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london — Two weeks ago he was Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh, Knight of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Now he’s just Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. On Thursday night, Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles III had begun the process of stripping his brother of his titles and honors and banishing him from the royal estate of Windsor, ending Andrew’s fall from grace over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. By the next morning, Andrew’s name had already been removed…
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis about Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox every Friday night.)Berkshire Hathaway’s third-quarter results will be released Saturday morning. Operating profits soared and Buffett continued to hoard cash. Details can be found here.Berkshire’s concerns grow as Buffett’s CEO takeover approachesInvestors appear increasingly nervous about the year-end transition, as Warren Buffett will no longer be Berkshire’s CEO two months from now.On May 2, the Friday before Buffett abruptly announced his plans to resign at the company’s annual meeting, Berkshire’s B stock It closed at…
Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters will speak at Hong Kong FinTech Week in Hong Kong on November 3, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBill Winters CEO standard charteredAs mainstream banks and financial institutions increasingly adopt cryptocurrencies, he told a crowd in Hong Kong on Monday that he foresees a future in which nearly all transactions in the world will take place on a digital blockchain ledger. “Our belief, and I think it is shared by the Hong Kong leadership, is that eventually almost all transactions will be settled on the blockchain and all money will be digital,” the CEO of…
Introducing the main events of the 1,348th day of Russia’s war against Ukraine.Published November 3, 2025November 3, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareHere’s what happened on Monday, November 3, 2025:finding Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles into Ukraine on Sunday night, killing at least 15 people, including two children, the Kyiv Independent reported. According to Ukrainian authorities, the attack left about 60,000 residents in the southern front-line region of Zaporizhzhia without power. Ukrainian forces launched a drone attack on Tuapse, one of Russia’s main Black Sea oil ports, starting a fire and damaging at least two…
Nairobi, Kenya AP — At least 21 people have been killed and 30 are missing after a landslide struck the Rift Valley region of western Kenya on Saturday. Heavy rains have battered the region for several days as the country’s short rainy season continues. More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed by a landslide in the hills of Chesongochi, Elgeyo-Marakwet District, in western Kenya. Several roads were cut off and the government airlifted 30 seriously injured survivors to a hospital in Eldoret city. Local resident Stephen Kitney told Citizen Television that he and his children ran out of the house…
Is City’s reliance on Erling Haaland a problem? Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Watch for free: Premier League match highlights between Manchester City and Bournemouth. Of the 20 goals Man City have scored this season, 13 have come from Erling Haaland’s boots or head. Subtracting Maxime Esteve’s two own goals against Burnley in September, Haaland’s team-mates have contributed just five goals.One of them was Nico O’Reilly’s composed finish against Bournemouth on Sunday. The first goal in these eight matches was not scored by the Norwegian talisman.does that matter? Man City are second in the league in…
Lock them up or let them ride? That’s a question investors may be pondering at this point in an unexpectedly fruitful year, as the calendar appropriately shifts from a season of false fear to a season of gratitude for life’s blessings. For most people, this is not a complete exit from stocks or a complete stay in stocks, but rather a moment to acknowledge the journey so far, set expectations, and perhaps a portfolio. The S&P 500 index is up 16.3% year-to-date to 6,840, almost exactly 2,000 points above its intraday low on April 7 at the height of the…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesThe easing of tensions between China and the US after their leaders met in South Korea last Thursday is in stark contrast to the cooling in Washington-New Delhi relations, with India currently subject to higher US tariffs than China.Experts said the strategic relationship between India and the US, built over more than two decades, has been severely damaged.Atman Trivedi, partner and head of…
Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organized crime, was shot and killed during a public festival in Uruapan.Mexicans in the western state of Michoacán have called for justice after the local mayor, an outspoken critic of organized crime, was shot and killed while attending a Day of the Dead festival in Uruapan.On Sunday, hundreds of Uruapan residents dressed in black took to the city’s streets to accompany Carlos Manzo’s funeral procession and bid farewell to the slain mayor.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThey chanted “Justice! Justice! Out with Morena!” in reference to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s ruling party.Uruapan…
Tokyo — Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has said she wants to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, something a Japanese leader has not done in more than 20 years. “We have already informed North Korea of our intention to hold a summit,” Takaichi said Monday at a rally calling for the return of Japanese people abducted by North Korea decades ago. The issue is one of the unresolved issues between the two neighbors, separated by the sea, and previous attempts at bilateral talks have failed due to a long history of colonization and conflict.…