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Embattled Italian lender Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA is making a last-ditch effort to raise 5 billion euros by the end of the year to stay afloat and avoid being bailed out by the Italian government. In a statement late Sunday, the bank said it will seek new private capital by reopening a debt-to-equity swap offer after receiving regulatory authorization, according to media reports. The bank last week made an offer to bondholders to swap €4.3 billion worth of subordinated into shares, but only raised €1 billion through the offering. Читать дальше...

Four men and two women were arrested in London, Derby, and Burton.

'Consider it an early Christmas present'

Rafting through a rugged sub-Antarctic landscape, surrounded by colonies of penguins frolicking and playing in the water: this is the immersion that Sydney Aquarium is offering in a world-first experience.

Jo Schofield: We are keen to keep it bubbling along. It is good to see community concern.

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LONDON — One campaigned to leave the European Union, the other to stay.

Now, nearly six months after Britain's shock referendum vote for Brexit, two thirty-somethings prove the debate is still very much alive, and just as painful.

"I'm very, very excited about the future," says Chris Mendes, a 31-year-old software engineer who supports the anti-EU, anti-immigration UK Independence Party (UKIP), which helped drive the "Leave" vote.

But Thomas Cole... Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS — The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints defensive leader Will Smith faces a sentence of up to 40 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter during a trial that made spectators of some of the city’s sports heroes.

PARIS — A lawyer for International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says he wants a delay in a high-profile trial in which she’s accused of negligence for allowing a huge handout to a well-connected businessman.

LOS ANGELES — The force is strong with “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” according to early reactions from the film’s premiere Saturday night in Los Angeles.

Oil and gas sector keeps European indices positive in cautious trade

China heeft bezorgd gereageerd op opmerkingen van de aankomende Amerikaanse president Donald Trump. Hij liet zich in een interview kritisch uit over het traditionele uitgangspunt van Amerikaanse regeringen dat Taiwan onderdeel is van de Volksrepubliek China.

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In an interview that aired Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump falsely asserted “nobody really knows” what is causing climate change.

Speaking with Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday, Trump said he said he was “open minded” about the science behind climate change, despite previously calling it a "big scam" and "hoax" perpetrated by China.

"I'm very open-minded. I'm still open-minded. Nobody really knows," Trump told Wallace, before continuing... Читать дальше...

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PARIS (Reuters) - French fund management company Amundi is to buy asset manager Pioneer from Italian bank UniCredit for €3.55 billion (£2.9 billion, $3.75 billion), and will finance the deal with a debt and equity issue.

The deal is one of various disposals being pursued by newly-appointed UniCredit Chief Executive Jean-Pierre Mustier to boost capital levels at the Italian lender, slim it down and make it easier to manage.

Amundi, which is majority owned by French bank Credit Agricole ... Читать дальше...

This energetic light display will have you rockin’ out around the Christmas tree.

The tracksuit is different but the man inside it is still the same.

Jamie Redknapp believes that the Red Devils would be occupying a top-four position in the Premier League had they used their Armenian summer signing more frequently

Kylie Jenner has released a calendar for 2017, but before fans could get their hands on the product, the images included in the project have already made their way online. Instagram account @los_angeles_heat shared Jenner’s photos, which were shot by famous photographer Terry Richardson. See some of them below.

KATHA, Myanmar (AP) — In the 1990s, Nyo Ko Naing noticed that the handful of foreign tourists who made it to his remote hometown were carrying their own maps and looked like they were searching for something. Someone, it turns…

KATHA, Myanmar (AP) — In the 1990s, Nyo Ko Naing noticed that the handful of foreign tourists who made it to his remote hometown were carrying their own maps and looked like they were searching for something. Someone, it turns…

OIl futures jumped more than 5% on Monday after Russia and a bunch of other big producers agreed over the weekend to join OPEC members in cutting their output next month.

PARIS (AP) — A lawyer for International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says he wants a delay in a high-profile trial in which she's accused of negligence for allowing a huge handout to a well-connected businessman.

PARIS (AP) — A lawyer for International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says he wants a delay in a high-profile trial in which she's accused of negligence for allowing a huge handout to a well-connected businessman.