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Oil and gold could see sharp price swings this week as the United States and other world powers try to slow the war in the Middle East to bring in humanitarian aid and negotiate the release of Israeli prisoners from Palestinian hold, even as Jerusalem vows to continue its mission of dislodging Hamas from Gaza.

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NSE). The fiscal ending March 2024 is also seeing tremendous growth in UPI transactions in the first 6 months. This fiscal will see an even better record for UPI, he added.

«Good to see my friend DG @iaeaorg @rafaelmgrossi today. Congratulated him on his reappointment.

A trio of reasons was given for the suspension and deferral, including a general fall in demand for UK commercial property.

David Dowsett, former global head of investments at GAM, has resigned from the firm

The woman who led PwC Australia through the darkest days of its tax leaks scandal will leave in January after three decades at the big four consulting firm.

Deloitte UK staff have expressed concern after the company invited an academic who described Winston Churchill as a white supremacist to give a talk about identity to employees.

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard

Legal & General Investment Management, abrdn, Columbia Threadneedle and Royal London all told Investment Week their funds were stable and they remained confident in them. However, the funds have all seen continued outflows, with some not receiving a single month of inflows over the last three years, according to data from Morningstar Direct. Only one of the 18 funds covered by Morningstar Direct in the IA UK Direct Property sector received inflows during September 2023 — VT Redlands Property Portfolio. Throughout September, the sector lost £97.4m to outflows, with almost half (£43....

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IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi on Monday arrived in India on an official visit. «A warm welcome to DG @iaeaorg @rafaelmgrossi as he arrives on his first visit to India as Director-General of IAEA. His visit will further strengthen India-IAEA ties across diverse sectors,» Ministry of External Affairs Official Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi wrote on 'X'. The IAEA is a centre for cooperation in the nuclear field and seeks to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies, as per the IAEA's official website. Grossi assumed office as the IAEA's sixth Director General on December 3, 2019.

Biden administration has advised Israel to delay a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, hoping to buy time for hostage negotiations and to allow more humanitarian aid to reach Palestinians in the sealed-off enclave, according to several U.S. officials. U.S.

Haydn Gwynne, a versatile and acclaimed performer on the British stage and screen, has died. She was 66 and had recently been diagnosed with cancer. Gwynne's agent Alex Irwin said the actress died in a London hospital early Friday, «surrounded by her beloved sons, close family and friends.» Born in 1957, Gwynne taught English in Italy before becoming an actor.

Oil prices eased on Monday as aid convoys started to arrive in the Gaza Strip over the weekend amid diplomatic efforts to contain a conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from spreading to the wider oil-rich region. Brent crude futures fell 60 cents to $91.56 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures lost 61 cent to trade at $87.47 a barrel at 0038 GMT. For the past week, contracts rose more than 1% for a second consecutive weekly jump, on fear of potential supply disruption if the Israel-Hamas war grows into a wider confrontation in the Middle East, the world's biggest oil-supplying region. «Israel agreed to hold off its attack on Hamas following pressure from the U.S.,» ANZ Research said in a client note.

offensive chants aimed at Sir Bobby Charlton, vowing to issue lifetime bans to the perpetrators. The club swiftly condemned the disgraceful behavior following reports of derogatory songs being sung about the late Manchester United legend during City's 2-1 victory over Brighton on Saturday. Sir Bobby Charlton, the English World Cup winner and iconic figure of Manchester United, passed away early on Saturday at the age of 86, after battling dementia for several years.

By Andrea Shalal and Kanishka Singh

Coforge, the mid-sized IT services company which achieved over $1 billion in annual revenue in the last quarter of FY23, is planning to spin off a stand-alone public sector division by the year-end. The sector’s resilience is a catalyst for this strategic focus on establishing a separate public sector entity, Sudhir Singh, the chief executive, said in an interview. “We are focusing on public sector clients outside India—in the UK and Australia.