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HSBC digital banking locks out thousands of customers in UK

LONDON, UK: In the latest in a series of related issues facing British banks, on November 24, thousands of HSBC ...


Irish music legend Shane MacGowan passes away at 65

England [UK], November 30 (ANI): Singer-songwriter Shane MacGowan, the legendary frontman of the Irish band, the Pogues, died early Thursday, ...


Shane MacGowan: a timeless voice for Ireland's diaspora in England

During a concert in Dublin in 2022, Bob Dylan paused between songs to pay tribute to another singer-songwriter who was ...


UK accuses Greece of grandstanding for demanding artefacts

Athens is seeking the return of the ancient Parthenon marble carvings taken from Greece in the 1800sBritish Prime Minister Rishi ...


World Leaders React to Kissinger Death

World leaders reacted to the death of Henry Kissinger, a former U.S. secretary of state who influenced geopolitics under two ...


Top 25 roundup: Khalif Battle-led Arkansas upsets No. 7 Duke

(Photo credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports) Khalif Battle scored 21 points off the bench and Arkansas put together a much-needed ...


UK says Greece grandstanding amid statues row

Athens has demanded the return of ancient marble carvings taken from Greece in the 1800sBritish Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ...


No. 17 North Carolina holds on vs. No. 10 Tennessee

(Photo credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports) No. 17 North Carolina weathered a 37-point performance from Dalton Knecht to beat No. ...


Championship Weekend: Players to watch in 2023 title games

(Photo credit: Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK) Transfer portal got you down? College Football Playoff envy striking as ...


Ukraine ceasefire unlikely in 2024 Moscow

NATO is gambling with Russia's core interests and may get burned, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has saidRussian Deputy Foreign ...


UK to advise that schoolboys be allowed dress as girls The Times

Under new guidance, children will be able to choose pronouns and wear opposite-sex uniforms, the newspaper has saidUK school pupils ...


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U.S. backs Israel's restart of earth-shattering war in Gaza

While Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has been frantically shuttling around the Middle East trying to stop the Israeli coflict ...

12 crew members reported missing as Cargo ship sinks off Greek island

LESBOS, Greece: Greek authorities said a cargo ship sank off the island of Lesbos over the weekend during a storm, ...

Bird flu forces culling of 1.35 million chickens on Ohio egg farm

COLUMBUS, Ohio: To stop the spread of bird flu, more than 1.3 million chickens will be killed on Ohio's Union ...

Israel accused of targeting reporters and their families

In a devastating turn of events, Israel's war on Gaza, sparked by Hamas's unprecedented attacks on October 7, has resulted ...

Candidate wins election in Louisiana by 1 vote where 43,000 voted

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana: In a Louisiana election where more than 43,000 people cast their ballots, a candidate for parish sheriff ...

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US shoppers spend $38 billion online during Thanksgiving weekend

WASHINGTON D.C.: Despite the ongoing economic uncertainty, major discounts during the Thanksgiving weekend enticed U.S. shoppers, who spent some US$38 ...


Thailand will downgrade growth forecast for 2023 to 2.7 percent

BANGKOK, Thailand: This week, Thailand's Deputy Finance Minister Krisada Chinavicharana said after a weaker-than-expected third quarter, the country will downgrade ...


China pledges to deepen bilateral trade relations with Vietnam

BEIJING, China: The country's commerce ministry said that during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Ho ...


U.S. stocks advance as U.S. Treasury yields retreat

NEW YORK, New York - Retreating bond yields and a higher-then-expected GDP reading for the third quarter boosted U.S. stocks ...


Biden invokes Cold War-era law to boost medical supplies' production

WASHINGTON D.C.: President Joe Biden invoked a Cold War-era act this week to boost investment in U.S. manufacturing of medicines ...


Tesla ready to invest up to $2 billion in Indian factory

NEW DELHI, India: On November 24, the Economic Times (ET) reported that Tesla is ready to invest up to $2 ...


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