By Natalie Thomas LONDON (Reuters) – An artist has built a home in a rubbish skip in London and plans to live in it for a year, seeking to draw attention to the “crazy” price of renting a room in Britain’s capital during a cost of living crisis. Harrison Marshall, 28, moved into the specially-adapted …
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By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The greenback slipped against a basket of currencies on Monday as investors awaited testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and jobs data due later this week for further indications on how much higher the U.S. central bank is likely to raise interest rates. Powell’s testimony before Congress …
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By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s opposition Labour Party has called on the government to enact its long-delayed Online Safety Bill, after Reuters revealed how few underage children Snap Inc had removed from its Snapchat platform. Britain, like other countries and the European Union, has been grappling with how to protect social media users, and …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden plans to unveil his upcoming budget proposal to Congress with unusual fanfare on Thursday, holding a campaign-style event intended to trumpet an economic agenda imperiled by high inflation and Republican debt limit threats. Biden plans to roll out the tax-and-spending plans at a Philadelphia union …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar on Monday led hundreds of supporters in a peaceful protest over the electoral commission’s handling of last month’s disputed vote which the commission says was won by ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu. Atiku and senior members of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led …
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By Johann M Cherian and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) -The UK’s blue-chip FTSE 100 fell on Monday as mining stocks slumped after top metals consumer China’s decision to set a modest growth target, while a surge in luxury carmaker Aston Martin’s shares lifted the mid-cap FTSE 250. The export-oriented FTSE 100 fell 0.2%, dragged down …
LONDON (Reuters) -Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on Monday set up a group to conduct a month-long consultation on last week’s UK/EU deal to simplify post-Brexit trade rules that the region’s pro-British politicians have yet to decide whether to back. The ultimate success of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s new deal is likely to …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s rand weakened on Monday ahead of a cabinet reshuffle expected in which President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to name a new deputy. At 1531 GMT, the rand traded at 18.2400 against the dollar, 0.55% weaker than its previous close. “The rand weakened somewhat over today on the expected reshuffle of the …
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The yellow taxis of Khartoum were once an enduring part of its colonial legacy. Now the vehicles, introduced in Sudan’s capital under British rule in 1937 and last renewed as a fleet in 1978, bear the signs of numerous repairs, their paintwork chipped – and their often elderly drivers wait in vain …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Costa Coffee has followed rival Pret A Manger in raising pay for its British store staff for the third time in a year. The coffee and sandwich chain, a unit of Coca-Cola Co, said on Monday that more than 16,000 workers across its 1,520 company-owned stores, will get a rise of between …
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