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Acclaimed "Downton Abbey" TV series to be turned into a movie
A movie is to be made of "Downton Abbey", the award-winning television period drama about a British household in the early 20th century, and the original stars will reunite for the project.
Trade data lifts U.S. dollar; stocks flat on mixed earnings
The safe-haven U.S. dollar touched to a two-week high on Friday after data showed a record Chinese trade surplus, while Wall Street stocks were little changed on mixed bank earnings and gains in industrials.
Poll tension grips Pakistan as ousted PM flies home to face jail
Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam, both sentenced to lengthy jail terms in absentia, were flying back to Pakistan on Friday in a high-stakes gamble to galvanize their beleaguered party ahead of a July 25 election.
U.S. import prices post biggest drop in over two years
U.S. import prices fell the most in more than two years in June as prices for petroleum products fell and a strong dollar weighed on the costs of other goods.
Wall Street flat as industrials offset slide in bank stocks
U.S. stock indexes were little changed on Friday as a slide in financials on the three big Wall Street banks reporting mixed results was offset by gains in industrials as the U.S.-China trade rhetoric eased overnight.
Thyssenkrupp names finance chief Kerkhoff as interim CEO
Chief Financial Officer Guido Kerkhoff was named interim CEO of Thyssenkrupp on Friday and won the backing of the German industrial group's biggest shareholder, as the search began for a permanent replacement for Heinrich Hiesinger.
Do Brexit how you want so we can do a trade deal, Trump tells UK PM May
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he looked forward to finalizing a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain, striking a contrasting tone to a newspaper interview when he said Prime Minister Theresa May's strategy would kill such an agreemen...
Novartis disputes U.S. senators' report on Cohen contract
Novartis on Friday disputed a report from Democratic U.S. senators that concluded the Swiss drugmaker misled the public about its $1.2 million contract with a former attorney for President Donald Trump.
U.S. rejects French request for Iran exemptions as reinsurer Scor pulls out
The United States has rejected a French request for waivers for its companies operating in Iran that Paris sought after President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told Le Figaro.
Goldman sees 60 percent chance of more U.S. tariffs on China
Goldman Sachs economists said on Friday they placed a 60 percent chance the Trump administration would impose duties on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese imports that were recently targeted.
Wells Fargo profit misses estimates on lower loans, higher expenses
Wells Fargo & Co on Friday reported a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly profit, as lending activity slowed and it recorded higher expenses.
Pakistan's Imran Khan 'quietly confident' he will be PM
Pakistani cricket legend Imran Khan said he was "quietly confident" of victory in a general election this month and that as prime minister, he would drive an anti-corruption and anti-poverty campaign in the south Asian nation.
McQueen thriller 'Widows' to open London Film Festival
British director Steve McQueen will open his first major feature since "12 Years a Slave" won an Oscar in 2013 when thriller "Widows" kicks off the BFI London Film Festival in October.
JPMorgan profit beats on better-than-expected trading, loan growth
JPMorgan Chase & Co's quarterly profit topped Wall Street's expectations on Friday, as trading revenue came in much higher than expected and demand for loans increased on the back of a strengthening U.S. economy.
Portugal PM says no changing budget course ahead of 2019 election
Portugal's government will stay the course of budget discipline next year while further improving pay and investment, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Friday, ruling out any major policy changes before a general election in 2019.
Netflix taken to court in India over portrayal of former PM
An Indian politician has taken streaming giant Netflix to court, asking that it delete "offensive scenes" and derogatory remarks about former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in its first Indian original series.
U.S. President Trump says relationship with UK is very, very strong
After publicly criticizing British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the relationship was "very, very strong."
Young Portuguese inmates sing Mozart opera on way to freedom
Inmates from one of Portugal's biggest youth prisons took to the stage at a prominent Lisbon music venue this week to perform Mozart's 'Così fan tutte' - a unique initiative using opera to reintegrate prisoners back into society a...
Judge to weigh new rules as U.S. works to reunite migrant families
A federal judge on Friday will consider imposing tougher rules on the U.S. government to ensure it reunites as many as 2,000 immigrant children with their parents by July 26.
Thai soccer team planned to be inside the cave for only an hour
Twelve boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand planned to explore the cavern complex for only about an hour before treacherous flood waters rose to trap them for more than two weeks, one of the boys' fathers said.