Oil Holds Advance With OPEC+ Meeting and Weaker Dollar in Focus
Oil held its biggest gain in a week as traders counted down to a high-stakes OPEC+ meeting on
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Australia’s Inflation Cools, Boosting Case for Rate Pause
Australia’s monthly inflation gauge snapped two months of acceleration in October, bolstering the case for the Reserve Bank
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Global ESG Market Shrinks After Sizable Drop in US
A US retreat has resulted in an overall decline in the global market for ESG investing. That’s according
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Blackstone’s Flex Offices Biggest in London as WeWork Retreats
Blackstone Inc. has quietly built the largest flexible office brand in London’s central districts. The private equity firm’s
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Lawmakers Say UK Too Reliant on Markets to Tackle Climate Crisis
The British government’s reliance on market mechanisms to achieve its net-zero targets won’t be enough to rid the
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Dollar Weakens, Treasuries Rally on Fed Pivot Bets: Markets Wrap
The dollar weakened and Treasuries extended their November rally on speculation the Federal Reserve is done with interest-rate
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Deep Sea Mining Company Sues Greenpeace Amid Standoff at Sea
As Greenpeace activists continued to occupy a deep sea mining research ship in the Pacific Ocean, the mining
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China Lifts Trade Blocks Challenged at WTO Against Lithuania
China has dropped trade measures targeting Lithuania that the Baltic nation deemed illegal as the two governments discuss
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Ukraine spy chief’s wife treated for metal poisoning as Putin rants at West for ‘plundering’ Russia
The wife of Ukraine’s intelligence chief has been diagnosed with heavy metals poisoning and is undergoing treatment in hospital, it emerged on Tuesday. Meanwhile, deadly winter weather has hit the front lines of the conflict with Russia. Marianna Budanova is the wife of Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency known by its local acronym GUR. Her condition was confirmed to AP by Andriy Yusov, the agency’s spokesman. He did not provide more details about the alleged poisoning, nor did he say if it was believed to have been intended for Mr Budanov or whether Russia was thought to be behind it. Earlier this year, he told Ukrainian media that the military intelligence chief had survived 10 assassination attempts carried out by the Russian state or federal security services. There was no immediate comment from the Russian government, which has long been suspected of poisoning opponents. The exact nature of the heavy metals that caused the poisoning has not been made public. However, local media said the metals were not used domestically or in military equipment, so the GUR representatives presume the poisoning was carried out intentionally, possibly through food or drink. Several GUR personnel were also diagnosed with the same poisoning, according to the newspaper Ukrainska Pravda. More than 100,000 people were still without power on the Crimean peninsula and some still had no water supply, the Russia-installed governor said on Tuesday, after a winter storm that brought blizzards from Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova across Ukraine and into central Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least five people died in the Odesa region of southern Ukraine, and that engineers were working to restore electricity. Crimea, which was annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014, is a key military and logistics hub for Russia as it pursues its war in Ukraine. The damage caused by the storm affected “the tempo of military operations along the frontline in Ukraine” but has not stopped military activity entirely, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said. In the Vologda region, about 310 miles northeast of Moscow, more than 10 days worth of snow – about 25cm (10in) – fell in one day. The Moscow region was also blanketed with snow, piling drifts up to 25cm deep. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin has cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as an existential battle against purported attempts by the West to destroy Russia in a ranting speech. Mr Putin, who has been in power for more than two decades, is expected to declare his intention to seek another six-year term in a presidential election next March. “We are defending the security and wellbeing of our people, the highest, historical right to be Russia - a strong, independent power, a country-civilisation,” Mr Putin said, accusing the US and its allies of trying to “dismember and plunder” Russia. “We are now fighting for the freedom of not only Russia, but the whole world,” Mr Putin said. Associated Press contributed to this report Read More Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI's power to mislead Greece pushes back against claims its leader broke assurances over Elgin Marbles Ukraine spy chief's wife undergoes treatment for suspected poisoning with heavy metals Baltic nations' foreign ministers pull out of OSCE meeting over Russian foreign minister attendance Cameron to urge Nato allies not to waver in support for Ukraine Greek officials angry and puzzled after UK's Sunak scraps leaders' meeting over Parthenon Marbles
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UK Grid to Pay Households to Cut Power Use Amid Cold Spell
Britain’s grid operator will for the first time this heating season pay households to cut electricity usage on
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Saudi Arabia Adds 2030 Expo to Growing Line-Up of Global Events
Saudi Arabia was awarded another global event on Tuesday with its selection to host the 2030 World Expo
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Fraudulent Pandemic Loans Cost UK £1.4 Billion and Counting
The UK has paid £1.41 billion ($1.8 billion) to lenders that issued small business loans during the Covid-19
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