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☆ Miners push FTSE 100 to over 4-year high, Direct Line tumbles
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Shashwat Chauhan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SummarySummary Companies Direct Line drops after scrapping final dividend for 2022JD Sports rises after reporting high revenue growthReach slumps after saying annual profit to miss expectationsU.S. CPI awaitedFTSE 100 up 0.5%, FTSE 250 adds 0.7%Jan 11 (Reuters) - UK's exporter-heavy FTSE 100 hit an over four-year high on Wednesday, buoyed by gains in mining stocks, while insurer Direct Line plunged after cancelling its final dividend for 2022. The blue-chip FTSE 100 (.FTSE) advanced 0.5%, its highest since August 2018, while the more domestically focused FTSE 250 mid-cap index (.FTMC) gained 0.7%. Fed Governor Michelle Bowman said overnight that the central bank will have to raise interest rates further to combat high inflation. The commodity-heavy FTSE 100 has had a bright start to the year so far, rising for five of the previous six trading sessions, after it outperformed major global peers in 2022 as commodity prices jumped. Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Shailesh KuberOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ British Airways accidentally flew a pet dog to Saudi Arabia instead of Nashville, leaving it traumatized, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

British Airways flew a pet dog to Saudi Arabia instead of Nashville by accident, per the Mirror. Bluebell was instead placed by IAG Cargo — BA's luggage handlers under the same owner — on a flight to Saudi Arabia, 7,000 miles from her intended location. Since her return, James told the Mirror that Bluebell had been left traumatized by the incident, and has caused thousands of dollars' worth of damage to their home since. "We simply cannot leave her alone," James told the Mirror. An IAG Cargo spokesperson told the Mirror: "We are very sorry for the recent error that occurred during Bluebell's trip to Nashville.

☆ A British Airways passenger had to pay $400 to get her iPad back after leaving it on a plane
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A British Airways passenger paid more than $400 to get her iPad back after leaving it on a plane. The lost property office was closed when she passed through Heathrow again a fortnight later. She asked a British Airways staff member if she could get it back but was told she couldn't return to the aircraft, according to the report. After passing through Heathrow again two weeks later she was told that the lost property office was shut. Bagport, which runs Heathrow's lost property office, and British Airways did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.

☆ Margot Robbie says tequila shots helped her film nude ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ scenes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —According to Margot Robbie, she needed a little bit of liquid courage to film a now-famous scene in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”The Daily Mirror reported that during remarks at a BAFTA: A Life In Pictures recording, the Australian actress shared some of what happened behind the scenes when she starred as Naomi Lapaglia in the 2013 film opposite Leonardo DiCaprio as real-life stockbroker Jordan Belfort. The pair had a pretty racy nude scene together, and Robbie reportedly said she reached for some tequila to prepare. Margot Robbie and Leonardo Dicaprio in "The Wolf Of Wall Street." Appian Way/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock“I’m not going to lie, I had a couple of shots of tequila before that scene because I was nervous - very, very nervous,” she said. The film went on to be pretty big, unlike what Robbie had imagined.

☆ Miners lift FTSE 100 on China reopening optimism
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Johann M Cherian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SummarySummary Companies FTSE 100 up 0.9%, FTSE 250 adds 0.5%National World exploring Reach buyoutKuala Lumpur Kepong considers raising stake in SynthomerNov 4 (Reuters) - UK's export-oriented FTSE 100 rose on Friday as miners jumped on hopes that China would relax its COVID-19 restrictions, setting up the index for gains for the week that saw major central bank meetings dictating the market's moves. The blue-chip FTSE 100 (.FTSE) climbed 0.9%, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 (.FTSE) added 0.5% 9:39 GMT. As the week of central bank tightening ends, investors are looking toward the new budget announcement on Nov. 17. National World Plc (NWOR.L) jumped 2.4% after it said it was exploring a cash offer for Daily Mirror-owner Reach Plc (RCH.L). Reach rose 4.3%.

☆ Bono Is Still Trying to Figure Out U2 and Himself
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +28 min

Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times Talk Bono Is Still Trying to Figure Out U2 and HimselfThere are different Bonos to different people, including the man himself. You say, “But you’re U2 — you don’t need that.” What’s interesting is that we want that. But I also wrote the book to try to figure out what was going on with U2. They sound like U2 songs. Do they sound like U2 songs?

☆ Fact Check-Newspaper headline about Russian army “rapist kits” is fake
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A headline about Russian army “rapist kits” attributed by social media users to a British daily newspaper is fake. The fabricated line, as seen in a screenshot of an alleged page in the Daily Mirror, reads: “The Russian army issues <<rapist kits>> to soldiers” (here and here). It is followed by a standfirst, also fake, reading: “According to correspondents from the front line, the Russian army issues special “rapist kits” for its soldiers with the aim of using them against Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. Moreover, Reuters was unable to find any evidence of such a piece being published by the Daily Mirror. The Daily Mirror did not publish any such piece.

