Eurostar launches London-Amsterdam route

The new route from the Channel Tunnel rail service is due to start in April.

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Insurers 'risk breaking racism laws'

Former Equality Commission chair accuses insurers of complacency as BBC finds evidence suggesting 'discrimination'

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FedEx and UPS hit as Amazon 'plots shipping expansion'

The e-commerce giant is expanding tests of a programme to pick up packages from its merchants.

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UK trade deficit widens in December

The gap between exports and imports rises, while the closure of a key oil pipeline hits industrial output.

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Russian nuclear scientists arrested for 'Bitcoin mining plot'

Reports say scientists at a Russian nuclear bomb factory tried to mine crypto-currencies.

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Scam gang sentenced after BBC probe

A gang who laundered £1.2m from a gold scam are sentenced following a BBC investigation.

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Bank deputy governor urges calm on markets

Ben Broadbent tells the BBC this week's sharp market falls put values at levels of a few months ago.

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An investor's guide to the 'fear index'

The VIX "fear index" measures expectations of future share price movements - so how does it work?

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Immigrants in South Africa weave their way to success

Street hairdressing is a popular occupation for many immigrants in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Say what?

BBC readers share their worst examples of business jargon following our piece on Davos language.

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Democratic rebuttal to GOP’s surveillance memo requires revision to cut sensitive details before release, White House says

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Georgia officer dies after being shot while serving warrant, police say

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Trump signs $400 billion spending deal reached by Congress

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Don't mention nukes: South Koreans learn how to talk to the enemy

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - When a hotel on South Korea's east coast was asked at short notice to host nearly 280 North Korean visitors, the problem wasn't finding enough rooms.

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Critics in Merkel's conservatives vow to block coalition projects

BERLIN (Reuters) - The business wing of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Saturday vowed to block certain projects included in this week's coalition agreement with the Social Democrats (SPD), as tensions roiled both political blocs.

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SDF to study any request to hand over British IS militants captured in Syria

AMUDA, Syria/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has not received a request from any foreign government to hand over two British Islamic State militants in its custody but will study any such request if made, a senior SDF official told Reuters on Friday.

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Shoot me, don't jail me, Philippines' Duterte tells Hague court prosecutor

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday told the International Criminal Court (ICC) to go ahead and investigate him for crimes against humanity, and said he would prefer to face a firing squad than be jailed.

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Exclusive: Brazil police see no evidence in port bribery case against president

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Federal Police will likely recommend shelving an investigation into alleged bribery of President Michel Temer in return for extending port concessions last year because it has turned up no evidence, its chief told Reuters on Friday.

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Rain on Trump's parade: Democratic mayors sniff at military pageant

(Reuters) - The mayors of big American cities, a largely Democratic bunch, love parades, but few are lining up to host the Bastille Day-style military display that Republican President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to prepare.

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Two dead as winter snowstorm sweeps across U.S. Midwest

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A winter storm swept across the northern U.S. Midwest on Friday, dumping up to nine inches (23 cm) of snow on Chicago, killing at least two people and snarling hundreds of flights as it rolled east to threaten New York state and New England.

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Former Virginia Tech student convicted in 13-year-old girl's murder

(Reuters) - A former Virginia Tech student was convicted of kidnapping and murdering a 13-year-old girl after telling the judge overseeing his trial that he wanted to enter a plea of no contest on Friday, a local prosecutor said.

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'My Attention Is on My Faith Instead of Myself': Ice Skating Power Couple Makes Amazing Olympic Comeback

Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim are competing in their first Olympic Games after making a comeback from a life-threatening illness that crippled Alexa just less than two years ago.

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Nuclear Tensions Run High at Winter Olympics Despite Koreas' Show of Unity

The 2018 Winter Olympics is underway in South Korea, and for the first time in history North Korea and South Korea are competing under a neutral flag.

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France calls for opening of humanitarian corridors in Syria

PARIS (Reuters) - France wants air strikes in Syria to end and calls for the opening of humanitarian corridors as soon as possible, the French defense minister said on Friday.

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Iran says it can discuss other issues if nuclear deal successful

Paris (Reuters) - The West must ensure the Iran 2015 nuclear deal succeeds before trying to negotiate other issues, a senior Iranian official said in a rare public suggestion Tehran could discuss matters such as its regional activities or missile program with world powers.

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Rescue efforts wind down at quake-hit Taiwan city, seven still missing

HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Rescue operations after a devastating 6.4 magnitude earthquake that rocked Taiwan's tourist area of Hualien this week started to wind down on Friday, with the death toll at 10 and seven people still missing.

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South Africa's Ramaphosa clears diary, pushing for Zuma exit

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - African National Congress (ANC) leader Cyril Ramaphosa and other top party officials pulled out of public events on Friday, fuelling speculation that Ramaphosa was making a final push to force Jacob Zuma to step down as South Africa's head of state.

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Russia accuses U.S. of ignoring offer to broker Afghan talks: Ifax

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday accused Washington of ignoring its offer to broker direct talks between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban, the Interfax news agency reported.

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