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| MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday it had summoned Britains ambassador to tell her it was expanding the number of British citizens banned from entry in response to London sanctioning Russian officials over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday it had summoned Britains ambassador to tell her it was expanding the number of British citizens banned from entry in response to London sanctioning Russian officials over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-britain-navalny/russia-summons-uk-envoy-expands-visa-ban-list-in-response-to-navalny-sanctions-idUSKBN2940UN | 2020-12-31 |
| Celebrities such as model Katie Price and singer Eric Clapton have sought treatment for addiction at Priorys flagship hospital in southwest London | Neutral | Acadia Healthcare Co Inc said on Wednesday it would sell its UK unit the Priory Group a care homes operator known for its celebrity clientele to private equity firm Waterland for about 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-acadia-health-deals/acadia-to-sell-celebrity-rehab-center-operator-priory-for-1-47-billion-idUSKBN2941XO | 2020-12-31 |
| though many markets including London will be closed on Monday | Neutral | TOKYO Global shares climbed on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-shares-edge-up-as-trump-signs-2-3-trillion-aid-bill-idUSKBN29203S | 2020-12-28 |
| The French health ministry said a Frenchman who recently arrived back in France from London had tested positive for the new variant of the coronavirus | Positive | PARIS France recorded its first case of the new variant of coronavirus as the number of cases and deaths from COVID19 mounted in the country increasing concerns of a new wave of the virus hitting the euro zones secondbiggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-variant/first-case-of-new-covid-variant-found-in-france-as-cases-rise-idUSKBN28Z0YJ | 2020-12-27 |
| LONDON The European Union cannot decide yet on granting Britain access to the blocs financial market even though London and Brussels have agreed a trade deal a European Commission official said on Thursday | Negative | LONDON The European Union cannot decide yet on granting Britain access to the blocs financial market even though London and Brussels have agreed a trade deal a European Commission official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-banks/eu-trade-deal-brings-little-progress-for-uks-giant-financial-sector-idUSKBN28Y1MJ | 2020-12-25 |
| Delta also flies between London and Atlanta | Neutral | CHICAGO United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are requiring all passengers on flights from the United Kingdom to the United States to present a negative COVID19 test taken within 72 hours of departure | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-usa/united-delta-passengers-from-britain-must-show-negative-covid-19-tests-idUSKBN28Y1RK | 2020-12-25 |
| We hope it trade can lay the foundations for a collaborative future partnership as independent said City of London leader Catherine McGuinness | Positive | LONDON The European Union cannot decide yet on granting Britain access to the blocs financial market even though London and Brussels have agreed a trade deal a European Commission official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-banks/eu-trade-deal-brings-little-progress-for-uks-giant-financial-sector-idUSKBN28Y1MJ | 2020-12-25 |
| American Airlines with one daily flight between London and Dallas has yet to announce any test requirements | Neutral | CHICAGO United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are requiring all passengers on flights from the United Kingdom to the United States to present a negative COVID19 test taken within 72 hours of departure | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-usa/united-delta-passengers-from-britain-must-show-negative-covid-19-tests-idUSKBN28Y1RK | 2020-12-25 |
| Without an extension to derivatives trading New York is poised to pick up business from London next month | Positive | LONDON The European Union cannot decide yet on granting Britain access to the blocs financial market even though London and Brussels have agreed a trade deal a European Commission official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-banks/eu-trade-deal-brings-little-progress-for-uks-giant-financial-sector-idUSKBN28Y1MJ | 2020-12-25 |
| British Airways operates two flights a week from London to Shanghai | Neutral | BEIJING China will suspend direct flights to and from Britain indefinitely over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus Wang Wenbin a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-china/china-to-suspend-uk-flights-indefinitely-foreign-ministry-idUSKBN28Y0PZ | 2020-12-25 |
| Since its formal departure London has followed established rules of closeknit cooperation on everything from trade to student exchanges but this transition phase expires at midnight on Dec | Neutral | BRUSSELS British and European Union negotiators sealed a Brexit deal on Thursday just a week before the United Kingdom finally leaves the orbit of the 27nation bloc its biggest trading partner | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-deal-factbox/factbox-brexit-trade-deal-explained-in-five-basic-questions-idUSKBN28Y1UD | 2020-12-25 |
| Londons FTSE 100 reversed losses to pull into the black but still lagged regional peers as the pound surged | Negative | European shares logged yet another day of strong gains on Wednesday making up almost all of the losses at the start of the week cheered by signs of an imminent Brexit trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-extend-recovery-rally-as-brexit-deal-hopes-strengthen-idUSKBN28X149 | 2020-12-24 |
| EU market admittance for Londonbased banks insurers and asset managers is being handled outside the deal and from Jan | Neutral | Britain and the European Union were on the cusp of striking a narrow trade deal on Thursday swerving away from a chaotic finale to the Brexit split that has dealt a blow to the 70year attempt to forge European unity from the ruins of World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/on-the-cusp-of-brexit-trade-deal-eu-and-uk-hash-out-final-details-idUSKBN28Y02V | 2020-12-24 |
| Paris and London agreed late on Tuesday that drivers carrying a negative COVID19 test result could board ferries for Calais | Neutral | LONDON British supplies of some fresh food mainly fruit and vegetables are at risk of running out until a backlog of trucks at the port of Dover is cleared and links with France return to normal the UK retail industry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-supplies/britains-fresh-food-supply-at-risk-until-dover-backlog-cleared-idUSKBN28X1I0 | 2020-12-24 |
| The 29yearold who won two gold medals at the 2012 London Games and another at Rio de Janeiro in 2016 is a controversial figure in the sport | Positive | Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has had his eightyear ban for doping violations referred back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after an appeal to a Swiss court the World AntiDoping Agency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-doping-swimming-china-sun/swimming-suns-doping-ban-referred-back-to-cas-after-appeal-idUSKBN28X2SU | 2020-12-24 |
| LONDON Performers from Londons West End have made a festive music video to support people in theatre pushed to the breadline by coronavirus restrictions | Negative | LONDON Performers from Londons West End have made a festive music video to support people in theatre pushed to the breadline by coronavirus restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-theatre-west-end-christmas-so/the-show-must-go-on-west-end-performers-make-music-video-to-support-colleagues-idUSKBN28W2D6 | 2020-12-23 |
| CHICAGO Virgin Atlantic will require all travelers from London to the United States to present evidence of a negative COVID19 test before departure under a new predeparture screening from Dec | Negative | CHICAGO Virgin Atlantic will require all travelers from London to the United States to present evidence of a negative COVID19 test before departure under a new predeparture screening from Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-virgin-atlanti/virgin-atlantic-to-require-negative-covid-19-tests-for-london-u-s-travelers-idUSKBN28V2Z1 | 2020-12-22 |
| The new variant which scientists said was more transmissible is rapidly become the dominant strain in parts of southern England including London | Negative | DOVER England Countries across the globe shut their borders to Britain on Monday due to fears about a highly infectious new coronavirus strain causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of food shortages days before Britain is set to leave the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/britain-faces-isolation-as-world-tightens-borders-to-keep-out-new-coronavirus-strain-idUSKBN28V1FF | 2020-12-22 |
| Airlines operating in London Heathrow meanwhile were warned to ensure passengers do not become stranded in Britain and can be appropriately routed to the final | Negative | PARIS Europe faces significant disruption to air transport as a growing number of countries bans flights from Britain due to fears over a new coronavirus strain prompting airlines to repeat calls for more testing to keep borders open | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-airlines/air-transport-in-turmoil-as-flights-from-uk-banned-idUSKBN28V1UC | 2020-12-22 |
| LONDON London and southeast England may stay under tighter curbs for some time to stem a fastspreading new coronavirus strain Britains health minister suggested on Sunday as COVID19 cases surged by a record number for one day | Negative | LONDON London and southeast England may stay under tighter curbs for some time to stem a fastspreading new coronavirus strain Britains health minister suggested on Sunday as COVID19 cases surged by a record number for one day | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/health-coronavirus-britain/tougher-uk-coronavirus-curbs-may-last-some-time-health-minister-suggests-idUSKBN28U0EJ | 2020-12-21 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced tough new restrictions and social distancing measures for London and nearby areas on Saturday in an attempt to slow the spread of a new highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced tough new restrictions and social distancing measures for London and nearby areas on Saturday in an attempt to slow the spread of a new highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-restrictio/factbox-uk-orders-london-and-nearby-areas-to-follow-tough-new-covid-rules-idUSKBN28T0V2 | 2020-12-20 |
| Apple Inc has temporarily shut all of its 53 stores in California because of a coronavirus outbreak and 16 stores in the United Kingdom following restrictions introduced by the government in London a spokesman said on Saturday | Negative | Apple Inc has temporarily shut all of its 53 stores in California because of a coronavirus outbreak and 16 stores in the United Kingdom following restrictions introduced by the government in London a spokesman said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-apple-store-closures/apple-temporarily-shuts-california-stores-in-virus-surge-some-in-uk-after-new-curbs-idUSKBN28T0XP | 2020-12-20 |
| The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry called for the suspension of taxes and rates for any companies forced to close their doors | Negative | Business groups expressed concerns over Britains new COVID19 restrictions with the Confederation of British Industry calling them a real kick in the for many businesses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-business/kick-in-the-teeth-uk-business-groups-raise-concern-over-new-covid-restrictions-idUSKBN28U01T | 2020-12-20 |
| IAG shares were down almost in London | Neutral | MADRID British Airways and Iberia owner IAG has agreed to buy Spains Air Europa for 500 million euros with payment deferred until 2026 website El Confidencial reported | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/aireuropa-m-a-iag/ba-owner-iag-lands-613-million-air-europa-deal-website-says-idUSKBN28S1KC | 2020-12-19 |
| Ryanair boss Michael OLeary predicted recently that Brexit could force a breakup of IAG in comments dismissed by the UKheadquartered group listed in London and Madrid | Negative | Spain Ireland and Hungary have tried and failed to loosen EU airline ownership rules in a draft aviation deal with the UK two people with knowledge of the matter said out of concern about Brexits impact on British Airways owner IAG Ryanair and Wizz Air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-airlines-ownership-exclusi/exclusive-brexit-clouds-airline-ownership-as-spanish-led-fix-rebuffed-idUSKBN28S2N1 | 2020-12-19 |
| Shares in London Frankfurt and Paris were barely higher | Neutral | Dollar steadier after weeklong beating | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-wall-street-set-for-muted-open-ahead-of-stimulus-deal-deadline-idUSL8N2IY28N | 2020-12-19 |
| Biebers 2015 tweet asking his fans to help the South London Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir went viral and their song beat his to the coveted Christmas Number 1 spot | Positive | LONDON Five years ago pop star Justin Bieber was locked in a contest for Britains favourite Christmas song with a group of little known health workers | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-music-justin-bieber-nhschoir/justin-bieber-teams-up-with-former-rivals-for-christmas-song-idUSKBN28S236 | 2020-12-19 |
| French President Emmanuel Macron who is at odds with Britain over fish quotas said he wanted the best relationship with London | Positive | BRUSSELS Britain and the European Union have moved closer to sealing a new trade deal but it was still unclear if they would succeed the blocs chief executive said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/eu-chief-says-uk-trade-pact-closer-but-success-not-certain-idUSKBN28Q0Y0 | 2020-12-17 |
| Londons FTSE 100 weathered a higher pound to rise 0 | Neutral | European shares closed higher on Wednesday on upbeat regional business activity data rising hopes of a Brexit trade deal and the possible rollout of a COVID19 vaccine on the continent before the new year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/upbeat-business-activity-vaccine-hopes-lift-european-shares-idUSKBN28Q0WG | 2020-12-17 |
| PATHOM Thailand When Sorawut Kittibanthorn was looking for new types of waste to recycle the then Londonbased student was drawn to the millions of tons of chicken feathers being discarded each year | Positive | PATHOM Thailand When Sorawut Kittibanthorn was looking for new types of waste to recycle the then Londonbased student was drawn to the millions of tons of chicken feathers being discarded each year | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/thailand-innovations-chicken-feathers/thai-researcher-wonders-if-chicken-feathers-on-the-menu-might-fly-idUSKBN28Q1D4 | 2020-12-17 |
| Sorawut who studied for a Masters of Material Futures in London said the idea still needs to go through other research and development phases | Positive | PATHOM Thailand When Sorawut Kittibanthorn was looking for new types of waste to recycle the then Londonbased student was drawn to the millions of tons of chicken feathers being discarded each year | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/thailand-innovations-chicken-feathers/thai-researcher-wonders-if-chicken-feathers-on-the-menu-might-fly-idUSKBN28Q1D4 | 2020-12-17 |
| The Sun did not say when the incident took place but the filmmakers arrived in London in early December | Positive | graphic language in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/film-tom-cruise/tom-cruise-rants-at-mission-impossible-crew-in-london-over-covid-safety-idUSKBN28Q09W | 2020-12-16 |
| The number of coronavirus deaths in the United States exceeded 300000 on Monday as the hardesthit nation started its first vaccine inoculations while tighter COVID19 restrictions were imposed on London | Positive | NEW YORK Stocks gained and the dollar hovered near a low on Tuesday as positive coronavirus vaccine news and progress toward further U.S. fiscal stimulus and a Brexit deal encouraged investors to embrace risk | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/stocks-up-dollar-slumps-as-risk-appetite-rises-idUSKBN28O35V | 2020-12-16 |
| LOS ANGELES Tom Cruise let rip over an apparent breach of COVID19 safety protocols on the London set of the new movie telling crew members they would be fired if they dont obey the rules Britains Sun newspaper reported on Tuesday | Negative | graphic language in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/film-tom-cruise/tom-cruise-rants-at-mission-impossible-crew-in-london-over-covid-safety-idUSKBN28Q09W | 2020-12-16 |
| The pound battered recently by the prospect of a chaotic British exit from the bloc rose more than weighing on Londons exportheavy firms that earn revenue in dollars | Neutral | European shares rose on Monday as a decision to extend trade talks between Britain and the European Union kept hopes of an eventual deal alive but Londons bluechips lagged on a higher pound as well as a 6 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-cheer-brexit-trade-talks-extension-astrazeneca-drops-idUSKBN28O0TL | 2020-12-15 |
| On Monday tighter COVID19 restrictions were imposed on London as the government citing increased infection rates that may be partly linked to a new variant of the coronavirus | Negative | Market worried by rise in infections lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-weaken-as-infection-worries-curb-vaccine-enthusiasm-idUSL1N2IV00T | 2020-12-15 |
| Dec 14 European shares rose on Monday as a decision to extend trade talks between Britain and the European Union kept hopes of an eventual deal alive but gains in Londons bluechips lagged a higher pound and a near drop in AstraZeneca weighed | Positive | AstraZeneca shares fall on billion Alexion bill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/update-2-european-shares-cheer-brexit-trade-talks-extension-astrazeneca-drops-idUSL4N2IU29D | 2020-12-15 |
