Brexit and euro zone worries weigh on UK consumers - GfK survey
London British consumers remain their least confident in more than a year as they worry about the country's European Union referendum and the euro zone's unresolved economic problems, a survey showed on Thursday.
Tata's UK steel exit raises expectations of European mergers
FRANKFURT Tata Steel's plan to sell its British steelmaking business has raised expectations of a long-awaited consolidation in the European steel sector, which is suffering from years of unaddressed overcapacity. | Video
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Rating agency chops euro zone forecasts
Rating agency Standard and Poor's has cut its forecasts for euro zone economic growth and inflation, blaming the "nosedive" in financial conditions since the start of the year. Video
Assad says open to government with opposition
MOSCOW/BEIRUT - President Bashar al-Assad says it would not be difficult to agree a new Syrian government including opposition figures, but his opponents respond that no administration would be legitimate while he remains in office. Full Article
From Senegal to Libya - a student joins IS
ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal - When Sadio Gassama decided to go into medicine, he started by giving free check-ups at his mosque in Senegal's poor southern region of Casamance. Now, the 25-year-old medical student says he is treating IS fighters in Libya. Full Article
Finland hopes for new growth from forestry
LAPPEENRANTA, Finland - It has created a modest 200 jobs in a Finnish forestry industry that has lost around 20,000 in the past decade, but UPM-Kymmene's new biofuels plant offers long-awaited growth and hope. Full Article | Related Story
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Nuclear monitoring system on Crozet Islands
The International Atomic Energy Agency installs a key part of a hydroacoustic monitoring system on the remote French-administered Crozet Islands in the southern Indian Ocean. Video
England beat New Zealand to reach final
NEW DELHI - England beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the first World Twenty20 semi-final. Full Article
Assad says he can form new Syria government with opposition
President Bashar al-Assad said it would not be difficult to agree on a new Syrian government, including opposition figures, but his opponents reject the plan. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
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