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By Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned on Friday after she admitted underpaying property tax on a new home, in a new blow for her boss, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, local media reported. Rayner, 45, is the eighth, and the most … Source link
Mortgage rates are continuing to sink lower. According to Freddie Mac, the national average 30-year rate is now 6.50%, down six basis points in one week. The 15-year fixed mortgage rate is down nine basis points to 5.60%. Both are new lows for 2025. With rates on a downward trend, the share of mortgage applications…
(Reuters) -The U.S. could take a lead role in monitoring a buffer zone between Ukraine and Russia if and when a peace deal is reached, U.S. broadcaster NBC News reported on Friday. The buffer, envisaged to protect Ukraine from further Russian attacks, would be a large demilitarised zone and could … Source link
Aid workers on donkeys have delivered the first humanitarian supplies to survivors of a landslide that reportedly killed hundreds of people in a remote mountain village in Sudan’s western Darfur region. Heavy rains and flash floods that hit Tarasin village triggering the disaster on Sunday have continued, making it difficult to reach the affected families….
Published on: Sept 05, 2025 02:52 pm IST Brent crude futures fell 35 cents, or 0.5%, to $66.64 a barrel by 0810 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 33 cents, or 0.5%, to $63.15. Oil extended its decline into a third session on Friday, heading for a weekly loss for the first time…
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A federal appeals court has overturned a legal order requiring Florida and US President Donald Trump’s administration to shut Alligator Alcatraz, allowing the immigration detention centre to stay open. In a 2-1 ruling, the appellate court in Atlanta, Georgia, granted a request from the state of Florida and the US homeland security department to block…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine before a peace agreement has been signed would be considered “legitimate targets” by Moscow’s forces. Putin’s comments came hours after European leaders repledged their commitment to a potential peacekeeping force. “If any troops appear there, especially now while fighting is ongoing, we…
Former US President Joe Biden recently underwent skin cancer surgery, his spokeswoman said. Biden had Mohs surgery, she told the BBC’s US partner CBS News, but did not immediately provide further details. The procedure is used to cut away skin until no evidence of cancer remains. The 82-year-old had been spotted with a wound on…
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack. Putin was speaking a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 countries had pledged to provide postwar security guarantees to Ukraine, including an international force on land, sea and…