finance
Finance
Zelenskiy says Ukraine getting ready for new peace talks next week
Finance
Bitcoin falls below $80,000, continuing decline as liquidity worries mount
Finance
Hungary's Orban denies need for spending cuts after April election
Finance
Nvidia CEO Huang denies he is unhappy with OpenAI, says 'huge' investment planned

Collapsed hospital operator NMC withdraws 2 billion pound UK lawsuit against EY
Date: January 31, 2026
LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - UAE hospital operator NMC Health this week withdrew its London lawsuit seeking nearly 2 billion pounds ($2.7 billion) plus interest from auditor EY for allegedly negligent...

Gas leak caused blast in Iran's Bandar Abbas, Iranian media say
Date: January 31, 2026
Jan 31 (Reuters) - An explosion occurred at Iran's southern port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, Iranian media reported, without giving a cause for the blast. The semi-official Tasnim news agency said...
UK's Thames Water nears 16 billion-pound rescue deal with lenders, Sky News reports
Date: January 31, 2026
Jan 31 (Reuters) - Thames Water is edging closer to a 16 billion-pound ($21.90 billion) rescue deal with its lenders that would keep the ailing utility out of temporary public ownership, Sky News...
CBS News chief Weiss touts commentator push, draws mixed reaction in newsroom
Date: January 31, 2026
By Dawn Chmielewski and Helen Coster LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Three months into her tenure, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss presented a vision this week to revitalize the nearly...

Ukraine and Moldova hit by blackouts from grid malfunction before power restored
Date: January 31, 2026
CHISINAU, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Moldova's energy system was hit by an emergency outage on Saturday due to problems in neighbouring Ukraine's grid, officials said, with the capital Chisinau and other...
Iran president says Trump, Netanyahu, Europe stirred tensions in protests
Date: January 31, 2026
Jan 31 (Reuters) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that U.S., Israeli and European leaders had exploited Iran's economic problems, incited unrest and provided people with the...
