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08.09 / 17:13
Technology
Energy
European Central Bank announces largest interest rate hike in bid to fight inflation
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday announced a record rate hike in a bid to stifle record inflation across the euro area.
08.09 / 17:13
Technology
Energy
Kyiv says it has retaken dozens of localities from Russian control in the south and east of Ukraine
Ukraine has retaken dozens of Russian-occupied localities in the south, east and northeast of the country, the military announced on Thursday.
08.09 / 17:01
Monarch
Fears mount over queen’s health as royal family travels to Balmoral
Concerns over Queen Elizabeth II's health mounted on Thursday, 8 September, after Buckingham Palace said the British monarch's doctors were worried about her health and had decided to place her under medical supervision.
08.09 / 15:53
Technology
European Union
Queen Elizabeth II: Doctors concerned for monarch's health and want her under medical supervision
The health of Queen Elizabeth II is causing doctors concern and they have recommended she remain under medical supervision, Buckingham Palace has announced.
08.09 / 14:33
European Union
Energy
500
Energy crisis: UK to cap domestic heating and electricity bills at £2,500 a year
The UK's new prime minister, Liz Truss, says her government will cap domestic energy prices for homes and businesses to ease a major cost-of-living crisis.
08.09 / 14:07
Citi
City enjoys love-bombing from Truss but caution remains over whether she will deliver
Ever since the global financial crisis, City bosses have complained that politicians don’t give financial services enough love. The attitude to one of the UK’s few world-leading industries has been at best lukewarm, they moaned.
08.09 / 14:05
COST
Aviat
Ukraine claims set to cost Lloyd’s of London £1.1bn
Lloyd's of London, the UK insurance and reinsurance market, has set aside £1.1bn, equivalent to $1.26bn, for claims related to the conflict in Ukraine, it said 8 September.
08.09 / 13:51
08.09 / 12:37
European Union
Ukraine war: Zelenskyy claims progress in counter-offensive against Russians
Ukraine has claimed to be making progress in its counter-offensive in the eastern regions of the country.
08.09 / 10:17
European Union
Russia has turned off Nord Stream 1. Here's what it means for the EU.
First, Nord Stream 1 was shut down for maintenance. Now Russia says it's being halted due to Western sanctions.
08.09 / 09:13
European Union
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have been interrogated, forcibly deported to Russia, says US
The US has evidence that “hundreds of thousands” of Ukrainian citizens have been interrogated, detained and forcibly deported to Russia in “a series of horrors” overseen by officials from Russia’s presidency.
08.09 / 08:45
European Union
Final suspect in Canada's knife rampage dies, leaving behind bodies and many questions
The last suspect in a horrific stabbing spree that killed 10 and wounded 18 in western Canada is dead, with police hoping the stunning end to a gripping hunt that stretched into a fourth day will bring some peace to victims' families.
08.09 / 03:13
Ethereum
MARKET
Trading
Lucky Block
Lucky Block Beats Other NFT Competition Platforms like NFT-Competitions
The non-fungible token (NFT) market has reported tremendous growth during the past year. Multiple NFT competition platforms have also sprouted during this time, with one of them being Lucky Block. Lucky Block is one of the largest NFT competition platforms powered by the LBLOCK token.
07.09 / 23:45
regulation
Social Media
Instagram
stars
UK advertising watchdog cites 2 former reality stars for crypto ads on Instagram stories
The United Kingdom’s independent advertising regulator has upheld a complaint involving former reality show Love Island contestants Eve and Jessica Gale for “triviali[zing] investment in cryptocurrency.”
07.09 / 21:49
European Union
Baltic states reach agreement to severely restrict entry to Russian citizens
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are to restrict entry to Russian citizens over the invasion of Ukraine.
07.09 / 21:37
freeze
Why the UK’s move to freeze energy bills signals a wider price-fixing trend
Investors have spent years unlearning the lessons of Economics 101. Now, they may even need to accept that price controls have a place in the policy tool kit.
07.09 / 21:37
EY’s UK-based partners set for briefing on break-up plans
EY partners based in the UK are set to be briefed by management on plans to commercially split the global firm between audit and consulting units.
07.09 / 20:27
European Union
Europe's energy crisis: Ursula von der Leyen unveils five proposals to curb soaring prices
Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled a series of long-awaited proposals to tackle the EU's worsening energy crisis and curb the soaring bills that are putting European households and companies under financial stress.
07.09 / 20:25
JPMorgan
UK chancellor
JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon makes the cut for finance bigwigs invited to meet UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng
JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon is among the financial sector big-hitters to meet Liz Truss’s new chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng during his first days in the job.
07.09 / 16:59
Football
Energy
'If I want a shower, I boil a kettle': How people in Spain are struggling amid soaring energy bills
Last winter, father-of-two Miguel turned off his electric boiler at his home near Madrid and began putting on extra layers to keep warm.
07.09 / 13:03
Football
inflation
Lost
NOT
We've gained, not lost, from sanctions over Ukraine, says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Wednesday that Russia had not lost anything as a result of its military campaign in Ukraine.
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