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HSBC snubs Hong Kong, stays in London

Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, will keep its headquarters in London after a year of looking into whether it would not be better to move to Hong Kong. But even a looming Brexit couldn’t change the picture.

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Fatma Omar wins gold in World Weightlifting Championship

Egyptian weightlifter Fatma Omar, 43, with the Egyptian weightlifting national team won the World Weightlifting Championship with a gold medal in the 61kg division in Dubai. Omar hit the record number 135.5. She left her studies to dedicate to sports and since 1997 she won receive several medals and achieved several records through national tournaments

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Tennis: Nadal cruises past Murray

Andy Murray’s preparation for the Davis Cup final took a dent as Rafael Nadal demolished the Scot in an hour and 31 minutes at the World Tour Finals. Stan Wawrinka is in action later against David Ferrer. Rafael Nadal produced one of his most dominant performances of the year to beat Andy Murray 6-4, 6-1 …

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Coming soon: Chinese nuclear power in UK

As part of a deal with Britain, the first Chinese nuclear power station in Europe could be built just 90 kilometers from London. Local residents are concerned about national security, the environment and safety. On a crisp, October Sunday along England’s Blackwater Estuary, hundreds of people gathered to protest against plans to allow China to …

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UK begins selling shares in RBS

The British government has begun selling its shares in the bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland, seven years after it acquired a majority stake in the embattled financial institute at the height of the financial crisis. The Treasury said Tuesday it had sold 630 million shares, representing 5.4 percent of the bank, for 2.1 billion pounds …

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Relatives of Osama Bin Laden reportedly killed in UK plane crash

Members of the family of deceased al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden have reportedly died in a plane crash in southern England. The Saudi embassy in London has offered condolences to the Bin Laden family. British and Saudi media say members of Osama Bin Laden’s family were among four people who died when a private …

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Rio Olympics security force double that of London games

Organizers of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro say they’ll have more than double the number of security personnel as London had at the previous games. Pollution in Brazil has also been under the microscope. At an event held Thursday to mark 53 weeks until South America’s first ever Olympic Games, Rio’s security secretary …

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UK economy bounces back

Britain's economic growth picked up in the second quarter of the year, driven by robust service sector activity and industrial output. The strong expansion rate raises the odds of an interest rate hike this year. The UK's economy expanded by 0.7 percent between April and June after slowing to 0.3 percent in the prior quarter, the country's Office for National…

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