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Dubai: An oil tanker once at the center of a crisis between Iran and the United States was boarded in the Gulf of Oman by “unauthorized" men in military uniforms early on Thursday morning, an advisory group run by the British military and a private security firm warned. Details remained unclear in what was apparently the latest seizure of a vessel in the tense Middle East waterways.

The boards said the combined group will have EPRA net tangible assets of about £4.1bn, becoming the fourth largest UK REIT.

Nicolas Kopitsis (pictured), joined PineBridge in 2021 as head of wealth management for Asia.

Andrew Bailey, Bank of England governor, says cryptos lost its momentum to keep up a in the mainstream payments system.

Q3 results 2024: Amid results season for the third quarter of the current financial year, four IT majors — Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, HC Technologies, and Wipro are going to declare their respective Q3 results in the next two days. Out of these four IT majors, TCS and Infosys will be declaring their Q3 results today whereas HCL Technologies and Wipro are going to declare their third-quarter earnings tomorrow.

It’s a historic moment for the cryptocurrency market as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally approved eleven spot Bitcoin ETFs . Crypto enthusiasts around the world are looking on excitedly. Unfortunately, a similar product for UK investors is highly unlikely to be approved, according to one financial advisor. 

Passport Index, offering their citizens visa-free access to a record-breaking number of destinations. According to data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and Singapore now boast the most powerful passports globally, enabling their citizens to visit an impressive 194 destinations out of 227 worldwide without the need for a visa. Are you immigration ready? Find out Four EU member states—France, Germany, Italy, and Spain—have now joined them at the top. Dr. Christian H. Kaelin, Chairman of Henley & Partners and the originator of the passport index concept, highlighted the widening global mobility gap. «The average number of destinations travelers can access visa-free has almost doubled from 58 in 2006 to 111 in 2024. However, the top-ranked countries now have a staggering 166 more visa-free destinations than Afghanistan, which ranks at the bottom with access to just 28 countries without a visa,» he said. South Korea takes the second spot alongside Finland and Sweden, enjoying visa-free access to 193 destinations. In the third spot, four EU nations—Austria, Denmark, Ireland, and the Netherlands—share access to 192 destinations.

Revanth Reddy hosted representatives of 13 countries for dinner at Qutub Shahi Tombs in Hyderabad on Wednesday evening. «Representatives of America, Iran, Turkey, UAE, UK, Japan, Thailand, Germany, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia, France and Finland attended the event,» read a press note issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO).

McDonald's is reportedly introducing the Double Big Mac at participating restaurants across the US for a limited time starting January 24. This sandwich boasts an increased quantity of all-beef patties, totaling four, complemented by an extra serving of Big Mac sauce, along with pickles, lettuce, and chopped onions – although the cheese remains the same, with one slice positioned beneath the lower pair of patties, as per a USA Today report. Details regarding pricing and specific markets receiving the sandwich were not promptly addressed by McDonald's in response to inquiries.

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will introduce measures to overturn the convictions of more than 900 post office branch managers who were wrongly accused of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system

The World Economic Forum says false and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence is the top immediate risk to the global economy

Gandhinagar: When the second phase of ArcelorMittal's Hazira steel plant completes by 2029, it will become the world's largest steel plant with a production capacity of 24 million tonnes, the steel multinational's chairman Lakshmi Niwas Mittal said on Wednesday. The first phase of the plant is expected to be completed by 2026, Mittal said at the Summit. The UK-based steel magnate also highlighted that Arcelor Mittal's investment is not only in steel but also in renewable energy and green hydrogen. Speaking about the institutionalised structure of the Vibrant Gujarat global business meet, Mittal commended the ideas, imagination, and process continuity rooted in the summit, and said it would significantly elevate India's pride on the global stage. «I had come here in September last year… Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi then briefed us on how this mega-global event (Vibrant Gujarat) has institutionalised structure on the basis of ideas, imagination, and process continuity.

₹480 crore. Nikam said this segment of the business is a higher margin one and the company will look to grow this further in the coming years. The capacity expansion will also help increase the production of its popular entry-level whisky, MaQintosh.

Egghead Island arc and the new episode is about to unravel more about this significant arc and what it is revolving around. Though the Straw Hats have not yet reached the official island, some very significant mythological details have been revealed by episode #1089, leading to the re-establishment of a character who will be playing an instrumental role in this arc. Episode #1090 will be a real starting point to the arc, leading to the Straw Hats reaching their ultimate destination.

Antony Blinken spoke to President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday about reforming the Palestinian self-rule government, as part of US efforts to rally the region behind postwar plans for Gaza that also include concrete steps toward a Palestinian state. Blinken says he has secured commitments from multiple countries in the region to assist with rebuilding and governing Gaza after Israel's war against Hamas, and that wider Israeli-Arab normalization is still possible, but only if there is «a pathway to a Palestinian state.»

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Rajnath Singh on Wednesday met British Foreign Secretary David Cameron and held «insightful deliberations» with him on boosting bilateral ties and deepening cooperation between both the countries. Singh, who arrived in London on Monday, has held a series of engagements besides bilateral talks with his British counterpart Grant Shapps.

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Companies within emerging markets feature most frequently across the stable of trusts, with only two developed market-headquartered firm appearing more than twice – Microsoft and 3i Group.