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(Fixes typo in second paragraph) LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry arrived at a London court on Monday, a Reuters photographer said. His arrival came ahead of the first hearing in a lawsuit brought by Harry, singer Elton John and other high profile figures against the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper over alleged phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy. (This story has been refiled to fix a typo in […]

(Reuters) – Chelsea had an overall net loss of 121.3 million pounds ($148.65 million) for 2021-22 due to “extraordinary expenses and loss of revenue” after sanctions were imposed on previous owner Roman Abramovich, the Premier League club said on Monday. Russian owner Abramovich put the club up for sale in early March last year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation”. UK government sanctions on […]

By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Harry made a surprise appearance at London’s High Court on Monday as he and six other high profile figures began their lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail paper over years of alleged phone-tapping and privacy breaches. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, has brought a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, as have singer Elton John, his husband and […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – BioNTech plans to spend up to about 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) more on research and development and buy back up to $500 million more of its shares this year, drawing on more than 21 billion euros from the now waning commercial success of its COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement on Monday, Germany’s BioNTech, Pfizer’s partner on the Comirnaty vaccine, said it plans to spend 2.4 to […]

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Burkina Faso’s military government on Monday suspended France 24 broadcasts in the country after the TV station aired an interview with the head of al Qaeda’s North African wing AQIM. Relations between Paris and Ouagadougou have deteriorated sharply since Burkina Faso’s military seized power in a coup last October. In January, Burkina Faso gave France one month to withdraw its troops as it ended a military accord that […]

By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Harry made a surprise appearance at London’s High Court on Monday as he and six other high profile figures began their lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail paper over years of alleged phone-tapping and privacy breaches. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, has brought a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, as have singer Elton John, his husband and […]

By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry arrived at London’s High Court on Monday for a hearing against the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper over alleged phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, has brought a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers alongside other famous figures including singer Elton John, his husband and filmmaker David Furnish, and actors Elizabeth Hurley […]

BENGALURU (Reuters) -Softbank-backed Indian hotel aggregator Oyo Hotels and Homes Pvt Ltd is cutting the shares it plans to sell via an initial public offering (IPO) by about two-thirds as tech valuations plunge, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Oyo is preparing to file a fresh IPO document as soon as this week, according to the report. The company had initially filed to go public […]

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether colleges can continue to consider race as part of their admissions decisions, a practice commonly known as affirmative action. Here is what to know about the policy, its history and the possible consequences of the court’s decision. WHAT IS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION? In the context of higher education, affirmative action typically refers to admissions policies. Colleges that take race […]