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UK’s Queen Camilla, suffering chest infection, to resume engagements next week
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Wind energy firm EDPR’s nine-month profit halves but beats estimates
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‘Trump trade’ surges as he claims victory
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BMW quarterly profit misses expectations due to weak China sales, brake issues
Ahold Delhaize upbeat on Q4 outlook, shares boosted by US elections
Date: November 6, 2024
(Reuters) – Supermarket group Ahold Delhaize sees improving momentum in the busy end-of-year holiday quarter, it said on Wednesday, after its third-quarter results beat market expectations aided by faster recovery in Europe. Ahold’s shares rose as much as 8% to 33.30 euros per share, their highest intraday price ever, boosted by a potential Donald Trump...
UK government confirms spread of bird flu in commercial poultry
Date: November 6, 2024
(Reuters) – The UK government said on Tuesday it has confirmed a strain of the H5N5 bird flu virus in commercial poultry at a premises near Hornsea in Yorkshire. All poultry on the infected premises will be humanely culled and a three kilometer protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone has been put in place...
Qatar passes referendum, replaces Shura Council elections with appointments, interior minister says
Date: November 6, 2024
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar’s referendum on a set of constitutional amendments passed with a 90.6% approval of the valid votes, replacing legislative elections for the Shura Council with appointed roles, the Gulf Arab state’s interior minister said early on Wednesday. Qatar held its first ever elections in 2021 to choose two-thirds of the members of...
US stock futures, dollar and bitcoin surge as Trump claims victory
Date: November 6, 2024
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Wayne Cole LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. and European stock futures and the dollar surged on Wednesday, while bitcoin jumped to a record high as Republican Donald Trump claimed victory in the U.S. presidential election. Fox News projected that Trump has won the U.S. presidency, defeating Democrat Kamala Harris and capping a stunning...
UK’s Queen Camilla suffering from chest infection, Buckingham Palace says
Date: November 6, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) -Queen Camilla, the wife of Britain’s King Charles, has been forced to pull out of her planned engagements this week after suffering a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday. Camilla, 77, is resting at home while she recovers but no further details of her illness have been given, as is usual with...
China wants talks on trade measures at COP29 climate summit, document shows
Date: November 6, 2024
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – China has requested that countries hold talks at next week’s COP29 U.N. climate summit on carbon border taxes and other “restrictive trade measures” that Beijing says are hurting developing countries, according to a document seen by Reuters. The request raises the prospect that mounting trade tensions between major economies...