☆ Iran sends drone trainers to Crimea in latest sign of deepening relations between the country and Russia
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Iran sent personnel to Russia train Russian soldiers in flying Iranian drones, according to US officials. Russia in recent days has used the Iranian drones in a series of attacks throughout Ukraine. "The presence of Iranian trainers on the ground in Russian-occupied Ukraine would further implicate Iran in assisting Russia's unprovoked and brutal war, including attacks on Ukrainian civilians." Russia in recent days has relied on Iranian drones in a series of attacks targeting civilian and electrical infrastructure. Russia initially sent its operatives to Iran to remedy the errors, but Iran in recent weeks has opted instead to send its trainers into Crimea, according to reports.

☆ Presa britanică aduce un omagiu prinţului Philip, evocat şi în ziare din întreaga lume
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: Casa Regală a RomânieiPresa britanică aduce un omagiu prinţului Philip, evocat şi în ziare din întreaga lumePresa britanică foarte partizană a revenit la unitate pentru a aduce un omagiu sâmbătă prinţului Philip, care a murit vineri, după mai bine de 70 de ani petrecuţi alături de soţia sa, regina Elisabeta a II-a, relatează AFP, citată de Agerpres. Pentru acest din urmă ziar, prinţul Philip a fost şi cel care „a făcut-o să râdă pe Lilibet", porecla afectuoasă pe care i-a dat-o soţiei sale, Elizabeth. „Plângem cu toţii, doamnă", asigură, la rândul său, The Sun, publicând pe prima pagină o fotografie a cuplului regal la nunta lor în 1947. Singura notă discordantă, Morning Star, un cotidian de stânga care nu şi-a ascuns niciodată opoziţia faţă de monarhie, a publicat un editorial intitulat "Philip a personificat vanitatea absurdă a unui patriotism erzaţ''. Imagini ale prinţului Philip apar pe ziare din întreaga lume, în special din Australia, Spania, Franţa.

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☆ Regina Elisabeta a II-a va fi vaccinată în curând împotriva COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-06 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Suverana, în vârstă de 94 de ani, şi soţul său, prinţul Philip, 99 de ani, vor fi amândoi vaccinaţi cu prioritate din cauza vârstei lor şi nu în virtutea unui tratament preferenţial, relatează Mail on Sunday. Potrivit ziarului, cei doi membri ai familiei regale vor face publică vaccinarea pentru a „încuraja cât mai mulţi oameni să se vaccineze”, deoarece autorităţile se tem că militanţii antivaccin ar putea să semene îndoieli în rândurile populaţiei. Marea Britanie a dat undă verde unui vaccin anticoronavirus, dezvoltat de laboratoarele Pfizer ş BioNTech, în vederea unei campanii de vaccinare care va începe în rândul celor mai în vârstă persoane şi mai vulnerabile categorii. Potrivit Agerpres, Palatul Buckingham nu a răspuns imediat la o solicitare de comentariu pentru AFP. Daily Mirror afirmă, la rândul său, că mai multe celebrităţi din Regatul Unit s-au angajat public să fie vaccinate pentru a sprijini aceasta campanie de vaccinare.

Persons: prinţul Philip Organizations: Palatul Buckingham Locations: Palatul, Regatul Unit

Suverana, în vârstă de 94 de ani, şi soţul său, prinţul Philip, 99 de ani, vor fi amândoi vaccinaţi cu prioritate din cauza vârstei lor şi nu în virtutea unui tratament preferenţial, a indicat publicaţia Mail on Sunday, citează Agerpres. Potrivit ziarului, aceşti membri mai în vârsta ai familiei regale vor face publică această vaccinare pentru a "încuraja cât mai mulţi oameni să se vaccineze", deoarece autorităţile se tem că militanţii antivaccin ar putea să semene îndoieli în rândurile populaţiei. Marea Britanie a dat undă verde unui vaccin anticoronavirus, dezvoltat de laboratoarele Pfizer ş BioNTech, în vederea unei campanii de vaccinare care va începe în rândul celor mai în vârstă persoane şi mai vulnerabile categorii. Palatul Buckingham nu a răspuns imediat la o solicitare de comentariu pentru AFP. Daily Mirror afirmă, la rândul său, că mai multe celebrităţi din Regatul Unit s-au angajat public să fie vaccinate pentru a sprijini aceasta campanie de vaccinare.

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