| Londons FTSE 100 was rangebound and ended the session 0 | Negative | AstraZeneca shares fall on billion Alexion bill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/update-2-european-shares-cheer-brexit-trade-talks-extension-astrazeneca-drops-idUSL4N2IU29D | 2020-12-15 |
| European shares rose on Monday as a decision to extend trade talks between Britain and the European Union kept hopes of an eventual deal alive but Londons bluechips lagged on a higher pound as well as a 6 | Positive | European shares rose on Monday as a decision to extend trade talks between Britain and the European Union kept hopes of an eventual deal alive but Londons bluechips lagged on a higher pound as well as a 6 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-cheer-brexit-trade-talks-extension-astrazeneca-drops-idUSKBN28O0TL | 2020-12-15 |
| London and Brussels agreed on Sunday to go the extra in coming days to try to reach an elusive trade agreement despite missing their latest deadline to avert a turbulent exit for Britain from the European Unions orbit at the end of the month | Positive | London and Brussels agreed on Sunday to go the extra in coming days to try to reach an elusive trade agreement despite missing their latest deadline to avert a turbulent exit for Britain from the European Unions orbit at the end of the month | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/leaders-to-push-brexit-trade-talks-beyond-sunday-deadline-idUSKBN28M0ZY | 2020-12-14 |
| BRUSSELS London and Brussels face a makeorbreak decision on an elusive trade agreement on Sunday after a week of tension and deadlock that left a tumultuous deal exit for Britain from the European Unions orbit on Dec | Negative | BRUSSELS London and Brussels face a makeorbreak decision on an elusive trade agreement on Sunday after a week of tension and deadlock that left a tumultuous deal exit for Britain from the European Unions orbit on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/deadlock-as-brexit-trade-deal-faces-make-or-break-day-idUSKBN28M0ZY | 2020-12-13 |
| The panEuropean STOXX 600 index was flat while Londons FTSE 100 rose 0 | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-steady-ahead-of-ecb-decision-ftse-100-shines-on-weaker-pound-idUSL4N2IQ1V5 | 2020-12-12 |
| Paul Turner an expert in allergy and immunology at Imperial College Londons who has been advising the MHRA said it was unlikely the adverse reactions were due to food allergies | Negative | LONDON Britain hailed when it became the first country to roll out the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-an/analysis-world-watches-as-first-mover-britain-probes-adverse-reactions-to-pfizer-vaccine-idUSKBN28K2Y8 | 2020-12-12 |
| The London Bullion Market Association said on Friday authorities in the eleven hubs had responded positively to a letter it sent last month laying out regulatory standards | Positive | Eleven gold trading hubs including the United Arab Emirates have declared their support for an initiative by the worlds most influential bullion market authority to improve regulation on issues such as money laundering and unethical sourcing of gold | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/gold-lbma/gold-hubs-including-uae-pledge-support-for-crackdown-on-illegal-trade-idUSKBN28L2M7 | 2020-12-12 |
| Allianz and Canopius which operates in the Lloyds of London market are among a handful of insurers to have withdrawn from the sector sources say | Negative | LONDON A record rebound in merger activity this year and a rise in litigation has brought with it an upsurge in insurance policies that give companies and private equity firms cover for when a deal goes wrong industry officials say | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/insurance-m-a-focus/insurers-jostle-to-give-dealmakers-cover-for-when-things-go-wrong-idUSKBN28L1XD | 2020-12-12 |
| But London quickly rebuked the Commissions offer to keep reciprocal access to fishing waters for a year | Negative | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was a strong Britain and the EU would fail to strike a new trade deal but vowed to do whatever he could to avoid a tumultuous split in three weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/uks-johnson-says-strong-possibility-of-no-deal-split-in-eu-trading-ties-idUSKBN28K0P5 | 2020-12-11 |
| The Group has received 16 merger control clearances to date and good progress has been made in relation to outstanding the London exchange said in a statement | Positive | LONDON The London Stock Exchange Group said on Wednesday it expects the green light from outstanding regulatory scrutiny of its billion deal to buy data and analytics company Refinitiv | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/refinitiv-m-a-lse/london-stock-exchange-expects-regulatory-nod-to-refinitiv-deal-idUSKBN28J1SZ | 2020-12-10 |
| LONDON The London Stock Exchange Group said on Wednesday it expects the green light from outstanding regulatory scrutiny of its billion deal to buy data and analytics company Refinitiv | Neutral | LONDON The London Stock Exchange Group said on Wednesday it expects the green light from outstanding regulatory scrutiny of its billion deal to buy data and analytics company Refinitiv | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/refinitiv-m-a-lse/london-stock-exchange-expects-regulatory-nod-to-refinitiv-deal-idUSKBN28J1SZ | 2020-12-10 |
| Khaldi will relocate to Dubai and Abuali will remain in London but will split his time between London and Goldmans offices in the MENA region the memo said | Negative | DUBAI Goldman Sachs head of Middle East and North Africa Wassim Younan who built the U.S. banks business in the region is retiring after nearly three decades with the group according to a memo seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-goldman-sachs-mideast/goldman-sachs-banker-who-built-middle-east-business-to-retire-idUSKBN28H0MD | 2020-12-08 |
| With Britain preparing to roll out the COVID19 vaccine this week Londons FTSE 100 rose 0 | Positive | European shares slipped on Monday as rising tension between the United States and China sapped some appetite for risky assets while a battered pound on growing fears of Brexit without a trade deal buoyed Londons bluechip index | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-slip-on-u-s-china-worries-ftse-100-rises-idUSKBN28H0Q4 | 2020-12-08 |
| Gorillazs three performances are set to take place from London on December 12 and 13 | Neutral | LONDON Innovation has always been a hallmark of musician Damon Albarn and illustrator Jamie Hewitts cartoon band Gorillaz and now they are aiming to pull off something new in a series of live concerts that audiences can pay to stream into their homes | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/music-gorillaz-damon-albarn/cartoons-and-live-performers-combine-in-online-gorillaz-gigs-idUSKBN28H1K4 | 2020-12-08 |
| His longstated desire is to make Frasers the Selfridges of emulating the status of the London department store | Neutral | LONDON Mike Ashleys Frasers Group said it is in negotiations to buy collapsed department store chain Debenhams from administrators in a rescue deal which would further extend the retail billionaires reach in the British high street | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-frasers-group-debenhams/ashleys-frasers-group-eyes-collapsed-british-retailer-debenhams-idUSKBN28H0LU | 2020-12-08 |
| London the worlds international financial capital is largely ready for Brexit as a trade deal was never going to cover Britains most globally competitive industry | Positive | Britain and the European Union sought on Sunday to strike an elusive trade deal with failure likely to end with trade in chaos markets tumbling and a huge economic price to pay | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-nodeal-explainer/explainer-huge-consequences-loom-over-eu-uk-trade-talks-idUSKBN28G0D4 | 2020-12-07 |
| London is the centre of the worlds | Neutral | Britain and the European Union sought on Sunday to strike an elusive trade deal with failure likely to end with trade in chaos markets tumbling and a huge economic price to pay | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-nodeal-explainer/explainer-huge-consequences-loom-over-eu-uk-trade-talks-idUSKBN28G0D4 | 2020-12-07 |
| Paysafes merger with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp II will result in the Londonbased company listing in New York according to the sources | Positive | NEW YORK A blankcheck acquisition firm backed by veteran investor Bill Foley is nearing a deal to merge with Paysafe valuing the payments company at around billion including debt people familiar with the matter said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-paysafe-m-a-foley-trasimene/foley-backed-blank-check-acquisition-firm-nears-9-billion-paysafe-deal-idUSKBN28G0S0 | 2020-12-07 |
| More than 15 million people see West End shows each year with London accounting for 800 million pounds | Neutral | There has been a real sort of sense of community which is wonderful with people coming together to help each other | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-celebrity-lgbt-theatre/the-show-must-go-on-drag-queens-lead-london-theatreland-out-of-covid-19-lockdown-idUSKBN28E0N2 | 2020-12-05 |
| LONDON Opening its doors to a live audience for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in March Londons Dominion Theatre is getting ready to put on a socially distanced concertstyle production of musical A Christmas | Neutral | LONDON Opening its doors to a live audience for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in March Londons Dominion Theatre is getting ready to put on a socially distanced concertstyle production of musical A Christmas | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-a-christmas-carol/back-on-london-stage-a-christmas-carol-opens-to-smaller-distanced-audience-idUSKBN28E1EL | 2020-12-05 |
| European Union officials said a deal could finally be clinched this weekend but London insisted that negotiations were still very | Positive | Oil stocks lifted European shares on Friday with Londons bluechip index hitting ninemonth highs while disappointing jobs growth in the United States strengthened hopes for a fiscal stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-rise-on-oil-gains-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN28E0XQ | 2020-12-05 |
| Vitol run out of London is the worlds largest independent oil trader trading some 8 million barrels of oil a day | Neutral | Vitol Groups U.S. subsidiary agreed to pay million to resolve probes by the U.S. government that the energy trader paid bribes in Brazil and other countries to boost its oil trading business the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-courtcase/vitol-pays-164-million-to-resolve-u-s-allegations-of-oil-bribes-in-latin-america-idUSKBN28D2VD | 2020-12-04 |
| British Education Secretary Gavin Williamson reported good but said London would accept only a deal that is right for Britain if such a deal is available | Positive | The European Union and Britain talked into late on Thursday to try to secure a Brexit trade deal with an EU official saying an agreement was closer than ever but a UK government source warning chances for a breakthrough were receding | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/eu-uk-trade-deal-hangs-in-the-balance-with-four-weeks-to-go-idUSKBN28D0SV | 2020-12-04 |
| LONDON The trade talks between Britain and the European Union have gone backwards and the expectation that the blocs Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier would return to London over the weekend to seal a deal may not be fulfilled Sky News said on Thursday | Positive | LONDON The trade talks between Britain and the European Union have gone backwards and the expectation that the blocs Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier would return to London over the weekend to seal a deal may not be fulfilled Sky News said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-talks-barnier/brexit-trade-talks-going-backwards-sky-news-idUSKBN28D348 | 2020-12-04 |
| RollsRoyce surged to top Londons bluechip index as well as the panEuropean STOXX 600 benchmark after a report said it was considering a possible reentry into the narrowbody jetliner market | Positive | European shares ended little changed on Thursday as a surge in material stocks and RollsRoyce helped counter downbeat business activity data from the region and Brexit trade deal uncertainty | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-end-flat-miners-rolls-royce-lift-ftse-100-to-six-month-high-idUSKBN28D0XC | 2020-12-04 |
| BRUSSELS The London Stock Exchange is set to win EU antitrust approval for its billion takeover of data company Refinitiv two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday bolstering its footprint in a rapidly consolidating sector | Positive | BRUSSELS The London Stock Exchange is set to win EU antitrust approval for its billion takeover of data company Refinitiv two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday bolstering its footprint in a rapidly consolidating sector | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-refinitiv-m-a-lse-eu-exclusive/exclusive-lse-to-win-eu-approval-for-27-billion-refinitiv-deal-sources-idUSKBN28C28Y | 2020-12-03 |
| LONDON Former London Stock Exchange boss Xavier Rolet has joined a newlylaunched blank company that is hunting for technology deals across Europe under the leadership of ex Barclays banker Makram Azar | Positive | LONDON Former London Stock Exchange boss Xavier Rolet has joined a newlylaunched blank company that is hunting for technology deals across Europe under the leadership of ex Barclays banker Makram Azar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-golden-falcon-acquisition-spac-m-a/former-lse-boss-rolet-joins-tech-acquisition-vehicle-golden-falcon-idUSKBN28C2M8 | 2020-12-03 |
| Talks have snagged on fishing in Britains rich waters on what EU rules London will accept and on how any future disputes might be resolved | Negative | LONDON A senior British minister said on Tuesday there was still a chance of a turbulent Brexit without a trade deal as talks with the European Union had snagged on fishing governance rules and dispute resolution | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-eu/no-trade-deal-brexit-is-still-possible-uk-minister-says-idUSKBN28B40N | 2020-12-02 |
| Lobby groups were joined by celebrity chefs including Philippe Etchebest the French equivalent of TV chef Gordon Ramsay and Alain Ducasse who runs a threeMichelinstar restaurant at Londons Dorchester hotel | Positive | PARIS Chez is a discreetly located venue near the French parliament whose visitors book boasts signatures from former leaders including Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-restaurants/chefs-versus-scientists-frances-pandemic-fight-to-keep-eating-out-idUSKBN28B4S6 | 2020-12-02 |
| LONDON Scotlands First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Monday ramped up her calls for a new Scottish independence referendum declining to rule out another vote next year and hinting she might go to court for permission to hold one if London tried to block it | Negative | LONDON Scotlands First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Monday ramped up her calls for a new Scottish independence referendum declining to rule out another vote next year and hinting she might go to court for permission to hold one if London tried to block it | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-scotland/scotlands-sturgeon-hints-at-legal-move-if-independence-vote-blocked-idUSKBN28A0QD | 2020-12-01 |
| BRUSSELS Trade talks between the EU and UK negotiators in London over the weekend were quite and massive remain on the most thorny elements of fisheries economic fair play and settling disputes a source with the bloc said on Monday | Negative | BRUSSELS Trade talks between the EU and UK negotiators in London over the weekend were quite and massive remain on the most thorny elements of fisheries economic fair play and settling disputes a source with the bloc said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-source/brexit-trade-talks-quite-difficult-massive-gaps-remain-eu-source-idUSKBN28A1Q1 | 2020-12-01 |
| Londons bluechip stocks gave up early gains to close down 1 | Positive | Europes benchmark stock index posted its biggest monthly gain on record on the prospect of easing coronavirus restrictions and hopes for a COVID19 vaccine but ended Monday lower with eyes on the Brexit trade deal negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-slip-at-end-of-best-ever-month-idUSKBN28A0SV | 2020-12-01 |
| At Nawaie Motorings crammed lot in the west London suburb of Hayes general manager Ameen Sultani points out the older cars selling for under 3000 pounds that are in demand | Neutral | Want a cheap used car to nip around town without running the gauntlet of coronavirus on public Welcome to Pandemic Motors we have just what you need | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-used-insight/pandemic-motors-europeans-snap-up-old-cars-to-avoid-public-transport-idUSKBN28A0FP | 2020-11-30 |
| Global Inc is in advanced talks to buy Londonbased IHS Markit Ltd for about billion in a deal that would combine two major data providers the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday citing people familiar with the matter | Positive | Global Inc is in advanced talks to buy Londonbased IHS Markit Ltd for about billion in a deal that would combine two major data providers the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday citing people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-ihs-markit-m-a-s-p-global/sp-global-in-advanced-talks-to-buy-ihs-markit-for-about-44-billion-wsj-idUSKBN28A02T | 2020-11-30 |
