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US STOCKS-Wall Street ends lower on slide in Apple shares, bank stocks

Wall Street stocks closed lower on Monday after bank stocks erased earlier gains and Apple shares fell on a report saying the company...

Increasingly bitter race to replace UK PM Johnson narrows to four

Britain's former finance minister Rishi Sunak held onto his lead in the race to become Britain's next prime minister on Monday as another...

IBM beats quarterly revenue estimates, warns of $3.5 bln forex hit

IT hardware and services company IBM Corp beat quarterly revenue expectations on Monday but warned that the hit from forex for the year...

White House says report on Uvalde school shooting is ‘devastating’ and ‘unacceptable’

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday said a report on the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 dead is "devastating" and...

US STOCKS-Wall Street closes down on slide in Apple shares, bank stocks

Wall Street ended lower on Monday after bank stocks erased earlier gains and Apple shares fell on a report saying the company plans...

UN publishes new guidance on curbing child abduction and other ‘grave violations’ in war

The UN’s top official advocating for children caught up in armed conflict issued new guidance on Monday designed to help expert staff...

Flights briefly disrupted at UK’s Luton airport as heat damages runway

Flights to and from Britain's London Luton airport were temporarily disrupted on Monday after soaring temperatures caused a defect in its runway, prompting...

Britain could see hottest temperature on record this week

Britain was braced for temperatures to hit 40C for the first time this week, with ministers urging the public to stay at home...