DUBAI/WASHINGTON - The United States blames Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman that drove up oil prices and raised concerns about a new U.S.-Iranian confrontation, but Tehran bluntly denies the allegation.
A prominent former Labour Party politician, Chuka Umunna, said on Thursday he had joined the pro-European Union Liberal Democrats, barely a week after he quit a new political grouping he had jointly formed months earlier to block Brexit.
China's industrial output growth unexpectedly slowed to a more than 17-year low in May, while investment also cooled, in the latest sign of weakening demand in the world's second-largest economy as the United States ramps up trade pressure.
Beijing has found its villain in its multi-fronted conflict with the United States: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Yemen's Houthi group carried out new drone strikes on a Saudi airport on Friday after a series of air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition against the capital Sanaa, residents and both sides of Yemen's war said.
An Australian man pleaded not guilty on Friday to 92 charges stemming from a massacre in two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch three months ago and will stand trial in May next year.
Swiss Re confirmed it wants to float its $4.5 billion (£3.6 billion) UK life assurance business ReAssure, saying on Friday it expected to complete a listing on the London Stock Exchange in July.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| GB 10YR |
+0.824
|
-0.013 |
| DE 10YR |
-0.259
|
-0.016 |
| JP 10YR |
-0.125
|
+0.000 |
| Name | GBP | USD | EUR |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | 1 | 0.7897 | 0.8910 |
| USD | 1.2661 | 1 | 1.1285 |
| EUR | 1.1218 | 0.8861 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,355.40
USD
|
+16.20
Exp: Jun 19
|
| Copper |
2.66
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Jun 19
|
| Brent Crude |
61.05
USD
|
-0.26
Exp: Jun 19
|
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