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A Premier Inn hotel in Doncaster, England. Whitbread owns the Premier Inn chain.

Whitbread Shareholders Reject Corvex Board Nominee in Decisive Vote

25 minutes ago25 minutes ago
Container terminal at the port of Odesa, Ukraine, in 2019.

Russia Says It Hit Three Ships and Two Power Substations in Ukraine as Abu Dhabi Talks Near

52 minutes ago52 minutes ago
Lando Norris driving his McLaren during practice at the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix.

Norris Wins Rain-Hit São Paulo Grand Prix as Mercedes Seal Constructors’ Title

2 hours ago2 hours ago
Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of Spain's conservative People's Party, photographed in June 2023.

Spain’s Right Leads Polls Ahead of 29 November Election, but Needs Vox to Govern

2 hours ago2 hours ago
Exterior of a Google data centre in The Dalles, Oregon

Google to Invest $15 Billion in Malaysia in Two-Year Data Centre and AI Push

3 hours ago3 hours ago
Evonik Industries headquarters in Essen, Germany.

BASF and Evonik Chiefs Held Weekend Talks as €11 Billion Takeover Standoff Continues

3 hours ago3 hours ago
A Coca-Cola bottling plant building with the company's red signage.

Kremlin Says It Knows Nothing of Bid to Seize Coca-Cola Bottler’s Russian Assets

4 hours ago4 hours ago
A white Waymo Jaguar I-Pace self-driving car with a roof-mounted sensor array driving on a city street.

US Opens New Probe into 2,895 Waymo Cars Over School Bus Safety Failures

4 hours ago4 hours ago
The Manila skyline, the Philippines' financial and commercial centre.

Philippines Growth Slows to 2.1% in Third Quarter, Weakest Since the Pandemic

5 hours ago5 hours ago
The south facade of the White House in Washington, DC, seen from the Washington Monument.

US AI Safety Watchdog Now Reports to the White House, Raising Independence Fears

5 hours ago5 hours ago
A Premier Inn hotel in Doncaster, England. Whitbread owns the Premier Inn chain.
  • Business
  • Markets
25 minutes ago25 minutes ago

Whitbread Shareholders Reject Corvex Board Nominee in Decisive Vote

Shareholders in Premier Inn owner Whitbread have overwhelmingly rejected activist investor Corvex Management’s bid for a board seat, backing the hotel group’s turnaround plan instead.

Container terminal at the port of Odesa, Ukraine, in 2019.
  • Politics
  • World
52 minutes ago52 minutes ago

Russia Says It Hit Three Ships and Two Power Substations in Ukraine as Abu Dhabi Talks Near

Russia said its forces struck three cargo vessels in the Black Sea and two electricity substations overnight, leaving more than 600,000 people in Dnipropetrovsk without power. The strikes came just before US-mediated talks between Ukraine and Russia open in Abu Dhabi.

Lando Norris driving his McLaren during practice at the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix.
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2 hours ago2 hours ago

Norris Wins Rain-Hit São Paulo Grand Prix as Mercedes Seal Constructors’ Title

Lando Norris won a wet São Paulo Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday, while Mercedes secured their ninth Formula One constructors’ championship with three races of the season still to run.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of Spain's conservative People's Party, photographed in June 2023.
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  • World
2 hours ago2 hours ago

Spain’s Right Leads Polls Ahead of 29 November Election, but Needs Vox to Govern

Spain’s conservative People’s Party would win the general election on 29 November but fall short of a majority, forcing it to rely on the right-wing Vox, according to the latest polls.

Exterior of a Google data centre in The Dalles, Oregon
  • Business
  • Technology
3 hours ago3 hours ago

Google to Invest $15 Billion in Malaysia in Two-Year Data Centre and AI Push

Google will invest US$15 billion in Malaysia over the next two years, building new data centre campuses and adding more than a gigawatt of clean energy capacity in one of the largest private digital infrastructure pledges the country has seen.

Evonik Industries headquarters in Essen, Germany.
  • Business
  • Markets
3 hours ago3 hours ago

BASF and Evonik Chiefs Held Weekend Talks as €11 Billion Takeover Standoff Continues

The chief executives and finance chiefs of BASF and Evonik met over the weekend, Reuters reported, the first direct contact between the two sides since Evonik rejected BASF’s sweetened €11.18 billion offer at the end of October.

A Coca-Cola bottling plant building with the company's red signage.
  • Business
  • World
4 hours ago4 hours ago

Kremlin Says It Knows Nothing of Bid to Seize Coca-Cola Bottler’s Russian Assets

The Kremlin said on Monday it was unaware of a request to place Coca-Cola HBC’s Russian assets under temporary state management, sending the bottler’s London-listed shares up more than 4%.

A white Waymo Jaguar I-Pace self-driving car with a roof-mounted sensor array driving on a city street.
  • Business
  • Technology
4 hours ago4 hours ago

US Opens New Probe into 2,895 Waymo Cars Over School Bus Safety Failures

America’s road safety regulator has opened a fresh investigation into Alphabet’s driverless cars after reports that they kept passing stopped school buses even after a software fix meant to stop them doing so.

The Manila skyline, the Philippines' financial and commercial centre.
  • Business
  • World
5 hours ago5 hours ago

Philippines Growth Slows to 2.1% in Third Quarter, Weakest Since the Pandemic

The Philippine economy grew by just 2.1% in the third quarter, its weakest pace since the pandemic, as high prices, a farm slump and weak investment dragged on growth — leaving the government’s full-year target almost out of reach.

