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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…

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…

Four Barbary lion cubs have been born at a zoo in the Czech Republic, representing a significant contribution to the small remaining population of this rare species, which is extinct in the wild. Three females and one male frolicked in…

President Donald Trump was set to formally begin levying higher import duties on dozens of countries on Thursday, just as the economic fallout from his months-long tariff threats began to take a toll on the U.S. economy. The White House…

A man who killed a grandmother during a morning dog walk in a “vicious and brutal attack” while living in isolation to avoid being sent back to prison will soon hear his sentence. Roy Barclay, 56, ‘multiple kicks, punches and…

Britain’s Prince Harry and others have been criticised by the UK Charity Commission for allowing a “damaging” boardroom row to play out “in the public eye” and damaging the reputation of the charity Harry co-founded. The Charity Regulator launched an…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and stop funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses such as COVID-19 and influenza. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said 22 projects worth a total of…

Former Israeli military and intelligence leaders called for an end to the conflict in Gaza, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at the possibility of further military action as Israel’s government plotted its next steps in the devastated territory. Health…

The father of a “lifelong fan” who tragically died at the end of Oasis’ Wembley Stadium show has said his entire family is “in shock”. Landscape gardener Lee Claydon, 45, from Bournemouth, Dorset, died after the incident at a London…

Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter and Economy Minister Guy Parmelin flew to Washington on Tuesday in what the government said was a last-ditch effort to avoid President Donald Trump’s 39 percent tariffs on U.S. exports. The increased US tariffs, which rose…