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WASHINGTON (AP) ā The Iran war is darkening the outlook for the world economy ā whether or not a fragile ceasefire holds, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the fund will downgrade its forecast for the world economy next week. āHad it not been for this

NEW YORK, – Foreign investors bought fewer two-, five-, and seven-year U.S. Treasury notes at last month’s auction than in February, as conflict raged in the Middle East, data from the U.S. āTreasury Department ā released ā on Wednesday showed. Foreign buyers purchased $6.024 billion of the ālatest two-year notes in March, about half the $13.190 billion

BEIRUT, April 9 (Reuters) – ā Lebanon ā has spent ā the last 24 āhours advocating for a temporary āceasefire to allow āfor broader ā talks ā with Israel, a senior Lebanese official ātold Reuters, saying it would be a “separate ātrack but the same model” ā as a ā fragile truce ā brokered by āPakistan between the U.S. and āIran. The ā official

Sir Ed Davey claimed Luke Campbell has been ‘consistently missing in action’ after Nigel Farage suggested ‘all the local councils’ had been against the Mayor A political row between Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats has heated up ahead of Hull’s local elections(Image: Donna Clifford/Hull Live) The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey,

Ā© AIBooth / Shutterstock.com. Justin Kuruvilla, Chief Cyber Security Strategist at Risk Ledger, explores how councils are collaborating to map hidden supply-chain cyber risks and strengthen resilience. When cyber-attacks affecting public services make headlines, the focus is usually on the organisation directly impacted: a councilās systems go down and services are disrupted. In many cases,

new video loaded: Lebanon Searches for Survivors After Israeli Barrage transcript Back transcript Lebanon Searches for Survivors After Israeli Barrage Search-and-rescue operations continued in Lebanon a day after Israel unleashed a deadly wave of strikes across the country that has called into question a fragile cease-fire with Iran. āLook, if Iran wants to let this

BEIJING, April 9 (Reuters) – Beijing stands ready to work with ā North ā Korea to further improve ties, ā Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a meeting with his North āKorean counterpart on a visit to Pyongyang, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Beijing has been trying to draw āPyongyang back into its orbit after āties

The 800 MW PV project with battery storage has been granted planning approval by the Energy Secretary, despite local councils and campaigners raising objections. Springwell Solar Farm expected to connect to new National Grid substation being built to accommodate flurry of local grid-scale solar projects. April 9, 2026 Matthew Lynas Springwell Solar Farm has been

This year’s elections in the UK are much more important than you might think – and the results could have a huge impact in both the immediate aftermath and in years to come. On May 7, millions of people in England, Scotland, and Wales will elect over 5,000 politicians in elections that could produce a

LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) – ā Russian ā human rights ā group Memorial was designated āas an “extremist” movement on āThursday at a closed-door āhearing of ā the ā Supreme Court, state news agency TASS said. The āruling – the latest in a sweeping, years-long crackdown āon free speech in Russia – ā provides ā a legal mechanism ā for āauthorities to prosecute

Lebanon has emerged as a critical fault line in US-Iran peace talks after Israel targeted capital Beirut and other locations in the country Wednesday evening, killing over 250 people in attacks Lebanese President Joseph Aoun slammmed as ‘barbaric”. The attack came hours after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire to a war that

By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME, April 9 (Reuters) – ā Italian ā Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on ā Thursday that restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz āwas of vital interest for her country and the European Union, as she pledged to work with āpartners to achieve that aim. Following āU.S.- Israeli attacks,

Several dozen people lined up outside a presidential administration building on a sunny spring weekend in central Moscow as police stood nearby and watched them closely. It was the latest sign of the growing anger and frustration over the restrictions that have disrupted the daily lives of Russians, hurt businesses and drawn criticism even from

BEIJING, April 9 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s ā top ā leader To Lam will visit ā China next week, Chinese state news agency Xinhua āsaid on Thursday, as ties between the two nations continue to warm. Reuters first āreported on the Vietnamese state āpresident and party chief’s planned visit to its much larger ā and economically ā significant neighbour from April
Oil rebounded after its biggest one-day drop since April 2020, as the Strait of Hormuz remained largely blocked and Israeli attacks on Lebanon threatened to derail the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East. Crude oil prices have been on the rise of late and the Russiaās invasion of Ukraine has further fuelled concerns of supply

The White House on Wednesday said Iranās original 10-point ceasefire proposal was outright rejected, even as Washington signalled cautious openness to a revised framework for talks amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran. US President Donald Trump, alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press
US Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday that Iranās negotiators appeared to believe the US-Iran ceasefire agreed on Tuesday included Lebanon, but Washington had not agreed to that. US Vice President JD Vance speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two to return to Washington, D.C., after the White House announced he would

World News have a new single out and a 24-date UK and European tour already underway. āSidestep,ā released via the bandās own Pie & Mash label and recorded at RAK Studios in London with producer Tommy Bosustow (Porridge Radio, mary in the junkyard), is one of their most emotionally direct tracks yet. Jangly guitar and

PARIS, April 8 (Reuters) – French ā President ā Emmanuel Macron said ā about 15 countries were planning āto facilitate the resumption of traffic through āthe Strait of Hormuz, āthrough which a fifth ā of ā the world’s oil supply usually flows, after a āceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced. “About 15 countries are currently āmobilised and

WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) – ā U.S. ā President Donald ā Trump told AFP on āThursday that he believes China āgot Iran to ānegotiate a ā ceasefire ā in the war against Israel and the āUnited States. The Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday āthat it welcomed the ceasefire, ā adding that ā China had ā made its āown efforts towards realising lasting