Archive for the January 10, 2018
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Britain's Brexit Minister David Davis has criticised the EU for preparing for a no-deal scenario once the UK leaves the bloc, according to a letter published on Tuesday by the Financial Times. Writing to British
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An Indian airline said Tuesday it had fired two pilots after reports they fought and both briefly left the cockpit unmanned during a New Year's Day flight from London to Mumbai. Jet Airways took the
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Two trains collided near South Africa's biggest city Johannesburg on Tuesday, lightly injuring more than 200 people, less than a week after a rail crash killed 19 passengers. "Human error" was responsible for the accident,
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British ministers will be subject to new rules governing "inappropriate, bullying or harassing behaviour" following a sleaze scandal at Westminster, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said Tuesday. May informed her cabinet that the ministerial code
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A South African charity said Tuesday it had received proof that a freelance photographer kidnapped in Syria was alive, as his family prepared to mark one year since his capture. Shiraaz Mahomed was kidnapped on
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Heavy snowfall has cut off many villages and resorts across the Alps, trapping some 13,000 tourists at Zermatt, one of Switzerland's most popular ski stations, officials said Tuesday. In the French Alps, a slight break
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Poland's new right-wing Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki sacked his defence and foreign ministers in a major cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, as he seeks to mend strained ties with the country's EU partners. The prime minister
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ICE cotton futures inched upward on Monday, one session after marking the biggest one-day percentage loss in over two months, as the natural fibre traded within a narrow price range. The most active ICE cotton
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Shanghai copper recovered from a drop in the previous session to trade marginally higher on Tuesday as the US dollar lost steam The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended 0.75-percent higher at
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Zinc prices hit their highest in more than a decade on Tuesday as investors anticipating another year of shortages and falling inventories bought the metal used to galvanise steel. Traders said funds taking profits on
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