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BoE chief says '3 days left' on bond intervention
Bank of England chief Andrew Bailey said Tuesday bond investors have "three days left" until the British central bank phases out emergency bond-buying efforts. The statement was a reiteration of the timetable on the emergency program, which was expanded earlier Tuesday by the central bank in the latest in a series of responses to upheaval in financial markers.
Biden to 're-evaluate' Saudi ties after OPEC snub
President Joe Biden is to "re-evaluate" the US relationship with Riyadh, the White House said Tuesday, after a Saudi-led coalition of oil-producing nations sided with Russia to slash output.
On Ukraine's southern front, soldiers hope to reach Kherson by winter
Charred, rusting skeletons are all that remain of three Russian rocket launchers that were left destroyed near the frontline in southern Ukraine, where Kyiv's forces have been pushing back Moscow's invading troops. For months, Kyiv's forces have been striking Russian warehouses with ammunition and infrastructure that allows them to supply their troops, such as bridges.
NASA spaceship deflected asteroid in test to save Earth
NASA on Tuesday said it had succeeded in deflecting an asteroid in a historic test of humanity's ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth. NASA believes the best way to deploy such weapons would be at a distance, to impart force without blowing the asteroid to smithereens, which could further imperil Earth. ia/bgs
UK court told of hospital baby attacks by 'killer' nurse
A nurse accused of murdering seven babies at the UK hospital where she worked was disturbed by the mother of one of her victims as she tried to kill him, a court heard on Tuesday. Johnson told a jury that the unwitting mother was "fobbed off" by Letby, 32, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder charges, and attempting to kill 10 other babies, including some more than once.
Trapped on the frontline in battle for Ukraine town
This week's Russian missile attacks on power plants threaten cities across Ukraine with blackouts, but many frontline communities have been under shellfire and without power or water for months. "No gas, no electricity for three months, no water.
Hope fading in search for Venezuela landslide survivors
Hopes were fading Tuesday of finding alive any of the 56 people missing after a devastating landslide swept through a Venezuelan town with 36 confirmed deaths to date. In 1999, about 10,000 people died in a massive landslide in the northern state of Vargas.
Ukraine's Zelensky urges UNESCO cultural protection for Odessa
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday officially requested that UNESCO add the historic port city of Odessa to its World Heritage List in a bid to protect it from Russian air strikes. "Odessa, like all other cities of Ukraine, is a target for Russian strikes," the Ukrainian president said.
Need more 'aggression' from Proteas bowlers in Australia: Boucher
South Africa head coach Mark Boucher on Tuesday said his bowlers need to be more aggressive in the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia on pitches that will suit their seamers. "Australia will suit our fast bowlers a lot better," Boucher, who will step down as the national coach after T20's showpiece event, told reporters.
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