Category World

First edition of The Hobbit sold for €49,000

A ‘rare’ first edition copy of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit, found during a Bristol house sale, has sold at auction for £43,000 (€49,000). According to auction house Auctioneum, it is just one of 1,500 copies printed in September 1937 and…

Interest rates cut to 4% as UK inflation rises

UK interest rates have been cut to their lowest since March 2023 despite the Bank of England’s forecasts of a sharp rise in inflation due to rising food prices. The central bank decided to cut interest rates to 4% from…

Kremlin says Trump to meet Putin in coming days

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump has been agreed upon, a Kremlin spokesman said, and could take place next week at a location that has already been broadly decided. “On the initiative of the…