The south facade of the White House in Washington, DC, seen from the Washington Monument.
  • AI
  • Politics
5 hours ago5 hours ago

US AI Safety Watchdog Now Reports to the White House, Raising Independence Fears

America’s small federal centre for testing whether powerful AI systems are safe has no permanent leader, has stopped publishing its research, and its staff have now been asked to report informally to the White House, according to the Associated Press.

Microsoft Winds Down Oracle AI Cloud Deal as It Reassesses Billions in Cloud Partnerships
  • AI
  • Technology

Microsoft Winds Down Oracle AI Cloud Deal as It Reassesses Billions in Cloud Partnerships

Days of Extreme Heat Have More Than Doubled Since the 1980s, OECD Warns
  • Business
  • Climate

Days of Extreme Heat Have More Than Doubled Since the 1980s, OECD Warns

Bulgaria Elects Iliana Iotova as Its First Female President
  • Politics
  • World

Bulgaria Elects Iliana Iotova as Its First Female President

Trump Administration Plans to Deport More Than 150 Afghans to Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
  • Politics
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Trump Administration Plans to Deport More Than 150 Afghans to Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan

A Premier Inn hotel in Doncaster, England. Whitbread owns the Premier Inn chain.
  • Business
  • Markets

Whitbread Shareholders Reject Corvex Board Nominee in Decisive Vote

Editorial Desk25 minutes ago25 minutes ago02 mins

Shareholders in Premier Inn owner Whitbread have overwhelmingly rejected activist investor Corvex Management’s bid for a board seat, backing the hotel group’s turnaround plan instead.

Read Full News
Container terminal at the port of Odesa, Ukraine, in 2019.
  • Politics
  • World

Russia Says It Hit Three Ships and Two Power Substations in Ukraine as Abu Dhabi Talks Near

Editorial Desk52 minutes ago52 minutes ago02 mins

Russia said its forces struck three cargo vessels in the Black Sea and two electricity substations overnight, leaving more than 600,000 people in Dnipropetrovsk without power. The strikes came just before US-mediated talks between Ukraine and Russia open in Abu Dhabi.

Read Full News
Lando Norris driving his McLaren during practice at the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix.
  • World

Norris Wins Rain-Hit São Paulo Grand Prix as Mercedes Seal Constructors’ Title

Editorial Desk2 hours ago2 hours ago03 mins

Lando Norris won a wet São Paulo Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday, while Mercedes secured their ninth Formula One constructors’ championship with three races of the season still to run.

Read Full News
Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of Spain's conservative People's Party, photographed in June 2023.
  • Politics
  • World

Spain’s Right Leads Polls Ahead of 29 November Election, but Needs Vox to Govern

Editorial Desk2 hours ago2 hours ago03 mins

Spain’s conservative People’s Party would win the general election on 29 November but fall short of a majority, forcing it to rely on the right-wing Vox, according to the latest polls.

Read Full News
Exterior of a Google data centre in The Dalles, Oregon
  • Business
  • Technology

Google to Invest $15 Billion in Malaysia in Two-Year Data Centre and AI Push

Editorial Desk3 hours ago3 hours ago03 mins

Google will invest US$15 billion in Malaysia over the next two years, building new data centre campuses and adding more than a gigawatt of clean energy capacity in one of the largest private digital infrastructure pledges the country has seen.

Read Full News
Evonik Industries headquarters in Essen, Germany.
  • Business
  • Markets

BASF and Evonik Chiefs Held Weekend Talks as €11 Billion Takeover Standoff Continues

Editorial Desk3 hours ago3 hours ago02 mins

The chief executives and finance chiefs of BASF and Evonik met over the weekend, Reuters reported, the first direct contact between the two sides since Evonik rejected BASF’s sweetened €11.18 billion offer at the end of October.

Read Full News
A Coca-Cola bottling plant building with the company's red signage.
  • Business
  • World

Kremlin Says It Knows Nothing of Bid to Seize Coca-Cola Bottler’s Russian Assets

Editorial Desk4 hours ago4 hours ago03 mins

The Kremlin said on Monday it was unaware of a request to place Coca-Cola HBC’s Russian assets under temporary state management, sending the bottler’s London-listed shares up more than 4%.

Read Full News
A white Waymo Jaguar I-Pace self-driving car with a roof-mounted sensor array driving on a city street.
  • Business
  • Technology

US Opens New Probe into 2,895 Waymo Cars Over School Bus Safety Failures

Editorial Desk4 hours ago4 hours ago03 mins

America’s road safety regulator has opened a fresh investigation into Alphabet’s driverless cars after reports that they kept passing stopped school buses even after a software fix meant to stop them doing so.

Read Full News
The Manila skyline, the Philippines' financial and commercial centre.
  • Business
  • World

Philippines Growth Slows to 2.1% in Third Quarter, Weakest Since the Pandemic

Editorial Desk5 hours ago5 hours ago03 mins

The Philippine economy grew by just 2.1% in the third quarter, its weakest pace since the pandemic, as high prices, a farm slump and weak investment dragged on growth — leaving the government’s full-year target almost out of reach.

Read Full News
The south facade of the White House in Washington, DC, seen from the Washington Monument.
  • AI
  • Politics

US AI Safety Watchdog Now Reports to the White House, Raising Independence Fears

Editorial Desk5 hours ago5 hours ago04 mins

America’s small federal centre for testing whether powerful AI systems are safe has no permanent leader, has stopped publishing its research, and its staff have now been asked to report informally to the White House, according to the Associated Press.

Read Full News
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