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- Yahoo Finance UK
Pound, gold and oil prices in focus: commodity and currency check, 14 November
The pound traded near its lowest point since the global market sell-off in August.
- The Independent
Government confusion over how many farms will be hit by controversial tractor tax
Defra figures suggest that Treasury claims on 28 per cent of farms will be affected are wrong
- The Canadian Press
South African government says it won't help 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's government says it will not help about 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province as part of an official policy against illegal mining.
- Yahoo Celebrity UK
All the Band Aid versions and their stars over 40 years
Band Aid is back for its 40th anniversary - but who is starring this time and who has taken part before?
- Hello!
Earl Charles Spencer actions Althorp change amid estranged wife Karen's departure
Princess Diana's childhood home Althorp House is undergoing changes amid Earl Charles Spencer and Countess Karen's split – see latest photo
- Storyful
'Lion Lodge' Lives Up to Its Name With Close Hot Tub Encounter
The “Lion Lodge” at a wildlife park in the UK more than matched its name for a guest recently, who described being “terrified” when a lion dropped by as he was enjoying a nighttime dip in the hot tub.Callum Emmanuel told Storyful that while he was in the tub he was surprised by a lion that “came up against the window staring at me. It then began to try and scratch down the glass.”Emmanuel posted the encounter from his stay at the Lion Lodge in Port Lympne Hotel and Reserve on November 11.He also shared the moment two male lions joined him in the morning as he enjoyed some pancakes for breakfast.The hotel says the lodge offers guests a chance to be “a whisker away from our majestic lions”. Credit: Callum Emmanuel via Storyful
- The Independent
F1 agrees new deal with Monaco Grand Prix with major date change in future
The famous race in the principality featured on the first F1 world championship calendar in 1950
- The Canadian Press
Head of UN's nuclear watchdog visits Iran as Mideast wars and Trump's return raise worries
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Thursday that the “space for negotiation and diplomacy ... is getting smaller” over Iran's advancing atomic program as wars in the Mideast rage on and as President Donald Trump will return to the White House.
- Investing.com
Bilibili delivers Q3 earnings and revenue above market estimates; shares slip
Investing.com -- Bilibili (NASDAQ:BILI) reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2024.
- The Independent
Is it safe to travel to Spain and should I cancel my Malaga holiday after flooding disaster?
Severe weather in Spain is back over Malaga as flights and train travel were disrupted due to wind and rain
- The Canadian Press
Earth's projected warming hasn't improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven't lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday.
- The Independent
Minister slaps down civil servants asking for four-day week: ‘This is not the 1970s’
The arrangement would more than halve staff turnover and free up money to hire an extra 2,345 workers, officials say
- Evening Standard
Gogglebox star Georgia Bell, 24, welcomes second child and reveals adorable baby name in first photos
She and her best friend Abbie joined Gogglebox in 2018
- The Independent
Dwayne Johnson once changed agents after they doubted he could become bigger than Will Smith
‘That was the idea back then,’ said the actor
- The Daily Beast
Giuliani’s Legal Team Want to Bail on His Defamation Case Over ‘Fundamental Disagreement’
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s legal team filed a motion to jump ship from a case in which two election workers he defamed are trying to collect a $146 million defamation judgment. Kenneth Caruso asked Wednesday that he and co-counsel David Labkowski be allowed to quit representing the disgraced coffee salesman and onetime lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump, citing New York rules that let lawyers bail on clients with whom they have a “fundamental disagreement.” They also invoked
- Evening Standard
British student held in US over 'plot to smuggle t-shirts soaked in meth'
Myah Saakwa-Mante is accused of soaking meth into the t-shirts in her suitcase
- Digital Spy
I'm a Celebrity teases launch with first-look pictures of celebs meeting
ITV has shared first-look photos from the upcoming series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here including the new campmates meeting.
- The Canadian Press
Pakistan court rejects plea for acquittal from former premier Imran Khan and his wife in graft case
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Thursday rejected a plea for acquittal from former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been held in prison for more than a year in a graft case, a defense lawyer said.
- Storyful
New Zealand Parliament Suspended as MPs Perform Haka in Protest at Bill
New Zealand’s parliament was disrupted by a haka on November 14, during the reading of a controversial bill that proposes to alter the way the country’s treaty between the indigenous Maori and the British Crown is interpreted.A vote on the bill was suspended when opposition parties and people in the public gallery joined in the haka, led by Patri Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who also ripped up a copy of the bill.The bill has been criticised for challenging principles outlined in New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi - signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs.The bill later passed its first reading and Maipi-Clarke was suspended, the NZ Herald reported.Thousands of people have been on a nine-day march towards Wellington in opposition to the bill. Credit: New Zealand Parliament via Storyful