

Electrolux flags cost cuts, warns on profit as inflation squeezes demand

By Marie Mannes COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Sweden’s Electrolux on Monday announced plans to cut costs and warned its profit would dro..

From free crumpets to store discounts, UK grocers lure workers

From free crumpets to store discounts, UK grocers lure workers

By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – With job vacancies in Britain close to a record high, retailers including Tesco Plc have begun..