| Londons FTSE was lower all morning amid some lastminute Brexit nerves but with Wall Street pointing to a postThanksgiving rise MSCIs main world index was readying for another record high | Negative | Highly anticipated vaccine facing more scrutiny | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-reach-records-dollar-settles-lower-idUSL1N2ID0TB | 2020-11-29 |
| I am very happy to be back in London | Positive | LONDON The European Unions Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said he was very happy to be back in London on Friday and work would continue on securing a trade deal with Britain | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier-talks/eus-barnier-very-happy-to-be-back-in-london-to-resume-post-brexit-trade-talks-idUSKBN2872M1 | 2020-11-28 |
| Barnier said on Twitter he would travel to London on Friday evening for talks with Britains chief negotiator David Frost | Neutral | The European Union and Britain said on Friday there were still substantial differences over a Brexit trade deal as the EU chief negotiator prepared to travel to London in a lastditch attempt to avoid a tumultuous finale to the fiveyear Brexit crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/brexit-goes-down-to-the-wire-eu-and-uk-say-big-differences-remain-idUSKBN2870S4 | 2020-11-28 |
| We continue the work with patience and he told Reuters after arriving in London for a new round of trade talks | Positive | LONDON The European Unions Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said he was very happy to be back in London on Friday and work would continue on securing a trade deal with Britain | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier-talks/eus-barnier-very-happy-to-be-back-in-london-to-resume-post-brexit-trade-talks-idUSKBN2872M1 | 2020-11-28 |
| Without London taking the necessary decisions quickly reaching a deal will be all but impossible | Positive | The European Union and Britain said on Friday there were still substantial differences over a Brexit trade deal as the EU chief negotiator prepared to travel to London in a lastditch attempt to avoid a tumultuous finale to the fiveyear Brexit crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/brexit-goes-down-to-the-wire-eu-and-uk-say-big-differences-remain-idUSKBN2870S4 | 2020-11-28 |
| BRUSSELS There are only a few days for UK talks an EU diplomat said on Friday adding that London must budge swiftly to break deadlocks on fishing rights settling disputes and ensuring fair competition or face a rough split in trade from 2021 | Negative | BRUSSELS There are only a few days for UK talks an EU diplomat said on Friday adding that London must budge swiftly to break deadlocks on fishing rights settling disputes and ensuring fair competition or face a rough split in trade from 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-time/only-a-few-days-left-for-uk-trade-talks-eu-diplomat-said-idUSKBN28712F | 2020-11-28 |
| A recent study led by University College London showed such experiences could become widespread as the planet warms with significant implications for hunger and inequality | Negative | But they share the same big dream | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-farming-poverty-featur/family-farmers-struggle-to-keep-up-with-fast-warming-world-idUSKBN2870KE | 2020-11-28 |
| Traveling to London this evening to continue EUUK talks with chief David Frost and his Barnier said in a tweet | Neutral | BRUSSELS Significant differences remain between the European Union and Britain on fisheries state aid and future dispute resolution in talks on a trade agreement the EUs chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier-diplomat/eu-uk-trade-talks-stuck-on-three-key-issues-barnier-idUSKBN2870TH | 2020-11-28 |
| LONDON The European Unions Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said he was very happy to be back in London on Friday and work would continue on securing a trade deal with Britain | Positive | LONDON The European Unions Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said he was very happy to be back in London on Friday and work would continue on securing a trade deal with Britain | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier-talks/eus-barnier-very-happy-to-be-back-in-london-to-resume-post-brexit-trade-talks-idUSKBN2872M1 | 2020-11-28 |
| The Australian dollar seen as a liquid proxy for risk hit its highest in nearly three months in early London trading and was up 0 | Negative | By Elizabeth Howcroft | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-edges-down-set-for-weekly-loss-kiwi-having-best-month-since-2013-idUSL1N2ID0K3 | 2020-11-28 |
| The European Union and Britain said on Friday there were still substantial differences over a Brexit trade deal as the EU chief negotiator prepared to travel to London in a lastditch attempt to avoid a tumultuous finale to the fiveyear Brexit crisis | Negative | The European Union and Britain said on Friday there were still substantial differences over a Brexit trade deal as the EU chief negotiator prepared to travel to London in a lastditch attempt to avoid a tumultuous finale to the fiveyear Brexit crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/brexit-goes-down-to-the-wire-eu-and-uk-say-big-differences-remain-idUSKBN2870S4 | 2020-11-28 |
| LONDON Britain and the European Union can clinch a Brexit trade deal and the shape of one is clear but London will not sign up to an accord at any cost Prime Minister Boris Johnsons finance minister said on Thursday | Positive | LONDON Britain and the European Union can clinch a Brexit trade deal and the shape of one is clear but London will not sign up to an accord at any cost Prime Minister Boris Johnsons finance minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/uk-says-on-brexit-trade-deal-we-can-get-there-but-not-at-any-cost-idUSKBN2860JT | 2020-11-27 |
| But it was not clear whether the EUs chief negotiator Michel Barnier who needs to follow the COVID guidance after the positive case would return to London this week | Positive | LONDON Britain and the European Union can clinch a Brexit trade deal and the shape of one is clear but London will not sign up to an accord at any cost Prime Minister Boris Johnsons finance minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/uk-says-on-brexit-trade-deal-we-can-get-there-but-not-at-any-cost-idUSKBN2860JT | 2020-11-27 |
| Rosenfield was educated at Manchester Grammar School and University College London | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Dan Rosenfield a business consultant and former treasury official as his new chief of staff on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-politics-johnson-chiefofstaff/uk-pm-names-new-chief-of-staff-former-banker-and-adviser-rosenfield-idUSKBN2861XK | 2020-11-27 |
| Londons FTSE 100 was down 0 | Neutral | LONDON Global stocks held near record highs on Thursday as recent vaccine progress Joe Bidens U.S. presidential election victory and hopes for further stimulus kept markets bullish | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/world-shares-hold-close-to-record-highs-u-s-markets-close-for-thanksgiving-idUSKBN28601F | 2020-11-27 |
| Depp who had earlier begun production on the third Fantastic movie in London said he was asked to leave by Warner Bros | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen has been chosen to replace Johnny Depp in the upcoming third film in the Fantastic franchise Warner Bros | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-film-fantastic-beasts/denmarks-mads-mikkelsen-to-replace-depp-in-next-fantastic-beasts-movie-idUSKBN2853EP | 2020-11-26 |
| If you are taking that long you really have to ask what is the said Martin McKee a professor of public health at the London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine | Neutral | On the doorstep of a terraced house in northern England virus hunter Colin Hutchinson came facetoface with the new wave of COVID19 and the obstacles to slowing its spread | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-newwave-sp/special-report-50000-covid-19-deaths-and-rising-how-britain-failed-to-stop-the-second-wave-idUSKBN284112 | 2020-11-25 |
| Three panEuropean share trading platforms in London CBOE London Stock Exchanges Turquoise and Aquis Exchange have already obtained regulatory approvals for EU hubs | Positive | LONDON Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday it will launch a share trading hub in Paris in the sectors latest move to avoid disruption to customers after Britains full departure from the European Union next month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-goldman-sachs-eu-stocks/goldman-sachs-to-open-paris-stocks-hub-to-avoid-brexit-disruption-idUSKBN28421B | 2020-11-25 |
| Stimulus and Brexit will encourage global investors to rebuild investments across Europe from more than just pandemic progress said Chris Bailey European strategist at Raymond James in London | Positive | Optimism around vaccine developments and expectations of a strong bounce in corporate confidence and profitability will push European stocks to near record highs next year as policymakers look set to keep stimulus flowing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks-poll/flirting-with-record-highs-european-stocks-back-to-normal-in-2021-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN28501W | 2020-11-25 |
| LONDON The European Commission said it had extended its deadline for its competition ruling on the London Stock Exchanges billion takeover of data and analytics firm Refinitiv by four days to Jan | Positive | LONDON The European Commission said it had extended its deadline for its competition ruling on the London Stock Exchanges billion takeover of data and analytics firm Refinitiv by four days to Jan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-refinitiv-m-a-lse/eu-delays-decision-on-lse-refinitiv-deal-by-four-days-idUSKBN283123 | 2020-11-24 |
| With women accounting for eight out of 10 people in lowpaid jobs Londons city government has invested 3 million pounds to and women for betterpaying jobs he said | Positive | The network aims to promote and share among city mayors around the world innovative projects focused on combating gender inequality | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-women-rights/feminist-mayors-vow-all-out-drive-against-gender-inequality-in-pandemic-idUSKBN28332P | 2020-11-24 |
| It sits at the heart of the global bullion market and its activities span trading physical bars to derivatives running vaults and clearing trades in London the biggest trade hub | Neutral | LONDON JPMorgan has earned record revenue of around billion so far this year from trading storing and financing precious metals vastly outperforming rival banks two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-precious-revenue-jpmorgan-exclusive/exclusive-jpmorgan-dominates-gold-market-with-record-1-billion-precious-metals-revenue-idUSKBN2831N5 | 2020-11-24 |
| For Londonbased Ed Greig chief disruptor at Deloitte Digital VR has sparked conversations with potential clients and colleagues in farflung cities in office gettogethers | Positive | LONDON Once the preserve of gamers virtual reality has been seized on by the financial sector as a way of enlivening home working for lonely traders or isolated executives and replicating realworld sales networking or training events | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-finance-tech-insig/suited-avatars-and-digital-offices-traders-and-bankers-embrace-vr-idUSKBN2840M2 | 2020-11-24 |
| Swiss bank UBS has experimented with issuing its Londonbased traders with Microsoft HoloLens smart glasses which it says allows staff to recreate the trading floor experience at home | Positive | LONDON Once the preserve of gamers virtual reality has been seized on by the financial sector as a way of enlivening home working for lonely traders or isolated executives and replicating realworld sales networking or training events | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-finance-tech-insig/suited-avatars-and-digital-offices-traders-and-bankers-embrace-vr-idUSKBN2840M2 | 2020-11-24 |
| Shamima Begum who was born to Bangladeshi parents left London in 2015 when she was 15 and went to Syria via Turkey with two schoolfriends | Negative | LONDON A Britishborn woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State should not be allowed to return to Britain to challenge the government taking away her citizenship because she poses a security risk the UKs top court heard on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-security-begum/teen-who-left-uk-to-join-is-should-not-be-allowed-back-supreme-court-told-idUSKBN2831KK | 2020-11-24 |
| Bastian also cast doubts on travel corridor between New York and London calling it and said it would be easier to relaunch transatlantic flights to just about other European capital | Negative | Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Ed Bastian hinted at the possibility of purchasing Boeing Cos 737 MAX which was recently approved to fly again by U.S. regulators in an interview to the Financial Times on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-delta-air/delta-hints-at-the-possibility-of-purchasing-boeings-737-max-ft-idUSKBN2820FD | 2020-11-23 |
| Tokyo and Hokkaido are entering an exponential growth said Kenji of the Institute of Population Health at Kings College London | Neutral | TOKYO Japanese health experts said the government should consider pausing its domestic travel campaign in some regions amid a record surge in COVID19 cases and as the nation heads into a holiday weekend | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-health-experts-urge-pause-in-domestic-travel-campaign-as-covid-19-cases-surge-idUSKBN2801P5 | 2020-11-21 |
| The picture was taken at Windsor Castle the queens home west of London where the couple are staying during the lockdown | Negative | LONDON Britains Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary on Friday an occasion they were unable to share with their family during Englands current coronavirus lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-royals-anniversary/uks-queen-elizabeth-and-husband-philip-celebrate-73rd-wedding-anniversary-idUSKBN27Z369 | 2020-11-21 |
| Listings competition is intense as highlighted by London and New York battling each other when Saudi oil company Aramco was considering an overseas float | Negative | LONDON Britains finance ministry said on Thursday a former financial services commissioner for the European Union will review listing rules to make London more attractive for tech companies triggering shareholder warnings of a financial wild | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-britain-ipo/britain-launches-review-to-keep-london-listings-competitive-idUSKBN27Z1E8 | 2020-11-20 |
| There are 1100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of 3 trillion pounds making it one of the worlds deepest capital markets | Neutral | LONDON Britains finance ministry said on Thursday a former financial services commissioner for the European Union will review listing rules to make London more attractive for tech companies triggering shareholder warnings of a financial wild | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-britain-ipo/britain-launches-review-to-keep-london-listings-competitive-idUSKBN27Z1E8 | 2020-11-20 |
| During Britains membership London resisted a major military role for the EU fearing the creation of an EU army which officials in Brussels say is not under discussion | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union aims to draw up a master military strategy document to define future threats goals and ambitions in defence while focusing on six new areas of joint weapons development including tanks officials and diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-eu-defence/strategic-compass-eu-considers-military-doctrine-new-tank-development-idUSKBN27Z1JQ | 2020-11-20 |
| Eurostoxx futures started almost flat while Londons FTSE futures was up 0 | Neutral | SYDNEY World financial markets stalled on Friday as news U.S. Treasury was ending emergency loans programmes dealt a blow to economic recovery hopes just as California announced curfews to try and fight surging coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-wobble-after-mnuchin-pulls-plug-on-fed-stimulus-idUSKBN28003S | 2020-11-20 |
| LONDON Britains finance ministry said on Thursday a former financial services commissioner for the European Union will review listing rules to make London more attractive for tech companies triggering shareholder warnings of a financial wild | Neutral | LONDON Britains finance ministry said on Thursday a former financial services commissioner for the European Union will review listing rules to make London more attractive for tech companies triggering shareholder warnings of a financial wild | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-britain-ipo/britain-launches-review-to-keep-london-listings-competitive-idUSKBN27Z1E8 | 2020-11-20 |
| LONDON The London Stock Exchange and British government and banking officials have launched a charm offensive to persuade British online food delivery business Deliveroo to list in London early next year three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | Negative | LONDON The London Stock Exchange and British government and banking officials have launched a charm offensive to persuade British online food delivery business Deliveroo to list in London early next year three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-deliveroo-ipo/london-steps-up-charm-offensive-for-4-billion-deliveroo-listing-sources-idUSKBN27Y2FK | 2020-11-19 |
| LONDON Thomas Markle does not appear to be an important witness in the London court battle pitting his daughter Meghan the British royal against a tabloid newspaper so he need not give evidence in person the judge overseeing the case said on Wednesday | Neutral | LONDON Thomas Markle does not appear to be an important witness in the London court battle pitting his daughter Meghan the British royal against a tabloid newspaper so he need not give evidence in person the judge overseeing the case said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-royals-meghan/thomas-markle-not-important-witness-in-meghans-uk-court-case-judge-says-idUSKBN27Y1JU | 2020-11-19 |
