Queen presents government programme to parliament
Prime Minister Theresa May promises to listen more to businesses' concerns about Brexit as the Queen formally opens parliament by announcing the government's programme.
Prime Minister Theresa May promises to listen more to businesses' concerns about Brexit as the Queen formally opens parliament by announcing the government's programme.
Saudi Arabia's King Salman made his son next in line to the throne on Wednesday, handing the 31-year-old sweeping powers as the kingdom seeks radical overhaul of its oil-dependent economy and faces mounting tensions with regional rival Iran.
Uber Technologies Inc Chief Executive Travis Kalanick, co-founder of one of the most influential technology companies of its generation, resigned on Tuesday under pressure from investors after a string of setbacks.
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Wednesday began a push towards the mosque in Mosul where Islamic State declared a self-styled caliphate three years ago, military officials said.
A suitcase bomb packed with nails and gas bottles could have caused heavy casualties, Belgium's prime minister said on Wednesday, a day after a soldier shot dead a Moroccan national attempting an attack on Brussels' central station.
U.S.-backed forces are closing in on Islamic State in Raqqa, but local Syrians who have escaped the battlefield are worried about what comes after the fight.
Europe is slowly turning a corner as a wave of anti-European Union movements peters out, Donald Tusk told EU leaders in a letter published before he will chair their two-day summit starting on Thursday.
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Name | Yield | Change |
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GB 10YR |
+1.039
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+0.042 |
DE 10YR |
+0.261
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-0.003 |
JP 10YR |
+0.058
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+0.003 |
Name | GBP | USD | EUR |
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GBP | 1 | 0.7922 | 0.8812 |
USD | 1.2617 | 1 | 1.1124 |
EUR | 1.1340 | 0.8988 | 1 |
Index | Last | Chg |
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Gold |
1,240.70
USD
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-3.50
Exp: Jun 17
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Copper |
2.56
USD
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-0.03
Exp: Jun 17
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Brent Crude |
45.65
USD
|
-1.26
Exp: Jun 17
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