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Family and friends say farewell to Alesha MacPhail
Family and friends of a six-year-old girl who was killed on holiday have said farewell to a “special little girl” at her funeral. Alesha MacPhail was staying with relatives on the Isle of Bute, in the Firth of Clyde, at the start of the summer break when she was found dead. .
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Mnuchin: Overall US economy not harmed by trade battles
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that the overall U.S. economy has not been harmed by the trade battles set off by President Donald Trump's get-tough policies although some individual sectors have been hurt. Mnuchin spoke to reporters on the sidelines of meetings of finance ministers
- Business Insider UK•32 minutes ago
The Latest: Fiat Chrysler picks Jeep's Manley to replace CEO
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- Engadget•42 minutes ago
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Migrant charity files manslaughter complaint against cargo ship, Libya
The charity Proactiva Open Arms has filed a complaint, including of involuntary manslaughter, with the Spanish police against a cargo ship for failing to help migrants adrift on a destroyed dinghy in the Mediterranean. The captain of the charity's rescue boat said on Saturday he also plans to file
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Korean car brand Genesis is praised by critics but unknown to customers
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- Business Insider UK•58 minutes ago
Cuba's new president names cabinet resembling Castro's
Cuba's new President Miguel Diaz-Canel named his cabinet on Saturday, keeping a majority of ministers from predecessor Raul Castro including in the key posts of defense, interior and foreign relations, signaling continuity rather than change. Diaz-Canel, 58, who replaced Castro in April, announced
- Business Insider UK•59 minutes ago
Turkish businessman to face UK extradition hearing: UK ministry
LONDON/ANKARA (Reuters) - Exiled Turkish businessman Akin Ipek will face an extradition hearing in Britain in September, the British interior ministry said on Saturday, following his arrest in relation to a Turkish request to extradite him. Ipek built a multi-billion-dollar fortune in Turkey based on
- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Spanish rider Fraile wins 14th stage of Tour de France
MENDE, France (AP) — Spanish rider Omar Fraile won the 14th stage of the Tour de France by bursting from a group of breakaway riders on the finishing climb in the Massif Central on Saturday.
- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Iran's top leader endorses warning over oil supplies
Iran's top leader has endorsed a warning made earlier by the country's president over Mideast oil supplies. Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters, did not elaborate. Earlier in July, Rouhani said that if Iran's crude oil exports were threatened, the rest of the Middle East'
- The Guardian•1 hour ago
Mobile phones and cancer – the full picture
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- CNBC•1 hour ago
These are the top 2 food experiences in America, according to TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor ranked the top 10 global food experiences, and two in America made the list.
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Egypt hikes natural gas prices by up to 75 percent
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has raised natural gas prices for households and businesses by between 33.3 and 75 percent.
- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Afghan government considering new Eid ceasefire offer
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani may offer the Taliban a ceasefire during next month's Eid holiday after the truce in June which saw unprecedented scenes of unarmed fighters and soldiers mingling on the streets of Kabul, a spokesman said on Saturday. The announcement came amid growing speculation about
- The Independent•1 hour ago
Ten things you should know about interest rates as Trump’s threats of a currency war loom
Say one thing for Donald Trump. On Thursday he attacked the Federal Reserve for increasing interest rates. Then on Friday, he switched the attack to other countries seeking to depreciate their currencies against the dollar.
- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Bosworth sets walking world record in London; Baker wins 100
Tom Bosworth avoided a race-ending third caution and improved his own walking world record at the London Stadium on Saturday when he clocked 10 minutes, 43.09 seconds in the 3,000 meters. The 28-year-old British walker was yellow-carded twice at the Anniversary Games. Bosworth won silver in the men
- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Two victims leave hospital after Missouri tour boat tragedy
Two adults and two children remained hospitalized in Branson, Missouri after an adult and a child were released late on Friday, NBC affiliate KY3 News reported, citing a hospital official. Representatives from the CoxHealth Branson hospital and local Stone County Sheriff's Office did not immediately
- The Independent•1 hour ago
Facebook suspends analytics firm amid concerns of widespread surveillance of users
Facebook has suspended an analytics firm amid apparent concerns it may have carried out wide-spread surveillance of users. The social media giant said it had launched an immediate investigation after questions were raised about how Crimson Hexagon was using data collected from the site. The firm, based
- Business Insider UK•2 hours ago
Russian FM tells Pompeo: Russian's arrest 'unacceptable'
Russia's Foreign Minister has held a telephone call with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in which he complained about the Americans' arrest of a Russian woman on allegations of being a covert agent. U.S. prosecutors have accused Maria Butina of working to infiltrate political organizations
- CNBC•2 hours ago
Students who say they lost thousands on an Art Institute education look to US for loan relief
Advocates blame the Trump administration for siding with certain schools by delaying a regulation that aimed to provide debt relief to students left with troubled degrees.
- Business Insider UK•2 hours ago
Iran lifts ban on non-Muslim city council member after outcry
A top Iranian body on Saturday lifted a ban imposed by a hardline-led council on a politician from the minority Zoroastrian religion who had been elected to a city council in the central city of Yazd, the state news agency IRNA reported. The rare reversal came after a widespread public outcry, lobbying
- Business Insider UK•2 hours ago
Storm Son Tinh kills 20, leaves 16 missing in Vietnam
HANOI (Reuters) - Tropical storm Son Tinh has killed 20 people, left 16 missing and injured 14 in Vietnam, the country's rescue committee said on Saturday.
- Business Insider UK•2 hours ago
Lavrov tells Pompeo: free Russian woman accused in U.S. of espionage
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Treasury Secretary: Trump not threatening Fed's independence
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says that Donald Trump was not trying to put pressure on the Federal Reserve when he criticized its decision to raise interest rates. Speaking to reporters Saturday on the sidelines of a Group of 20 meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mnuchin said he can't
- Business Insider UK•2 hours ago
Iran says 10 Revolutionary Guards were just killed by Kurdish militants near the Iraqi border
Militants killed 10 Iranian Revolutionary Guards in an attack on a post on the Iraqi border on Saturday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Iran said that several of the attacking "terrorists" were also killed in the fighting in which a munitions depot was blown up. It&