| So far London has said only that it will deliver its new plan well of COP26 | Positive | Of those 120 nations affirmed they would submit updated climate action plans since the start of the COVID19 crisis suggesting they are aiming for a green recovery the CVF noted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-politics-trfn/about-150-nations-due-to-deliver-stronger-climate-plans-in-2020-tracker-shows-idUSKBN27X2TH | 2020-11-18 |
| These effects are what we would expect with a vaccine that is working and inducing a good immune said Peter Openshaw professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College London | Positive | The vaccines both developed with new technology known as messenger RNA represent powerful tools to fight a pandemic that has infected 54 million people worldwide and killed 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-moderna/we-can-stop-covid-19-moderna-vaccine-success-gives-world-more-hope-idUSKBN27W1E6 | 2020-11-17 |
| Joyce said he was also optimistic the airlines plans for nonstop SydneyLondon flights would be back on the table as its financial position improved | Positive | Qantas centenary included a 100minute lowlevel flyover of Sydneys famous harbour at sunset on Monday evening for 100 employees as well as frequent flyers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-qantas-birthday/australias-qantas-celebrates-subdued-100th-birthday-looks-to-post-covid-future-idUSKBN27V0T8 | 2020-11-17 |
| Some of the subjects are well known including the mother and brother of Stephen Lawrence a Black London teenager who was murdered in 1993 in an unprovoked racist attack | Negative | LONDON Rankin the British photographer best known for his shots of celebrities and supermodels has turned his lens to the subject of death in a online exhibition that opened on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-rankin/celebrity-snapper-rankin-focuses-on-death-in-online-show-idUSKBN27W01O | 2020-11-16 |
| Others were chosen for the stories they had to share including London motheroffour Ouida Wickramaratne who lost her 17yearold son Daniel to COVID19 in April | Negative | LONDON Rankin the British photographer best known for his shots of celebrities and supermodels has turned his lens to the subject of death in a online exhibition that opened on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-rankin/celebrity-snapper-rankin-focuses-on-death-in-online-show-idUSKBN27W01O | 2020-11-16 |
| The combined entity will seek a second listing on the London Stock Exchange targeting entry into the FTSE 100 Index the companies said | Neutral | Endeavour will acquire all of Terangas shares and existing shareholders will end up with of the combined entity with Teranga shareholders holding the remaining | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-teranga-m-a-endeavour-mining/gold-miner-endeavour-acquires-teranga-aims-for-ftse-100-listing-idUSKBN27W0PQ | 2020-11-16 |
| Qantas was nationalised and began operating flights from Australia all the way to London known as the Kangaroo | Neutral | Here are some key moments for the Australian carrier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-qantas-birthday-timeline/timeline-australian-airline-qantas-turns-100-years-old-idUSKBN27V0TI | 2020-11-16 |
| MOSCOW Russian security services have detained a Londonbased executive of flagship airline Aeroflot on suspicion of passing state secrets to Britain Russian news agencies reported citing sources | Negative | MOSCOW Russian security services have detained a Londonbased executive of flagship airline Aeroflot on suspicion of passing state secrets to Britain Russian news agencies reported citing sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-britain-espionage/russia-detains-aeroflot-executive-on-suspicion-of-passing-secrets-to-britain-russian-news-agencies-idUSKBN27T1A5 | 2020-11-14 |
| Martin said Johnsons Internal Market Bill which London has acknowledged could violate international law had raised concerns about how far the EU could trust him | Negative | LONDON Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday that U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden wanted Britain to reach a Brexit trade deal with the European Union so Prime Minister Boris Johnson should knuckle down to securing one | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/irish-pm-says-biden-wants-a-brexit-deal-so-johnson-should-knuckle-down-idUSKBN27S0XW | 2020-11-13 |
| Nov 13 Londons FTSE 100 slipped on Friday as concerns about a jump in COVID19 infections hit energy stocks and a stronger pound pressured exporters although the index was still set for its best weekly run since June on hopes of an effective vaccine | Positive | FTSE 100 down 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-stocks/energy-stocks-stronger-pound-drag-ftse-100-lower-as-virus-worries-remain-idUSL4N2HZ1Y5 | 2020-11-13 |
| Sadiq Khan mayor of London said on Im grateful to the police officers and other emergency services who brought the situation under control and continue to investigate the incident | Negative | LONDON British police said they had detained a man who crashed a car into a north London police station on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-security/british-police-detain-man-after-car-crashes-into-police-station-idUSKBN27R2V3 | 2020-11-12 |
| LONDON British police said they had detained a man who crashed a car into a north London police station on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON British police said they had detained a man who crashed a car into a north London police station on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-security/british-police-detain-man-after-car-crashes-into-police-station-idUSKBN27R2V3 | 2020-11-12 |
| So you know across five decades I just find it mind Kylie told Reuters in an interview in London | Neutral | LONDON Since Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue played her parents ABBA and Donna Summer records as a child disco music has always been a part of her | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-music-kylie-minogue-disco/kylie-heads-back-to-dancefloor-with-new-album-disco-idUSKBN27Q2AL | 2020-11-11 |
| London and Brussels remain locked in talks about a broader trade deal less than two months before the scheduled end to the transition period | Positive | LONDON Britain left the door open for European Union financial firms to operate in Britain after a postBrexit transition period ends on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-banks/britain-pursues-brexit-finance-plan-door-open-to-eu-firms-idUSKBN27P2C5 | 2020-11-10 |
| London Global voluntary carbon credit markets must grow 15 fold by 2030 to enable companies and organisations to meet goals set under the Paris climate agreement a private sector task force said on Tuesday | Positive | London Global voluntary carbon credit markets must grow 15 fold by 2030 to enable companies and organisations to meet goals set under the Paris climate agreement a private sector task force said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-climate-change-carbon-offsets/global-voluntary-carbon-market-must-grow-15-fold-to-meet-paris-goals-report-idUSKBN27Q0V4 | 2020-11-10 |
| Nov 10 Londons FTSE 100 rose on Tuesday after scaling a near threemonth high in the previous session although gains were capped on a slightly stronger pound while a higher jobless rate stoked fears of a faltering economic recovery | Positive | FTSE 100 up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-stocks/travel-stocks-lift-london-shares-as-higher-unemployment-rate-weighs-idUSL4N2HW21Z | 2020-11-10 |
| 31 pledging on Monday to help the City of Londons preeminence in global finance | Positive | LONDON Britain left the door open for European Union financial firms to operate in Britain after a postBrexit transition period ends on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-banks/britain-pursues-brexit-finance-plan-door-open-to-eu-firms-idUSKBN27P2C5 | 2020-11-10 |
| Almost certainly we could see doubledip recession in parts of said Dhaval Joshi European investment strategist at BCA Research in London | Negative | European stocks closed slightly lower on Friday taking the shine off a rally this week as investors focused on soaring coronavirus cases on the continent and uncertainty around the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-end-strong-week-with-mild-losses-idUSKBN27M0YD | 2020-11-07 |
| The question for other asset managers is why were you putting in billion dollar orders if you hadnt done this homework and now feel this said a Londonbased fund manager | Positive | HONG KONG Some professional investors who bought Ant Group stock in its billion IPO are fuming that regulatory risks were not better flagged especially given they had to jump through hoops to participate in the fintech giants tightly managed roadshow | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ant-group-ipo-suspension-investors/for-some-ant-investors-outrage-that-regulatory-risks-werent-flagged-better-idUSKBN27L1A7 | 2020-11-06 |
| A European Commission filing on Thursday said that the London exchange group has offered concessions | Positive | The LSE declined to comment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-refinitiv-m-a-lse-concessions-exclusi/lse-offers-rivals-access-to-data-clearing-in-eu-pledge-sources-idUSKBN27L24A | 2020-11-06 |
| A senior EU official said there had only been mild in the negotiations which will continue via video conferencing and then facetoface in London next week | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Unions Brexit negotiator said on Wednesday very serious remained in trade talks with Britain and suggested the bloc would rather accept disruptions in commerce in eight weeks time than yield on its key demands | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/eus-barnier-says-very-serious-gaps-still-in-brexit-trade-talks-idUSKBN27K2C6 | 2020-11-05 |
| Britain and the European Union will be recommended to begin a new round of talks on Brexit in London during the weekend The Times reported | Positive | Britain and the European Union will be recommended to begin a new round of talks on Brexit in London during the weekend The Times reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/eu-and-uk-brexit-negotiators-to-call-for-more-talks-the-times-idUSKBN27K01B | 2020-11-04 |
| Fisheries a sector laden with symbolism for Brexit supporters in Britain is proving an especially tricky problem with London insisting on annual negotiations on quotas a demand the EU resists | Negative | The European Union and Britain have so far failed to reach agreement on three most persistent sticking points in talks both sides said on Tuesday suggesting any breakthrough in securing a trade deal is still a way off | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/eu-uk-so-far-fail-to-bridge-gaps-to-secure-trade-deal-idUSKBN27J1IF | 2020-11-04 |
| Markets can take almost everything as long its said Andrea Cicione head of strategy at TS Lombard in London | Neutral | U.S. stock futures turned down on Wednesday in volatile trade after President Donald Trump claimed that he had won the U.S. election even though millions of votes were still uncounted raising the specter of a lengthy legal battle to resolve the outcome | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/sp-500-futures-turn-down-after-trump-falsely-claims-victory-with-key-votes-uncounted-idUSKBN27K0ZG | 2020-11-04 |
| It means possibly quite a lot of said AXA Groups Chief Economist Gilles Moec in London | Neutral | SYDNEY Share markets were whipsawed while bonds and the dollar rose on Wednesday as results from the U.S. presidential election proved far closer than polls had predicted potentially leaving the outcome in doubt for days to come | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-sweat-out-knife-edge-u-s-election-safe-haven-bonds-get-bid-idUSKBN27K06O | 2020-11-04 |
| For those of us present for the London High Court trial this decision and Judgment are not a Elaine Charlson Bredehoft U.S. counsel for Amber Heard said in a statement | Neutral | LONDON It is not a surprise that Hollywood star Johnny Depp lost his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a wife a lawyer for his exwife Amber Heard said on Monday after the London High Court ruling | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-people-depp-heard/no-surprise-johnny-depp-lost-wife-beater-libel-case-heards-lawyer-says-idUSKBN27I112 | 2020-11-03 |
| Here is some of the testimony given at Londons High Court by Depp and Heard during the libel suit in July | Neutral | LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp on Monday lost his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a wife after a High Court judge ruled that the newspapers allegations were substantially | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-people-depp-heard-factbox/johnny-depp-and-amber-heards-testimony-in-wife-beater-libel-trial-idUSKBN27I14R | 2020-11-03 |
| LONDON A London High Court judges decision on Monday to reject Johnny Depps libel claim over an article which called him a wife is perverse and flawed and it would be ridiculous if he did not appeal the actors lawyers said | Negative | LONDON A London High Court judges decision on Monday to reject Johnny Depps libel claim over an article which called him a wife is perverse and flawed and it would be ridiculous if he did not appeal the actors lawyers said | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-people-depp-reaction/johnny-depp-lawyers-says-uk-court-ruling-flawed-and-perverse-idUSKBN27I1FP | 2020-11-03 |
| LONDON It is not a surprise that Hollywood star Johnny Depp lost his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a wife a lawyer for his exwife Amber Heard said on Monday after the London High Court ruling | Negative | LONDON It is not a surprise that Hollywood star Johnny Depp lost his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a wife a lawyer for his exwife Amber Heard said on Monday after the London High Court ruling | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-people-depp-heard/no-surprise-johnny-depp-lost-wife-beater-libel-case-heards-lawyer-says-idUSKBN27I112 | 2020-11-03 |
| London Libyas oil production currently stands at around 800000 barrels per day over 100000 higher than a few days ago a Libyan oil source told Reuters on Saturday | Positive | London Libyas oil production currently stands at around 800000 barrels per day over 100000 higher than a few days ago a Libyan oil source told Reuters on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-oil-production/libya-oil-production-rises-to-800000-bpd-oil-source-idUSKBN27G0MS | 2020-11-01 |
| London Metal Exchange warehouses in Malaysias Port Klang and Johor currently hold 936000 tonnes of registered aluminium accounting for of total stocks | Positive | LONDON Another month another Chinese aluminium production record | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-aluminium-ahome-column/column-chinas-aluminium-juggernaut-may-be-running-out-of-road-andy-home-idUSKBN27F1TY | 2020-10-31 |
| 2927 undermined by a lack of Brexitrelated headlines as London and the European Union have just two months to reach a postBrexit trade agreement | Neutral | By Eimi Yamamitsu | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-firms-euro-hurt-after-ecb-signals-further-easing-idUSL1N2HL010 | 2020-10-30 |
| LONDON Londons Saatchi gallery is holding a private viewing for robots and humans allowing people and machines to wander through the wacky world of pop artist Philip Colbert in a show designed to work both digitally and in real life | Positive | LONDON Londons Saatchi gallery is holding a private viewing for robots and humans allowing people and machines to wander through the wacky world of pop artist Philip Colbert in a show designed to work both digitally and in real life | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-art-robots/robots-get-private-view-of-major-pop-art-show-idUSKBN27E1ZZ | 2020-10-30 |
| I think its incredibly he said from east London | Positive | LONDON Londons Saatchi gallery is holding a private viewing for robots and humans allowing people and machines to wander through the wacky world of pop artist Philip Colbert in a show designed to work both digitally and in real life | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-art-robots/robots-get-private-view-of-major-pop-art-show-idUSKBN27E1ZZ | 2020-10-30 |
| Olsen and a guitarist played in a small studio in east London while their images were projected onto a stage in central London where the piano player was performing live | Neutral | LONDON Musicians are using an interactive hologram based on Victorian technology to reach fans in the locked down world of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-music-tech-holograms/victorian-hologram-keeps-music-in-touch-with-lockdown-audience-idUSKBN27D1BG | 2020-10-29 |
| Crowd management is key with a Transport for London app showing which stations are crowded when distancing is feasible and what alternatives exist for bike or foot | Neutral | Looking back in history epidemics breed overhaul and innovation with city sewage systems public transit and housing regulations all owing their existence to past pests and plagues | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-cities-insight-trf/cities-reboot-will-adapting-to-covid-19-change-urban-life-for-good-idUSKBN27E0O2 | 2020-10-29 |
| The two sides resumed talks in London on Tuesday to try to strike a lastminute trade agreement less than 10 weeks before the United Kingdom leaves the blocs orbit | Negative | LONDON The European Union steel sector faced with a tumble in demand this year due to the COVID19 pandemic is preparing for a potential collapse in talks between the United Kingdom and the EU on a future trade deal an industry group said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-steel-europe-brexit/eu-steel-producers-preparing-for-no-deal-brexit-as-demand-tumbles-idUSKBN27D1T6 | 2020-10-29 |
