Pedestrians walk past the Bank of England in the City of London May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Public reduce expectations of Bank of England rate rise

The public have scaled back their expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates over the next 12 months to the lowest in a year, a survey by the central bank shows.  Full Article 

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Protests against police violence flare for third night in New York 9:39am GMT

NEW YORK - Protesters in New York and other U.S. cities rallied for a third straight night on Friday denouncing the use of deadly force by police against minorities, as prosecutors said they would consider charges against an officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in November. | Video

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Russia's Gazprom receives prepayment from Ukraine for gas supplies

8:42am GMT

MOSCOW - Russian natural gas producer Gazprom said on Saturday it had received a prepayment of $378.22 million from Ukraine for natural gas supplies, paving the way for the first shipments to Kiev since Moscow cut supplies in June.

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Massive evacuation as Typhoon Hagupit nears Philippines

8:36am GMT

MANILA - More than half a million people in the Philippines have fled from a powerful typhoon in one of the world's biggest peacetime evacuations, as the storm threatens to wreak more destruction on areas still bearing the scars of a super typhoon 13 months ago.

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Bill Cosby's Walk of Fame star vandalised with word 'rapist'

12:05am GMT

LOS ANGELES - Comedian Bill Cosby's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was vandalised on Friday with the word "rapist" written over it, after numerous women came forward in recent weeks alleging Cosby had sexually assaulted them in incidents dating back decades. | Video

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New NASA spaceship nails debut test flight

05 Dec 2014

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A U.S. spaceship designed to one day fly astronauts to Mars made a near-bullseye splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, wrapping up a flawless, unmanned debut test flight around Earth. | Video

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Ukraine's Poroshenko tells army not to give up Donetsk airport

05 Dec 2014

KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine - The whole of Ukraine will be within reach of the "enemy" if its armed forces lose control of the international airport in the eastern city of Donetsk to separatists, President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday. | Video

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Several injured after train stabbing incident

One person is in custody in connection with a stabbing incident onboard an Amtrak train going from Chicago to Port Huron, Michigan. Julie Noce reports.

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