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Electric vehicle maker Lucid Group (LCID +0.00%) is about to execute a reverse stock split, in which it will exchange 10 of its existing shares for one new share. The expectation is that the new shares will trade at 10 times the old shares’ price, as they will represent the same ownership stake in the…
Nottinghamshire County Council © Destinos Espetaculares / Shutterstock.com. The Reform UK leader of Nottinghamshire County Council has banned a local newspaper from contacting him or his councillors following a row over reporting. Cllr Mick Barton has reportedly barred the Nottingham Post and its sister site Nottinghamshire Live, claiming their coverage of proposals for local government…
By Naveen Thukral and Ella Cao SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s soybean importers are boosting purchases from Argentina and Uruguay over the next year to fill the supply gap left by the absence of U.S. shipments as the trade war drags on between Washington and Beijing, according to two trade sources. Chinese processors may buy up to…
The UK, France and Germany have begun the process of restoring major UN sanctions on Iran – lifted under a 2015 deal – as tensions once again escalate over Tehran’s nuclear programme. The move will trigger a so-called snapback mechanism, which could result in the return of sanctions in 30 days. In a letter to…
Tom BatemanBBC News, Minneapolis and Max MatzaBBC News Watch: Minneapolis shooter “wanted to watch children suffer”, says official Investigators say that the attacker who opened fire on pupils as they were praying at a church in Minneapolis was “obsessed with the idea of killing children”. Robin Westman, who killed two children and injured 18 others,…
New Zealand police have released fresh CCTV footage believed to show a fugitive who disappeared with his three children more than three years ago . The night-time footage shows two people in full-body clothing – who police are “confident” is Tom Phillips and one of his children – apparently breaking into a store before driving…
India and Canada have appointed new high commissioners to each other’s countries, in the latest step to restore ties strained by the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in a Vancouver suburb in 2023. India’s previous high commissioner left Canada last October after Ottawa expelled him, linking six diplomats to the murder of Hardeep Singh…
Katy WatsonBBC News in Kyiv and Paul KirbyEurope digital editor Watch: BBC correspondent Katy Watson reports from scene of deadly Russian attack on Kyiv The head of the European Union’s executive Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has spoken of her outrage at Russia’s deadliest onslaught on Kyiv since July – which also damaged the EU’s…
The White House has named a replacement for the director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a day after its previous leader was forced out of the job. Jim O’Neill currently serves as the deputy to Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, and will replace Susan Monarez after she was in…
new video loaded: Rescuers Search Through Rubble After Russian Strikes on Kyiv By Finbarr O’Reilly and Monika Cvorak•August 28, 2025 Emergency workers looked through the wreckage of a five-story apartment building early Thursday after a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, killed more than a dozen people. Recent episodes in Ukraine…