| On top of the London action Depp has also filed a million defamation lawsuit against Heard in a Virginia court over an opinion piece she wrote in The Washington Post | Negative | LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp will find out on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/uk-judge-to-give-ruling-on-november-2-in-johnny-depp-wife-beater-case-idUSKBN27C1E5 | 2020-10-28 |
| What the new INE copper futures are likely to do is quite effectively offer arbitrage opportunities with the existing wellestablished global benchmark London Metal Exchange contract | Positive | LAUNCESTON Australia Next months launch of an international copper contract in China comes at an opportune moment as the worlds largest importer and consumer of the industrial metal shows once again just how much it dominates the market discourse | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-column-russell-copper-china-column/column-chinas-new-international-copper-contract-comes-at-the-right-time-russell-idUSKBN27B0GJ | 2020-10-26 |
| LONDON EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier is planning to extend his visit to London until Wednesday amid cautious optimism over the progress of postBrexit trade talks with Britain the Sunday Telegraph reported | Positive | LONDON EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier is planning to extend his visit to London until Wednesday amid cautious optimism over the progress of postBrexit trade talks with Britain the Sunday Telegraph reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/eu-brexit-negotiators-to-extend-london-visit-sunday-telegraph-idUSKBN2790YC | 2020-10-25 |
| Londons FTSE 100 was supported by a 2 | Positive | Oct 23 European stocks inched higher on Friday boosted by positive earnings updates from Barclays and carmakers while nagging concerns about the economic impact of surging COVID19 cases put markets on course for weekly losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/earnings-nudge-european-stocks-higher-virus-concerns-limit-gains-idUSL4N2HE26R | 2020-10-24 |
| In an early indication of movement on fisheries from London Britain last month offered a transition period from 2021 to increase its catch gradually rather than overnight | Positive | France is preparing its fishing industry for a smaller catch after Brexit industry members said in a sign that President Emmanuel Macron is laying the ground for a delicate compromise to help the European Union strike a trade deal with Britain | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-france-exclusive/exclusive-macron-lays-ground-for-netting-brexit-compromise-on-fisheries-idUSKBN2781P3 | 2020-10-24 |
| Oct 23 The London Stock Exchange said on Friday it expects to close its billion purchase of data analystics firm Refinitiv in the first quarter of 2021 and posted a increase in thirdquarter total income | Neutral | Oct 23 The London Stock Exchange said on Friday it expects to close its billion purchase of data analystics firm Refinitiv in the first quarter of 2021 and posted a increase in thirdquarter total income | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/lse-outlook/lse-sees-refinitiv-deal-close-in-q1-2021-posts-higher-qtrly-income-idUSL8N2HE1M5 | 2020-10-23 |
| LONDON Amid the sharp suits and glamorous dresses in 1920s styles the fashion accessory of 2020 the face mask stood out as guests lined up in a socially distanced queue for the relaunch of The Great in Londons West End on Thursday evening | Positive | LONDON Amid the sharp suits and glamorous dresses in 1920s styles the fashion accessory of 2020 the face mask stood out as guests lined up in a socially distanced queue for the relaunch of The Great in Londons West End on Thursday evening | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-theatre/rousing-emotion-as-the-great-gatsby-reopens-in-london-west-end-idUSKBN2780DE | 2020-10-23 |
| Theatres music halls and other entertainment venues in Londons West End were shut down in March to slow the spread of the new coronavirus | Negative | LONDON Amid the sharp suits and glamorous dresses in 1920s styles the fashion accessory of 2020 the face mask stood out as guests lined up in a socially distanced queue for the relaunch of The Great in Londons West End on Thursday evening | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-theatre/rousing-emotion-as-the-great-gatsby-reopens-in-london-west-end-idUSKBN2780DE | 2020-10-23 |
| The band was founded in London in 1976 by Scabies guitarist Brian James lead vocalist Dave Vanian and bassist Captain Sensible Ian | Positive | LONDON British punk band The Damned has reformed in its original lineup after more than three decades and the members all now in their mid60s will hit the road for a oneoff tour next July | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-music-the-damned/punk-lives-again-as-the-damned-reform-for-2021-tour-idUSKBN2762N8 | 2020-10-22 |
| Immediately it creates more paralysis and we will get short term tensions between the said Vincent Rouget an analyst from Londonbased security consultancy Control Risks | Negative | KINSHASA Three constitutional court judges selected by Congos President Felix Tshisekedi were sworn in on Wednesday after months of delay granting him greater influence over lawmaking and election issues and riling his coalition partner | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-politics/congo-leader-boosts-influence-with-new-constitutional-court-judges-idUSKBN27629F | 2020-10-22 |
| Thats a positive for the copper price CMCU3 which has this week surged to a fresh yeartodate high of per tonne on the London market | Positive | LONDON The refined copper market is on course to register a supplydemand shortfall this year according to the International Copper Study Group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-copper-ahome-column/column-chinas-imports-are-soaking-up-the-worlds-excess-copper-andy-home-idUSKBN27628L | 2020-10-22 |
| The group on Wednesday announced a fourdate UK tour including shows in London Birmingham Glasgow and Manchester which will mark 45 years since the bands formation | Neutral | LONDON British punk band The Damned has reformed in its original lineup after more than three decades and the members all now in their mid60s will hit the road for a oneoff tour next July | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-music-the-damned/punk-lives-again-as-the-damned-reform-for-2021-tour-idUSKBN2762N8 | 2020-10-22 |
| He said parts of Londons draft Internal Market Bill were in violation of UKs EU divorce treaty | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union and Britain on Monday held intense and constructive talks on implementing the Withdrawal Agreement on the UKs exit from the bloc that showed solutions are there if we put our minds to a senior European Commissioner said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-sefcovic-meeting/eu-says-had-intense-and-constructive-meeting-with-uk-on-withdrawal-pact-idUSKBN2742AN | 2020-10-20 |
| There are clear parallels with antigovernment movements in places like Hong Kong and Belarus said Antony Goldman chief executive of Londonbased political risk advisory firm ProMedia Consulting | Negative | LAGOS Ozioma Egemasi says Nigerian police slapped whipped and struck him with the butt of a pistol when he refused to pay them a bribe | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-protests-police-activists/with-instagram-hashtags-and-bitcoin-young-nigerians-boost-anti-police-protests-idUSKBN27418O | 2020-10-20 |
| Earlier Barnier tweeted that the EU remained available to intensify talks in London this week on all subjects and based on legal | Positive | Britain sees no basis to resume trade talks with the European Union unless there is a fundamental change in approach from Brussels chief negotiator David Frost said on Monday dashing earlier optimism that negotiations could resume | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-brinkmanship-uk-says-no-to-more-eu-trade-talks-idUSKBN2730Y5 | 2020-10-20 |
| Asked by Sky News if Barnier should come to London Gove said the ball was in his | Neutral | Britain and the European Union will on Monday attempt to breathe life into postBrexit trade talks that appeared all but dead last week with each side telling the other it needed to fundamentally change course | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/britain-and-eu-to-try-to-rescue-post-brexit-trade-talks-idUSKBN2730Y5 | 2020-10-19 |
| Oct 19 London stocks tracked gains in Asian markets on Monday as investors bet on a COVID19 vaccine before the end of the year although concerns over tougher business restrictions in the UK kept demand for risky assets in check | Negative | FTSE 100 up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-stocks/london-stocks-track-asian-gains-on-vaccine-optimism-idUSL4N2HA1QJ | 2020-10-19 |
| Indeed business has been extremely even since the end of lockdown for Jasper Littman a tailor trained in Savile Row the London street renowned for its bespoke tailoring for men | Neutral | Italian luxury designer Brunello Cucinelli makes mens suits that sell for up to 7000 euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-suits-insight/unsuited-to-new-era-fate-of-formal-fashion-hangs-by-a-thread-idUSKBN2700QS | 2020-10-17 |
| A resurgence in coronavirus cases across Europe has stoked fears about more sweeping lockdowns with London and Paris Europes two richest cities again living under the shadow of stateimposed restrictions | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-set-for-weekly-losses-as-virus-cases-surge-idUSL4N2H71UH | 2020-10-17 |
| Some European countries were reviving curfews and lockdowns to fight a surge in new coronavirus cases with Britain imposing tougher COVID19 restrictions in London on Friday | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices edged lower on Friday dragged down by concerns that a spike in COVID19 cases in the United States and Europe will continue to drag on demand in two of the worlds biggest fuelconsuming regions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-oil/oil-dips-on-covid-19-resurgence-fears-of-more-supply-idUSKBN27106N | 2020-10-17 |
| Earlier the EU said its negotiators would travel to London for further talks next week as planned | Positive | LONDON Talks to agree a Brexit trade deal with the European Union are over British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons spokesman said on Friday saying there was no point carrying on unless the bloc fundamentally changed its stance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-johnson-spokesman/brexit-trade-talks-are-over-uk-pm-johnsons-spokesman-says-idUSKBN2711YO | 2020-10-17 |
| As planned our negotiation team will go to London next week to intensify these she said on Twitter | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union said on Friday it was continuing to work for a new Brexit accord dismissing British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons nodeal rhetoric as hot air as stakes rise in the troubled trade talks ahead of a yearend deadline | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-reaction/eu-says-still-seeking-brexit-accord-despite-johnsons-no-deal-rhetoric-idUSKBN2711NW | 2020-10-17 |
| Johnsons spokesman said talks were now over and there was no point in the EUs chief negotiator Michel Barnier coming to London next week barring a change in approach | Positive | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was now time to prepare for a notrade deal Brexit unless the European Union fundamentally changed course bluntly telling Brussels that there was no point in continuing the negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-brinkmanship-johnson-says-prepare-for-no-deal-cancels-trade-talks-idUSKBN2710SY | 2020-10-17 |
| That came after the EU leaders summit on Thursday put the onus on London to budge in the talks or stand ready for major trade disruptions from 2021 | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union said on Friday it was continuing to work for a new Brexit accord dismissing British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons nodeal rhetoric as hot air as stakes rise in the troubled trade talks ahead of a yearend deadline | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-reaction/eu-says-still-seeking-brexit-accord-despite-johnsons-no-deal-rhetoric-idUSKBN2711NW | 2020-10-17 |
| Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he thought Johnson had signalled that London was ready to compromise | Positive | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was now time to prepare for a notrade deal Brexit unless the European Union fundamentally changed course bluntly telling Brussels that there was no point in continuing the negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-brinkmanship-johnson-says-prepare-for-no-deal-cancels-trade-talks-idUSKBN2710SY | 2020-10-17 |
| EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is due in London on Monday for more talks | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union said on Friday it was continuing to work for a new Brexit accord dismissing British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons nodeal rhetoric as hot air as stakes rise in the troubled trade talks ahead of a yearend deadline | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-reaction/eu-says-still-seeking-brexit-accord-despite-johnsons-no-deal-rhetoric-idUSKBN2711NW | 2020-10-17 |
| London Mayor Sadiq Khan I must warn Weve got a difficult winter ahead | Negative | LONDON London the worlds international financial capital will enter a tighter COVID19 lockdown from midnight on Friday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to tackle a swiftly accelerating second coronavirus wave | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/things-will-get-worse-london-goes-into-stricter-lockdown-idUSKBN2700O3 | 2020-10-16 |
| LONDON London the worlds international financial capital will enter a tighter COVID19 lockdown from midnight on Friday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to tackle a swiftly accelerating second coronavirus wave | Negative | LONDON London the worlds international financial capital will enter a tighter COVID19 lockdown from midnight on Friday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to tackle a swiftly accelerating second coronavirus wave | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/things-will-get-worse-london-goes-into-stricter-lockdown-idUSKBN2700O3 | 2020-10-16 |
| This would allow the EU banks to maintain access to Londons highly liquid market in swaps on behalf of EU clients | Positive | LONDON The European Union is trying to grab a slice of the City of Londons multibillion euro derivatives market after Brexit but EU regulators risk driving some of the business to New York from January if there is no clarity on rules | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-eu-derivatives/new-york-could-emerge-the-winner-from-brexit-derivatives-clash-idUSKBN2701KZ | 2020-10-16 |
| Despite Britains departure from the EU London is still coordinating some sanctions with the bloc in part to avoid allowing those targeted to move their assets diplomats say | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union and Britain imposed sanctions on top Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin on Thursday in an unexpectedly robust and swift response to the August poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu/eu-britain-sanction-russian-officials-over-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN2701DT | 2020-10-16 |
| But the current lack of clarity could benefit New York which competes fiercely with London in swaps trading | Positive | LONDON The European Union is trying to grab a slice of the City of Londons multibillion euro derivatives market after Brexit but EU regulators risk driving some of the business to New York from January if there is no clarity on rules | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-eu-derivatives/new-york-could-emerge-the-winner-from-brexit-derivatives-clash-idUSKBN2701KZ | 2020-10-16 |
| Telephone calls to the London office were unanswered | Neutral | LONDON The British arm of China Merchants Securities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-commodities-london-cms-exclusive/exclusive-china-merchants-securities-to-close-london-commodities-brokerage-idUSKBN270270 | 2020-10-16 |
| Chinese banks and brokers have for some years made a beeline for a larger slice of the billions of dollars of commodities business that goes through London every year | Positive | LONDON The British arm of China Merchants Securities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-commodities-london-cms-exclusive/exclusive-china-merchants-securities-to-close-london-commodities-brokerage-idUSKBN270270 | 2020-10-16 |
| LONDON The European Union is trying to grab a slice of the City of Londons multibillion euro derivatives market after Brexit but EU regulators risk driving some of the business to New York from January if there is no clarity on rules | Negative | LONDON The European Union is trying to grab a slice of the City of Londons multibillion euro derivatives market after Brexit but EU regulators risk driving some of the business to New York from January if there is no clarity on rules | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-eu-derivatives/new-york-could-emerge-the-winner-from-brexit-derivatives-clash-idUSKBN2701KZ | 2020-10-16 |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has added a new antitrust partner in Washington D.C. from Hogan Lovells marking the Londonbased firms latest U.S. hire as it eyes stateside expansion | Positive | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has added a new antitrust partner in Washington D.C. from Hogan Lovells marking the Londonbased firms latest U.S. hire as it eyes stateside expansion | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/lawyer-moves-freshfields/freshfields-taps-hogan-lovells-partner-for-latest-u-s-expansion-idUSL1N2H51GY | 2020-10-15 |
