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Image for Oil settles up 2% after Trump rejects return to Iran ceasefire deal terms
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Oil settles up 2% after Trump rejects return to Iran ceasefire deal terms

By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Brent crude prices settled up by 2.1% on Thursday,...

27th August, 2026

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Dollar subdued after data as focus turns to Jackson Hole

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The dollar was roughly flat on Thursday after a ro...

27th August, 2026

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Cricket-Abbas gives Pakistan slight edge as England battle back at Lord's

By Martyn Herman LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Pakistan bowler Mohammad Abbas took four wickets as his...

27th August, 2026

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Hundreds killed and more than 1,000 missing after Himalayan flood

By Gopal Sharma, Sahana Bajracharya and Navesh Chitrakar TRISHULI, Nepal, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Rescuer...

27th August, 2026

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Generali says MPS bid for Banca Generali offers 'growth opportunities'

MILAN, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Italy's Generali said on Thursday Monte dei Paschi di Siena's offer for we...

27th August, 2026

Image for Google agrees to settle UK app developers' lawsuit for $353 million
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Google agrees to settle UK app developers' lawsuit for $353 million

LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Google has agreed to settle a mass London lawsuit brought on behalf of ap...

27th August, 2026

Image for Britain's FTSE 100 slips as banks, energy stocks slide
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Britain's FTSE 100 slips as banks, energy stocks slide

Aug 27 (Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 slipped for a second straight session on Thursday as weakness i...

27th August, 2026

Image for Russian farmers, markets sceptical on state measures to rescue grain exports, call to sow less
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Russian farmers, markets sceptical on state measures to rescue grain exports, call to sow less

By Olga Popova and Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Russian farmers and market analysts expr...

27th August, 2026

Image for Swedish government raises GDP forecast ahead of September election
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Swedish government raises GDP forecast ahead of September election

STOCKHOLM, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Sweden's centre-right coalition raised its forecast for GDP growth ahe...

27th August, 2026

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Arson plot targeted Ukraine-founded drone maker, Slovak prosecutor says

By Jan Lopatka Aug 27 (Reuters) - An arson attack planned by three suspects in eastern Slovakia targ...

27th August, 2026

Image for Russian air attacks target Kyiv retailers, ports and industrial sites
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Russian air attacks target Kyiv retailers, ports and industrial sites

By Dan Peleschuk and Anna Pruchnicka KYIV, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Russia hammered Ukrainian ports, indus...

27th August, 2026

Image for Nvidia ignites chip stock rally as forecast shows AI boom is intact
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Nvidia ignites chip stock rally as forecast shows AI boom is intact

By Rashika Singh and Kanishka Ajmera Aug 27 (Reuters) - Nvidia ignited a chip-stock rally on Thursda...

27th August, 2026