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Bank of England cuts rates to 4%, but warns inflation will constrain further easing
LONDON (Realist English). The Bank of England has lowered its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4%, the...
UK threatens to recognize Palestinian state in September unless Israel acts on Gaza
LONDON (Realist English). The United Kingdom will move to formally recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes immediate...
India–UK free trade agreement set to double engineering exports to Britain by 2030
NEW DELHI / LONDON (Realist English). India’s engineering exports to the United Kingdom are projected to nearly double over the...
Germany and UK sign post-Brexit friendship treaty to boost defense, trade, and travel
LONDON (Realist English). Five years after the UK formally exited the European Union, Germany and the United Kingdom have signed...
UK government secretly relocated thousands of Afghans after major data leak
LONDON (Realist English). The UK government ran a secret multibillion-pound relocation programme for Afghans after a catastrophic data breach exposed...
U.K. economy shrinks again in May amid U.S. tariffs and business uncertainty
LONDON (Realist English). The British economy unexpectedly contracted in May, with fresh data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...
Macron urges UK and France to rebuild ties: ‘Let’s not allow the Channel to grow wider’
LONDON (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the United Kingdom and France to leave behind the divisions...
Starmer and Macron show unity — but behind the smiles, tensions over Trump and trade simmer
LONDON (Realist English). UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are projecting a renewed era of Anglo-French...
UK resumes diplomatic ties with Syria as post-war reset accelerates
DAMASCUS (Realist English). The United Kingdom has formally restored diplomatic relations with Syria, marking a major shift in policy more...
Vance says Iran nuclear talks collapsed before launch of Operation Epic Fury
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Vice President JD Vance said Monday that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program broke down after...
Saudi Arabia urges Gulf restraint after US-Israeli strikes on Iran
RIYADH (Realist English). Senior Saudi officials have expressed frustration over the scale and timing of US and Israeli strikes on...
Trump signals possible four-week military campaign in Iran
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump indicated on Sunday that the United States anticipates a military campaign in Iran could...
Oil surges more than 8% as US-Iran conflict fuels supply fears
NEW YORK (Realist English). Crude oil prices jumped more than 8% on Sunday evening as investors reacted to the escalating...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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