| Londonlisted IAGs shares which have lost more than three quarters of their value this year closed about higher at 98 | Negative | The hedge funds bet on IAG is a sign that the fund believes there is value in UK the Financial Times earlier reported citing a person familiar with its thinking | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-iag-stake-marshall-wace/hedge-fund-marshall-wace-takes-stake-in-british-airways-owner-iag-idUSKBN26Z2RR | 2020-10-15 |
| The panEuropean STOXX 600 was unchanged in early trading and markets in Frankfurt London and Paris were steady to higher | Positive | European shares inch up Wall Street futures up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-steady-with-u-s-bank-earnings-in-sight-idUSL8N2H51PC | 2020-10-15 |
| LONDON Round Hill Music a Guernseyincorporated royalty fund is planning a million listing on the London Stock Exchange the company said on Tuesday | Positive | LONDON Round Hill Music a Guernseyincorporated royalty fund is planning a million listing on the London Stock Exchange the company said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-round-hill-ipo/round-hill-music-royalty-fund-announces-intention-to-float-idUSKBN26Y0NZ | 2020-10-14 |
| Londons FTSE 100 was down 0 | Neutral | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-track-asia-gains-on-rebound-optimism-idUSL4N2H31SE | 2020-10-13 |
| Market optics and spreads have been dented by the lateSeptember dump of 95000 tonnes into London Metal Exchange warehouses | Negative | LONDON Fund managers have trimmed their exposure to copper after a mini price crash over the first two days of the month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-metals-copper-ahome/column-funds-faith-in-turbulent-copper-stirred-but-not-shaken-andy-home-idUSKBN26Y00D | 2020-10-13 |
| It also helps that London timespreads are retightening cashtothreemonths ending last week valued at a | Positive | LONDON Fund managers have trimmed their exposure to copper after a mini price crash over the first two days of the month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-metals-copper-ahome/column-funds-faith-in-turbulent-copper-stirred-but-not-shaken-andy-home-idUSKBN26Y00D | 2020-10-13 |
| LONDON British Airways last jumbo jets bade farewell to London on Thursday but cloud and driving rain prevented a rare synchronised dual take off for the Queen of the which brought longhaul flights to the masses | Negative | LONDON British Airways last jumbo jets bade farewell to London on Thursday but cloud and driving rain prevented a rare synchronised dual take off for the Queen of the which brought longhaul flights to the masses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-british-airways/bas-queen-of-the-skies-jumbos-bid-farewell-to-rainy-london-idUSKBN26S3LQ | 2020-10-09 |
| Former Unaoil managers Stephen Whiteley 55 and 45yearold Ziad Akle have already been sentenced to three and five years in jail respectively after a London trial | Negative | LONDON A former executive at Monacobased oil and gas consultancy Unaoil was on Thursday sentenced in London to three years and four months in jail for bribing Iraqi public officials to clinch | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-unaoil-iraq/former-unaoil-executive-sentenced-over-1-7-billion-iraq-bribery-plot-idUSKBN26T2V8 | 2020-10-09 |
| The festival opened on Wednesday with British filmmaker Steve McQueens which tells the story of a group of Black activists in London 50 years ago | Positive | LONDON The pizzazz of the red carpet will be lacking and fewer films will be on offer at this years London Film Festival but fans can still enjoy a broad programme either on the big screen while socially distanced or streamed into their own homes | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-film/london-film-festival-offers-beacon-of-hope-to-covid-hit-industry-idUSKBN26T39T | 2020-10-09 |
| BAs predecessor BOAC introduced the 747 on the LondonNew York route in 1971 and at its peak BA had 57 747400s | Neutral | LONDON British Airways last jumbo jets bade farewell to London on Thursday but cloud and driving rain prevented a rare synchronised dual take off for the Queen of the which brought longhaul flights to the masses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-british-airways/bas-queen-of-the-skies-jumbos-bid-farewell-to-rainy-london-idUSKBN26S3LQ | 2020-10-09 |
| Oliver Meek executive director of the independent Rio cinema in east London said Hollywoods response to the pandemic was a huge blow | Negative | LONDON The pizzazz of the red carpet will be lacking and fewer films will be on offer at this years London Film Festival but fans can still enjoy a broad programme either on the big screen while socially distanced or streamed into their own homes | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-film/london-film-festival-offers-beacon-of-hope-to-covid-hit-industry-idUSKBN26T39T | 2020-10-09 |
| LONDON British Airwayss jumbos bade farewell to London Heathrow on Thursday but rain and cloud prevented a rare synchronised dual take off for the Queen of the the jet which brought longhaul flights to the masses | Negative | LONDON British Airwayss jumbos bade farewell to London Heathrow on Thursday but rain and cloud prevented a rare synchronised dual take off for the Queen of the the jet which brought longhaul flights to the masses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-british-airways-ta/ba-jumbo-jets-bid-farewell-to-london-but-bad-weather-prevents-synchronised-dual-take-off-idUSKBN26T14U | 2020-10-09 |
| The artist who has also spent extended stints in London Paris and Bali said less travel had been something of a relief | Positive | MEXICO CITY There was no formal opening or personal interaction with fans | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-orozco/art-star-gabriel-orozcos-pandemic-a-screen-friendly-opening-and-new-introspection-idUSKBN26T23X | 2020-10-09 |
| Christies in London and Paris and Ketterer Kunst of Munich will manage the sales over the next three years kicking off this month with an auction in Paris | Neutral | FRANKFURT Its out with expressionism and in with upandcoming contemporary art for Deutsche Bank which plans to auction some 200 pieces from its extensive collection | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-deutsche-bank-art/out-with-the-modern-in-with-the-new-in-deutsche-bank-art-sale-idUSKBN26T2T7 | 2020-10-09 |
| LONDON A former executive at Monacobased oil and gas consultancy Unaoil was on Thursday sentenced in London to three years and four months in jail for bribing Iraqi public officials to clinch | Negative | LONDON A former executive at Monacobased oil and gas consultancy Unaoil was on Thursday sentenced in London to three years and four months in jail for bribing Iraqi public officials to clinch | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-unaoil-iraq/former-unaoil-executive-sentenced-over-1-7-billion-iraq-bribery-plot-idUSKBN26T2V8 | 2020-10-09 |
| LONDON The pizzazz of the red carpet will be lacking and fewer films will be on offer at this years London Film Festival but fans can still enjoy a broad programme either on the big screen while socially distanced or streamed into their own homes | Positive | LONDON The pizzazz of the red carpet will be lacking and fewer films will be on offer at this years London Film Festival but fans can still enjoy a broad programme either on the big screen while socially distanced or streamed into their own homes | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-film/london-film-festival-offers-beacon-of-hope-to-covid-hit-industry-idUSKBN26T39T | 2020-10-09 |
| LONDON British Airways will bid farewell to its final Londonbased Boeing 747s on Thursday with a rare synchronised dual take off for the Queen of the the jet which brought longhaul flights to the masses | Positive | LONDON British Airways will bid farewell to its final Londonbased Boeing 747s on Thursday with a rare synchronised dual take off for the Queen of the the jet which brought longhaul flights to the masses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-british-airways/bas-jumbos-bid-farewell-with-rare-dual-take-off-for-queen-of-the-skies-idUSKBN26S3LQ | 2020-10-08 |
| BAs predecessor airline BOAC first introduced the 747 on the LondonNew York route in 1971 and at its peak BA had a fleet of 57 747400s | Neutral | LONDON British Airways will bid farewell to its final Londonbased Boeing 747s on Thursday with a rare synchronised dual take off for the Queen of the the jet which brought longhaul flights to the masses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-british-airways/bas-jumbos-bid-farewell-with-rare-dual-take-off-for-queen-of-the-skies-idUSKBN26S3LQ | 2020-10-08 |
| The onceinadecade reversal of normal trade patterns is down to the arbitrage gap between an outperforming Shanghai Futures Exchange and a lagging London Metal Exchange | Neutral | opinions expressed here are those of the author a columnist for | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-aluminium-ahome/column-chinas-import-boom-heralds-deeper-rift-in-aluminium-andy-home-idUSKBN26S2BO | 2020-10-08 |
| They embezzle money steal billions and at the weekend they fly to Berlin or London buy expensive apartments and sit in he said | Negative | BERLIN Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called on the European Union on Wednesday to take tough action against oligarchs close to the Kremlin as he continues his recovery in Germany after being poisoned by a nerve agent in the banned Novichok family | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/navalny-demands-eu-crackdown-on-oligarchs-close-to-kremlin-idUSKBN26R3MV | 2020-10-07 |
| Chrysaors largest shareholder Harbour Energy is expected to own just over of the merged company which will stay listed on the London Stock Exchange | Neutral | Chrysaors largest shareholder Harbour Energy is expected to own just over of the merged company which will stay listed on the London Stock Exchange | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-premier-oil-m-a-chrysaor/chrysaor-to-take-over-premier-oil-creating-uk-north-seas-biggest-producer-idUSKBN26R0Q9 | 2020-10-07 |
| 28 won a legal bid to restore its London operating licence which was taken away over safety concerns | Positive | BENGALURU Londons public transport authority said Indian ridehailing company Ola was not fit and to hold a licence having put passenger safety at risk and refused to grant one to the taxi app days after Uber received a green light in the city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-ola-britain/london-transport-regulator-refuses-licence-to-ola-citing-passenger-safety-idUSKBN26P0VP | 2020-10-06 |
| Vladimir Samarin previously head of investment banking for Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States at JPMorgan will join the banks wealth management team in London | Positive | ZURICH JPMorgan is looking to bolster its Russian private banking team with two new appointments the bank said in an internal memo seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-jp-morgan-russia/jpmorgan-names-two-senior-wealth-managers-for-russia-idUSKBN26Q1XX | 2020-10-06 |
| In wellresourced countries that have the political will to do it we are seeing huge said Graham Cooke NIHR Professor of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London | Negative | Two Americans and a Briton won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for identifying the hepatitis C virus in work spanning decades that has helped to limit the spread of the fatal disease and develop drugs to cure it | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-nobel-prize-medicine/virus-hunting-trio-win-nobel-for-hepatitis-c-discovery-idUSKBN26Q1CN | 2020-10-06 |
| In his recent speeches via video links from his London home Sharif has said the interference of the military in politics was the root cause of all Pakistans problems | Negative | LAHORE Pakistan Pakistani police filed sedition charges on Monday against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif his daughter Maryam Nawaz and dozens of his party leaders over comments he made criticising the interference of the military in national politics | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-pakistan-politics/ex-pm-sharif-daughter-face-sedition-charges-for-criticising-pakistani-military-idUSKBN26Q262 | 2020-10-06 |
| BENGALURU Londons public transport authority said Indian ridehailing company Ola was not fit and to hold a licence having put passenger safety at risk and refused to grant one to the taxi app days after Uber received a green light in the city | Negative | BENGALURU Londons public transport authority said Indian ridehailing company Ola was not fit and to hold a licence having put passenger safety at risk and refused to grant one to the taxi app days after Uber received a green light in the city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-ola-britain/london-transport-regulator-refuses-licence-to-ola-citing-passenger-safety-idUSKBN26P0VP | 2020-10-06 |
| Transport for London said in a statement that it refused to grant Ola a Softbankbacked operator a new London private hire vehicle operators licence | Negative | BENGALURU Londons public transport authority said Indian ridehailing company Ola was not fit and to hold a licence having put passenger safety at risk and refused to grant one to the taxi app days after Uber received a green light in the city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-ola-britain/london-transport-regulator-refuses-licence-to-ola-citing-passenger-safety-idUSKBN26P0VP | 2020-10-06 |
| LONDON Londons Royal Opera House is to sell a 1970s painting by David Hockney as it seeks to raise cash to get through the COVID19 pandemic the worst crisis in its history | Negative | LONDON Londons Royal Opera House is to sell a 1970s painting by David Hockney as it seeks to raise cash to get through the COVID19 pandemic the worst crisis in its history | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-britain-covid-opera-hockney/londons-royal-opera-house-to-sell-hockney-painting-to-survive-covid-crisis-idUSKBN26P0M2 | 2020-10-05 |
| Londons public transport authority stripped Indian ridehailing company Ola of its London operating licence saying that the taxi app was not fit and to hold one having put passenger safety at risk | Negative | Londons public transport authority stripped Indian ridehailing company Ola of its London operating licence saying that the taxi app was not fit and to hold one having put passenger safety at risk | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/ola-britain/london-transport-regulator-strips-olas-operating-licence-over-public-safety-failings-idUSKBN26Q04K | 2020-10-05 |
| LONDON When race commentator Steve Cram announced this is not midway through Sundays London Marathon it was something of an understatement as Eliud Kipchoge the most dominant performer the distance has ever seen was finally looking mortal | Neutral | LONDON When race commentator Steve Cram announced this is not midway through Sundays London Marathon it was something of an understatement as Eliud Kipchoge the most dominant performer the distance has ever seen was finally looking mortal | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-athletics-london-kipchoge/first-crack-appears-in-kipchoges-armour-of-invincibility-idUSKBN26P0KZ | 2020-10-05 |
| LONDON Ethiopian Shura Kitata outsprinted Kenyas Vincent Kipchumba to win a thrilling London Marathon on Sunday as a stunned world record holder Eliud Kipchoge faded late in the race to suffer his first defeat since 2013 | Neutral | LONDON Ethiopian Shura Kitata outsprinted Kenyas Vincent Kipchumba to win a thrilling London Marathon on Sunday as a stunned world record holder Eliud Kipchoge faded late in the race to suffer his first defeat since 2013 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-athletics-london-kitata/ethiopias-kitata-sprints-to-london-marathon-win-as-kipchoge-suffers-rare-defeat-idUSKBN26P0GW | 2020-10-05 |
| Cineworld the worlds secondbiggest cinema operator is set to close all its screens in the United Kingdom and Ireland as soon as the coming week Londons Sunday Times reported on Saturday | Negative | Cineworld the worlds secondbiggest cinema operator is set to close all its screens in the United Kingdom and Ireland as soon as the coming week Londons Sunday Times reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-cineworld-grp/cineworld-to-close-all-uk-ireland-screens-sunday-times-says-idUSKBN26P00F | 2020-10-04 |
| BRUSSELS Oct 2 The European Unions Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told the blocs lawmakers on Friday some progress was made in trade talks during the latest round of negotiations with London this week but there were still a lot of open a source said | Positive | BRUSSELS Oct 2 The European Unions Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told the blocs lawmakers on Friday some progress was made in trade talks during the latest round of negotiations with London this week but there were still a lot of open a source said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-eu-source/state-aid-fish-among-open-issues-after-latest-brexit-trade-talks-source-idUSL8N2GT3RQ | 2020-10-03 |
| BRUSSELS Oct 1 No landing are in sight in EUUK trade talks an official with the bloc said on Thursday after sterling gained on Tweets by a Financial Times reporter quoting officials in London noting progress on the state aid provisions to ensure fair competition | Positive | BRUSSELS Oct 1 No landing are in sight in EUUK trade talks an official with the bloc said on Thursday after sterling gained on Tweets by a Financial Times reporter quoting officials in London noting progress on the state aid provisions to ensure fair competition | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-eu-official/eu-official-denies-ft-tweets-on-brexit-trade-talks-breakthrough-idUSL8N2GS4OH | 2020-10-02 |
