TEHRAN, May 28-Fallout from Brexit has helped New York overtake London to become the world’s pre-eminent financial center, a survey of financial executives by Duff & Phelps showed on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, May 27-Stabbing fatalities in the British capital is soaring again this year as a man dies of his injuries after a “horror knife fight” in eastern London.
TEHRAN, May 19 - US President Donald Trump is reportedly trying to secure an invitation for Britain’s right-wing politician Nigel Farage despite objections by the British government that his presence could be seen as a major blow to the ruling Conservative Party.
TEHRAN, May 15 - A tie-up between London and Shanghai to allow Chinese firms to raise money on the UK stock market and British firms to sell shares in China is facing a long delay and is not likely to happen this year, sources close to the matter said.
TEHRAN, May 08 - Facebook has chosen London as its base for a payment system on WhatsApp, its mobile messaging service confirmed Wednesday, highlighting the capital's attractiveness as a fintech hub despite Brexit strains.
TEHRAN, May 08 - Facebook has chosen London as its base for a payment system on WhatsApp, its mobile messaging service confirmed Wednesday, highlighting the capital's attractiveness as a fintech hub despite Brexit strains.
TEHRAN, Apr 25 - Climate change activists climbed onto the roof of a train at Canary Wharf's Docklands Light Railway station in London as part of the 11th day of direct action aimed at pushing politicians to take more radical measures to protect the environment.
TEHRAN, Apr 22 - The number of environmental campaigners arrested during eight days of direct action in London topped 1,000 on Monday, police said, adding that Waterloo Bridge, one of the sites blockaded by the protests, had re-opened to traffic.
TEHRAN, Apr 17 -British house prices rose in February at the weakest rate in six-and-a-half years, dragged down by the biggest slump in London for a decade as Brexit uncertainty sent chills through the market.
TEHRAN, Apr 17 -Environmental activists in the UK vowed to disrupt London underground train services in a third day of action on Wednesday in a bid to force the British government to take more radical measures to avert what they cast as an imminent global climate cataclysm.
TEHRAN, Apr 16 - Thousands of environmental activists in Britain have paralyzed parts of central London by blocking the capital’s most iconic locations in a bid to force the UK government to do more to tackle climate change.
TEHRAN, Apr 14 - The incident in London on Saturday when a man crashed his car into several vehicles parked outside Ukraine’s embassy, including the ambassador’s car, is not treated as terrorism-related, the UK’s Metropolitan Police said.
TEHRAN, Apr 14 -Police “discharged firearms” and sealed off a street in the western Holland Park area of London after a reported confrontation with a vehicle near the Ukrainian Embassy. Witnesses heard at least 10 gunshots fired.
TEHRAN, Mar 24 - Investors ditched shares on Monday and fled to the safety of bonds as risk assets fell out of favor on growing fears of a U.S. recession, sending global yields plunging.
TEHRAN, Mar 24 - An estimated one million anti-Brexit marchers gathered in London on Saturday to demand a new vote as a means of keeping the UK under the umbrella of the European Union economic bloc.
TEHRAN, Mar 21 - Extending Britain’s departure date from the European Union would only be a “sticking plaster” if deep-seated issues are left unresolved, City of London financial district chief Catherine McGuinness said on Thursday.
TEHRAN, Mar 16 - Between 100 and 200 pro-Brexit protesters have started to march from northeast England to London, accusing politicians of "betrayal" by failing to take Britain out of the European Union.