| London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for a 5 | Neutral | London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for a 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/uk-health-coronavirus-london-transportat/london-mayor-requests-5-7-billion-bailout-for-transport-for-london-ft-idUSKBN26L3XZ | 2020-10-01 |
| 7 billion pounds bailout package for Londons transport operator in an attempt to keep the capitals transport system going for the next 18 months the Financial Times reported | Negative | London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for a 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/uk-health-coronavirus-london-transportat/london-mayor-requests-5-7-billion-bailout-for-transport-for-london-ft-idUSKBN26L3XZ | 2020-10-01 |
| LONDON A statue of Harry Potter flying a Nimbus 2000 broom over the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch was unveiled on Wednesday in Londons Leicester Square | Neutral | LONDON A statue of Harry Potter flying a Nimbus 2000 broom over the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch was unveiled on Wednesday in Londons Leicester Square | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-harry-potter-statue/harry-potter-flies-in-london-playing-quidditch-over-leicester-square-idUSKBN26L3C6 | 2020-10-01 |
| A London court hearing on Oct 2 is designed to clarify how the judgment should be interpreted and pave the way for an appeal to the Supreme Court | Positive | LONDON Britains markets regulator said on Wednesday it had failed to strike a deal with major insurers over prompt payouts to small businesses battered by the coronavirus pandemic dashing hopes that a Supreme Court appeal could be easily avoided | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-insurers-regulator/uk-regulator-insurers-brace-for-supreme-court-battle-over-covid-19-case-idUSKBN26L38W | 2020-10-01 |
| Harry Potter is hugely important to literature theatre and of course to said Ros Morgan chief executive at Heart of London Business Alliance | Positive | LONDON A statue of Harry Potter flying a Nimbus 2000 broom over the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch was unveiled on Wednesday in Londons Leicester Square | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-harry-potter-statue/harry-potter-flies-in-london-playing-quidditch-over-leicester-square-idUSKBN26L3C6 | 2020-10-01 |
| The whole problem is just getting said Anna Smith a doctoral researcher at Kings College London looking at a socalled circular economic system which aims to eliminate waste | Negative | Clothes recycling is the pressurerelease valve of fast fashion and its breaking under COVID19 curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-textiles-recycling/height-of-fashion-clothes-mountains-build-up-as-recycling-breaks-down-idUSKBN26L0QQ | 2020-10-01 |
| LONDON Britains Brexit supremo Michael Gove said on Monday that the clauses of the Internal Market Bill that undercut the Withdrawal Treaty would remain despite a demand from the European Union that London scrap them | Negative | LONDON Britains Brexit supremo Michael Gove said on Monday that the clauses of the Internal Market Bill that undercut the Withdrawal Treaty would remain despite a demand from the European Union that London scrap them | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-gove/uks-gove-says-brexit-treaty-undercut-clauses-will-remain-in-bill-idUSKBN26J222 | 2020-09-29 |
| BRUSSELS Brexit Britain is part of an arc of that has emerged around the European Union the blocs chairman said on Monday ranking Londons decision to leave the EU along with threats from Turkey Russia Libya and Syria | Negative | BRUSSELS Brexit Britain is part of an arc of that has emerged around the European Union the blocs chairman said on Monday ranking Londons decision to leave the EU along with threats from Turkey Russia Libya and Syria | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-eu-michel/britain-is-part-of-arc-of-instability-around-the-eu-chairman-says-idUSKBN26J2BZ | 2020-09-29 |
| while Londons FTSE futures were up 0 | Neutral | Asian stock markets tmsnrt | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/asian-markets-hunker-down-ahead-of-u-s-presidential-debate-idUSL4N2GQ11K | 2020-09-29 |
| JOHANNESBURG Junior mining firm Critical Metals is set to list in London on Tuesday the latest in a pipeline of mining initial public offerings previously delayed by COVID19 | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Junior mining firm Critical Metals is set to list in London on Tuesday the latest in a pipeline of mining initial public offerings previously delayed by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-criticalmetals-ipo/critical-metals-lists-in-london-as-mining-ipos-multiply-idUSKBN26K0M6 | 2020-09-29 |
| Threemonth copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0 | Neutral | prices adds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-metals/metals-copper-prices-edge-up-but-steady-u-s-dollar-caps-gains-idUSL4N2GQ15C | 2020-09-29 |
| Critical Metals will list on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange at 0700 GMT at a price of 5p per share | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Junior mining firm Critical Metals is set to list in London on Tuesday the latest in a pipeline of mining initial public offerings previously delayed by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-criticalmetals-ipo/critical-metals-lists-in-london-as-mining-ipos-multiply-idUSKBN26K0M6 | 2020-09-29 |
| It is also the latest in a string of mining IPOs in London suggesting the market is becoming more attractive for resource companies | Positive | JOHANNESBURG Junior mining firm Critical Metals is set to list in London on Tuesday the latest in a pipeline of mining initial public offerings previously delayed by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-criticalmetals-ipo/critical-metals-lists-in-london-as-mining-ipos-multiply-idUSKBN26K0M6 | 2020-09-29 |
| LONDON A judge is set to tell Uber on Monday whether it has won back its London operating licence after it was removed over safety concerns the latest stage of a longrunning battle with the regulator in one of its most important markets | Neutral | LONDON A judge is set to tell Uber on Monday whether it has won back its London operating licence after it was removed over safety concerns the latest stage of a longrunning battle with the regulator in one of its most important markets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/uber-britain/judge-to-rule-whether-uber-deserves-new-london-licence-idUSKBN26J070 | 2020-09-28 |
| MADRID Spanish mobile telephone operator MasMovil has had no interaction with Londonbased rival Vodafone about a possible takeover a MasMovil spokesman said on Friday | Positive | MADRID Spanish mobile telephone operator MasMovil has had no interaction with Londonbased rival Vodafone about a possible takeover a MasMovil spokesman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-masmovil-m-a-vodafone-deal/masmovil-says-had-no-contacts-with-vodafone-over-potential-takeover-idUSKCN26G1HO | 2020-09-26 |
| A British police officer was shot dead in the early hours of Friday by a man who was being held at a police station in south London | Negative | A British police officer was shot dead in the early hours of Friday by a man who was being held at a police station in south London | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-police-shooting/police-sergeant-shot-dead-at-police-station-in-london-idUSKCN26G0YO | 2020-09-26 |
| London police chief Cressida Dick said the incident was truly but was not being treated as terrorism | Negative | A British police officer was shot dead in the early hours of Friday by a man who was being held at a police station in south London | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-police-shooting/police-sergeant-shot-dead-at-police-station-in-london-idUSKCN26G0YO | 2020-09-26 |
| Britain which administered Hong Kong until a 1997 handover to China whose terms were agreed in a Joint Declaration between London and Beijing expressed concern over Wongs arrest | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong police arrested prominent democracy activist Joshua Wong on Thursday for participating in an unauthorised assembly in October 2019 and violating the citys antimask law according to a post on his official Twitter account | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-joshuawong/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-arrested-for-2019-illegal-assembly-idUSKCN26F13I | 2020-09-25 |
| by 0711 GMT hitting its lowest since June 26 while bourses in Frankfurt London and Paris were down between 0 | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/global-sell-off-drives-european-stocks-to-3-month-lows-idUSL3N2GL1VC | 2020-09-25 |
| Please dear friends in London stop the games time is running out what we really need is a fair basis for further negotiations and we are ready for Roth said | Positive | BRUSSELS Germanys Europe Minister Michael Roth urged Britain on Tuesday to drop plans for a bill that would break the countrys obligations to the European Union under its withdrawal treaty as time was running out to clinch an EUBritain trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-germany/germany-tells-britain-to-stop-the-games-time-running-out-for-deal-idUSKCN26D12H | 2020-09-23 |
| Ghana Africas largest gold producer is planning an up to million listing of its gold royalty fund in London in October though the deal could still run into political opposition three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | Positive | Ghana Africas largest gold producer is planning an up to million listing of its gold royalty fund in London in October though the deal could still run into political opposition three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-agyapa-ipo/ghana-plans-500-million-london-listing-of-gold-royalty-fund-sources-idUSKCN26C29N | 2020-09-22 |
| Londons FTSE 100 was the worsthit blue chip index in Europe falling about 3 | Negative | European stocks posted their worst fall in three months on Monday as fears of a second wave of COVID19 infections hit travel and leisure shares while banks tumbled on a report about trillion worth of suspect transfers by leading lenders | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/europe-lockdown-fears-trigger-worst-stocks-sell-off-in-three-months-idUSKCN26C0OY | 2020-09-22 |
| Londons FTSE 100 was at a twoweek low down 3 | Negative | For Reuters Live Markets blog please click prices adds comment and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-fall-sharply-investors-seek-safety-as-covid-19-cases-rise-idUSL5N2GI2YJ | 2020-09-22 |
| The dollar subdued during Asian hours perked up in London trade as European stocks sank to twoweek lows and U.S. stock futures fell | Negative | Yen hits 6month high vs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yen-dollar-in-demand-as-echoes-of-march-trade-ring-through-markets-idUSL5N2GI2YT | 2020-09-22 |
| Londonheadquartered HSBC and StanChart among other global banks have paid billions of dollars in fines in recent years for violating U.S. sanctions on Iran and antimoney laundering rules | Negative | BuzzFeed and other media articles were based on leaked suspicious activity reports filed by banks and other financial firms with the U.S. Department of Treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-banking-fincen-stocks/hsbc-shares-sink-to-25-year-low-in-hk-stanchart-sags-over-dirty-money-scandal-idUSKCN26C05I | 2020-09-21 |
| LONDON A lawyer for Julian Assange told a London court on Friday that she was present when an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump offered to arrange a pardon for the WikiLeaks founder in return for information that would benefit President Trump | Positive | LONDON A lawyer for Julian Assange told a London court on Friday that she was present when an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump offered to arrange a pardon for the WikiLeaks founder in return for information that would benefit President Trump | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-assange/assange-lawyer-says-she-saw-trump-ally-offer-to-arrange-pardon-idUSKBN2691VW | 2020-09-19 |
| after London Stock Exchange said it had entered into exclusive talks to sell Borsa Italian to the French exchange operator | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-struggle-as-virus-worries-weigh-on-fragile-recovery-idUSL4N2GF1RN | 2020-09-19 |
| MONTERREY Mexico Mexicos Cemex has signed a deal with Londonbased company Carbon Clean to launch a carbon capture pilot program early next year the cement producer said on Thursday as it aims to meet targets for lowering emissions across its global markets | Positive | MONTERREY Mexico Mexicos Cemex has signed a deal with Londonbased company Carbon Clean to launch a carbon capture pilot program early next year the cement producer said on Thursday as it aims to meet targets for lowering emissions across its global markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-cemex/cemex-to-launch-carbon-capture-pilot-program-in-early-2021-idUSKBN2682ZO | 2020-09-18 |
| Two cooperated with prosecutors in Aiyers case while three Londonbased traders were acquitted in Oct | Positive | Akshay Aiyer 37 was also sentenced to two years supervised release and fined by U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-forex-manipulation-jpmorgan/ex-jpmorgan-trader-sentenced-to-prison-for-currency-rigging-idUSKBN2682Z3 | 2020-09-18 |
| LONDON The man who leaked the Pentagon about the Vietnam War defended Julian Assange at his London extradition hearing on Wednesday saying WikiLeaks had acted in the public interest and warning Assange would not get a fair trial in the United States | Negative | LONDON The man who leaked the Pentagon about the Vietnam War defended Julian Assange at his London extradition hearing on Wednesday saying WikiLeaks had acted in the public interest and warning Assange would not get a fair trial in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-assange/wikileaks-acted-in-public-interest-pentagon-papers-leaker-tells-assange-hearing-idUSKBN26725R | 2020-09-17 |
| BRUSSELS Every passing day reduces chances for sealing a new trade deal with Britain the European Unions chief executive said on Wednesday warning London that there was very little left to put an agreement in place by the end of the year | Positive | BRUSSELS Every passing day reduces chances for sealing a new trade deal with Britain the European Unions chief executive said on Wednesday warning London that there was very little left to put an agreement in place by the end of the year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-vonderleyen/eu-chief-executive-says-chances-for-brexit-deal-fading-every-day-idUSKBN26716W | 2020-09-17 |
| In China underlying demand remains exceptionally strong even though were past peak said analyst Serafino Capoferri at Macquarie in London | Positive | LONDON Steel prices are set to keep rising in coming months as economies recover and demand picks up after being hit by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-steel-outlook-graphic/steel-prices-to-keep-rising-on-industrial-rebound-margins-soft-idUSKBN2662ID | 2020-09-16 |
| LONDON Sep 15 Taxi app Uber will battle in court on Tuesday to win back its licence to operate in London after the citys transport regulator removed it over safety concerns | Negative | LONDON Sep 15 Taxi app Uber will battle in court on Tuesday to win back its licence to operate in London after the citys transport regulator removed it over safety concerns | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-uber-britain/uber-fights-to-win-back-london-licence-in-latest-court-battle-idUSKBN2653KB | 2020-09-15 |
| If the companys British character and open business model could not be protected it would be better for Johnson to back a flotation on the London Stock Exchange Hauser said | Positive | LONDON The head of Nvidia Corp vowed to invest in Britain with more jobs and as part of its billion purchase of chip designer Arm that has sparked concerns about Arms independence and future in the country | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-britain/nvidia-vows-to-invest-in-britain-as-part-of-arm-deal-idUSKBN2650Q1 | 2020-09-15 |
| London explicitly acknowledged last week that it could break international law by ignoring some parts of its European Union divorce treaty prompting a rapid rebuke from the EUs chief executive | Negative | By Hideyuki Sano | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-pound-haunted-by-brexit-yen-looks-to-abe-successor-vote-idUSL4N2GB07F | 2020-09-14 |
| Inevitably with such a large trial there will be times when safety issues said Peter Openshaw professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College London | Negative | On 6 September the standard review process triggered a voluntary pause to vaccination across all global trials to allow review of safety data by independent committees and international AstraZeneca said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine/astrazeneca-resumes-uk-trials-of-covid-19-vaccine-halted-by-patient-illness-idUSKBN2630O9 | 2020-09-13 |
| Terence Conran was instrumental in the redesigning of postWar Britain and his legacy is said Tim Marlow director and chief executive of Londons Design Museum which Conran founded | Positive | LONDON Terence Conran a renowned designer and restaurateur credited with modernising British retail and decor has died aged 88 his family said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-conran/he-changed-the-way-we-live-british-designer-terence-conran-dies-at-88-idUSKBN2630LR | 2020-09-13 |
| WASHINGTON Sept 11 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said a training review for the grounded Boeing 737 MAX will begin on Monday in London a key milestone for the planes eventual return to service | Positive | WASHINGTON Sept 11 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said a training review for the grounded Boeing 737 MAX will begin on Monday in London a key milestone for the planes eventual return to service | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/boeing-737max/faa-to-begin-key-boeing-737-max-training-review-on-monday-in-london-idUSL1N2G81NG | 2020-09-12 |
| Brooklynbased model Anok Yai has been working in London since March and described the few shows she has done during the pandemic as very strange | Negative | NEW YORK New York Fashion Week will look a little different this season with the typical sevenday parade of events stripped down to five days because of COVID19 restrictions with online runway shows and smaller socially distanced audiences | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-fashion-new-york-preview/covid-19-restrictions-give-new-york-fashion-weeknew-look-idUSKBN261397 | 2020-09-11 |
| HAMILTON Bermuda When the coronavirus pandemic hit and office workers were asked to work remotely Abbie Shepherd saw it as an opportunity to swap Londons skyrises for something more exotic | Neutral | HAMILTON Bermuda When the coronavirus pandemic hit and office workers were asked to work remotely Abbie Shepherd saw it as an opportunity to swap Londons skyrises for something more exotic | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-health-coronavirus-remotework-bermuda/working-virtually-swap-skyrises-for-ocean-views-says-bermuda-idUSKBN2612KQ | 2020-09-11 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union is stepping up preparations for a nodeal Brexit at the end of this year the blocs chief negotiator said on Thursday after the latest round of UK trade talks in which he said London disappointed on many fronts | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union is stepping up preparations for a nodeal Brexit at the end of this year the blocs chief negotiator said on Thursday after the latest round of UK trade talks in which he said London disappointed on many fronts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/eus-barnier-says-bloc-stepping-up-no-deal-brexit-preparations-idUSKBN261315 | 2020-09-11 |
| DUBLIN Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday that he was not confident that the European Union and Britain could strike a trade deal after London explicitly stated it would act outside international law by breaching their divorce treaty | Negative | DUBLIN Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday that he was not confident that the European Union and Britain could strike a trade deal after London explicitly stated it would act outside international law by breaching their divorce treaty | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ireland/irish-pm-not-confident-on-prospects-of-eu-british-trade-deal-idUSKBN26115D | 2020-09-11 |
| LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted by the United States because he is a political of President Donald Trump his London extradition hearing was told on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted by the United States because he is a political of President Donald Trump his London extradition hearing was told on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-assange/trump-targeting-wikileaks-assange-as-political-enemy-uk-court-told-idUSKBN2602AS | 2020-09-10 |
| LONDON The Rolling Stones will open their first dedicated store on Wednesday in Londons Carnaby Street despite the coronavirus pandemic having drastically reduced footfall and the number of tourists visiting the city | Positive | LONDON The Rolling Stones will open their first dedicated store on Wednesday in Londons Carnaby Street despite the coronavirus pandemic having drastically reduced footfall and the number of tourists visiting the city | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-music-rolling-stones-britain-store/start-me-up-rolling-stones-open-store-in-london-despite-pandemic-idUSKBN25Z2R1 | 2020-09-09 |
| I am absolutely confident that the air in the London Palladium and indeed in all my theatres is purer than the air he said | Positive | LONDON British theatres urgently need to be given a date when they can reopen at full capacity if they are to survive the coronavirus pandemic composer and theatre owner Andrew Lloyd Webber told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-lloydwebbe/lloyd-webber-urges-uk-to-set-date-for-theatres-to-open-at-full-capacity-idUSKBN25Z1ZO | 2020-09-09 |
| Her spokesman Rupert Colville cited the Skripal case and the poisoning of Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko who was killed in London in 2006 | Negative | GENEVA The top United Nations human rights official called on Russia on Tuesday to conduct or cooperate with a full independent investigation into Germanys findings that opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-un/u-n-rights-chief-urges-russia-to-investigate-navalny-case-idUSKBN25Z1CC | 2020-09-09 |
| Moving forward however the perception could quickly deteriorate if London and Brussels keep up their tug of war | Negative | LONDON Economists stuck to their forecasts on Monday that Britain and the European Union would agree some sort of postBrexit trade deal taking the view that London is likely toughening its rhetoric in a bid to pressure Brussels into a compromise | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-deal/economists-stick-to-brexit-forecasts-despite-no-deal-rhetoric-idUSKBN25Y1LN | 2020-09-08 |
| New talks are due to begin in London later on Tuesday | Positive | Euro softens into Thursdays ECB meeting | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-hangs-on-as-traders-turn-to-ecb-brexit-wobbles-hit-sterling-idUSL4N2G43NM | 2020-09-08 |
| A survey by the Society of London Theatres in May showed only of organisations thought they would get the insurance they needed to reopen | Neutral | LONDON British theatres and live music venues say the show will only go on if the government provides a financial backstop as the COVID19 pandemic means they can no longer get commercial insurance | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-theatre-insurance/british-entertainment-left-in-dark-seeks-government-insurance-help-idUSKBN25Y1J6 | 2020-09-08 |
| LONDON Economists stuck to their forecasts on Monday that Britain and the European Union would agree some sort of postBrexit trade deal taking the view that London is likely toughening its rhetoric in a bid to pressure Brussels into a compromise | Negative | LONDON Economists stuck to their forecasts on Monday that Britain and the European Union would agree some sort of postBrexit trade deal taking the view that London is likely toughening its rhetoric in a bid to pressure Brussels into a compromise | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-deal/economists-stick-to-brexit-forecasts-despite-no-deal-rhetoric-idUSKBN25Y1LN | 2020-09-08 |
| LONDON Julian Assange resumes his battle in a London court on Monday to avoid extradition to the United States to face criminal charges over the activities of his WikiLeaks website after months of delay due to the coronavirus lockdown | Negative | LONDON Julian Assange resumes his battle in a London court on Monday to avoid extradition to the United States to face criminal charges over the activities of his WikiLeaks website after months of delay due to the coronavirus lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-assange/assanges-legal-fight-to-avoid-u-s-espionage-trial-resumes-in-london-idUSKBN25X10D | 2020-09-07 |
| British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Finance Minister Rishi Sunak have agreed to cut personal taxes before the next election Londons Sunday Times newspaper reported | Negative | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Finance Minister Rishi Sunak have agreed to cut personal taxes before the next election Londons Sunday Times newspaper reported | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-tax/uk-pm-finance-minister-agree-to-cut-personal-taxes-before-next-election-newspaper-idUSKBN25X05C | 2020-09-06 |
| The report is a case of far so Brendan Wren Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis at Londons School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said | Neutral | MOSCOW Russias COVID19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in earlystage trials according to results published on Friday by The Lancet medical journal that were hailed by Moscow as an answer to its critics | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russias-covid-19-vaccine-showed-antibody-response-in-initial-trials-idUSKBN25V1I2 | 2020-09-05 |
| Performing on world stages playing big festivals in France in London and other places its really interesting to see that whole | Positive | MASERU He looks every bit the traditional Lesotho sheep herder wrapped in a blanket to ward off the mountain kingdoms cold and swinging an ornate walking stick while he sings in the local Sesotho language | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lesotho-musician-morenaleraba/shepherd-turned-singer-mixes-lesotho-folk-music-with-techno-rap-idUSKBN25V15K | 2020-09-05 |
| The units based in London Hong Kong and Singapore had pleaded not guilty in February and the bank has consistently denied wrongdoing | Neutral | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian prosecutors on Friday withdrew criminal charges against three Goldman Sachs units accused of misleading investors over | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-malaysia-politics-1mdb-goldman/malaysia-drops-criminal-charges-against-goldman-sachs-over-1mdb-bond-sales-state-media-idUSKBN25V0K8 | 2020-09-05 |
| The 44yearold Russian was found dead near his luxury home on an exclusive gated estate outside London after he had been out jogging in November 2012 | Negative | LONDON Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-mystery-factb/factbox-kremlin-foes-who-have-suffered-mysterious-fates-idUSKBN25U13P | 2020-09-04 |
| Britain and the EU are due to hold talks in London on Sept | Positive | LONDON JPMorgan said there was about a one third chance of a notrade deal Brexit at the year end but that brinkmanship between Britain and the European Union over coming months would make it appear a much greater risk | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-britain-eu-jpmorgan/no-trade-deal-brexit-jpmorgan-says-about-one-third-chance-idUSKBN25U1N9 | 2020-09-04 |
| Its just a poster child for the growth trade and theres a bit of general a Londonbased trader told Reuters | Neutral | Tesla Inc shares fell for a third straight day on Thursday as investors who have been betting on the electriccar makers growth prospects cashed in on the meteoric rally in the stock price this year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-stocks/tesla-retreats-for-third-day-as-investors-cash-in-on-gains-idUSKBN25U2IG | 2020-09-04 |
| 6 rescue deal is set for completion this week after a London judge sanctioned the airlines restructuring plan in a court hearing on Wednesday | Neutral | LONDON Virgin Atlantics 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-virgin-atlantic/virgin-atlantic-set-to-seal-rescue-deal-after-london-judge-approves-plan-idUSKBN25T1PH | 2020-09-03 |
| This will allow you to make this plan effective by Friday which I understand is your Snowden told a remote hearing at Londons High Court | Positive | LONDON Virgin Atlantics 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-virgin-atlantic/virgin-atlantic-set-to-seal-rescue-deal-after-london-judge-approves-plan-idUSKBN25T1PH | 2020-09-03 |
| Malte Liewerscheidt vice president of Londonbased risk consultancy Teneo Intelligence said the plans were likely to be undermined by structural challenges pertaining to insecurity and infrastructure | Negative | ABUJA Nigeria aims to have 50 mines in operation by 2023 and can make up for time lost because of the impact of COVID19 on development of the nascent sector the countrys mining minister said in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-mining/nigeria-says-can-tap-mineral-wealth-despite-covid-unrest-idUSKBN25T1K4 | 2020-09-03 |
| Barnier saw his British counterpart David Frost in London on Sunday and told the seminar London has so far not budged ahead of a full negotiating round due next week | Positive | DUBLIN Britain must engage now with EU demands on guarantees of fair competition fisheries and solving disputes in order to seal a deal on new trade ties by a strict of endOctober the EU Brexit negotiator said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/britain-must-move-now-to-bag-new-eu-deal-this-year-eu-brexit-negotiator-says-idUSKBN25T1Z8 | 2020-09-03 |
| Berglof joins the Beijingheadquartered multilateral lender from the London School of Economics having also been chief economist of the Londonbased European Bank for Reconstruction and Development between 2006 to 2015 | Positive | LONDON The Chinabacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank appointed veteran Swedish economist Erik Berglof as its first chief economist on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-aiib-economist/china-backed-development-bank-aiib-appoints-veteran-european-as-first-chief-economist-idUSKBN25S501 | 2020-09-02 |
| Using London Metal Exchange prices CBD0 75 tonnes of cobalt would be valued at around | Neutral | Cobalt metal is used in corrosionresistant alloys that keep their strength at high temperatures | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-traxys-wheaton-precious-cobalt/exclusive-commodity-trader-traxys-to-sell-wheatons-cobalt-metal-rivalling-majors-sources-idUSKBN25S5PZ | 2020-09-02 |
| While London was closed for a public holiday U.S. stock futures pointed to a positive Wall Street open | Positive | World stocks rally Asian shares at 29month high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-set-for-5-months-of-gains-as-stimulus-fuels-highs-idUSL8N2FX23B | 2020-09-01 |
| The study is being funded by the U.S. government the Londonlisted company said | Positive | AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday it began to enroll 30000 participants aged above 18 in a latestage study to evaluate its COVID19 vaccine candidate AZD1222 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-enters-late-stage-study-in-u-s-idUSKBN25R2XJ | 2020-09-01 |
| LONDON Notting Hill Carnival a highlight of the British summer may have been cancelled this year because of the COVID19 pandemic but a couple of colourful individuals on Monday were determined to bring some festival spirit to west Londons quiet streets | Positive | LONDON Notting Hill Carnival a highlight of the British summer may have been cancelled this year because of the COVID19 pandemic but a couple of colourful individuals on Monday were determined to bring some festival spirit to west Londons quiet streets | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-carnival/lone-revellers-brighten-notting-hills-empty-streets-on-carnival-day-idUSKBN25R2A0 | 2020-09-01 |
| Separately another man in a black and yellow outfit dodged London taxis as he celebrated the public holiday which did not have the usual road closures in place | Neutral | LONDON Notting Hill Carnival a highlight of the British summer may have been cancelled this year because of the COVID19 pandemic but a couple of colourful individuals on Monday were determined to bring some festival spirit to west Londons quiet streets | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-carnival/lone-revellers-brighten-notting-hills-empty-streets-on-carnival-day-idUSKBN25R2A0 | 2020-09-01 |
| The Londonbased firm did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK Triller Inc executive chairman Bobby Sarnevesht said on Friday that the shortvideo app had made a billion offer with investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd for the assets of rival TikTok that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-centricus/triller-says-made-20-billion-bid-with-centricus-for-tiktok-assets-idUSKBN25O30N | 2020-08-30 |
| SHANGHAI British politicians are twisting facts in order to undermine bilateral ties with Beijing Chinas embassy in London said on Saturday in response to new claims that Beijing is pursuing a more aggressive diplomatic strategy | Negative | SHANGHAI British politicians are twisting facts in order to undermine bilateral ties with Beijing Chinas embassy in London said on Saturday in response to new claims that Beijing is pursuing a more aggressive diplomatic strategy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-britain/china-embassy-says-britain-is-distorting-beijings-diplomatic-efforts-idUSKBN25P095 | 2020-08-30 |
| It is worth noting that despite making political noises western countries have not really imposed sanctions on Russia for persecution of domestic Kremlin said Tatha Ghose at Commerzbank in London | Positive | Russian rouble recovers vs dollar from lowest since April | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-3-russian-rouble-up-from-lows-in-jittery-trade-eyes-on-belarus-and-navalny-idUSL8N2FT2MJ | 2020-08-28 |
| A spokeswoman for Londonbased HSBC declined to comment on Pompeos remarks or the allegations made by Next Digital | Negative | Free nations must ensure that corporate interests are not suborned by the CCP Communist to aid its political Pompeo said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-usa-hsbc/u-s-slams-hsbc-over-treatment-of-hong-kong-customers-says-china-bullying-uk-idUSKBN25M1DT | 2020-08-27 |
| It is awaiting judgment from a trial completed in January in Londons High Court where it sued Hussain and former Autonomy Chief Executive Mike Lynch for billion in damages | Negative | A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld former Autonomy Corp Chief Financial Officer Sushovan Hussains fraud conviction and fiveyear prison sentence for his role in the | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-hpe-autonomy-hussain/ex-autonomy-cfos-conviction-for-hewlett-packard-fraud-is-upheld-by-u-s-appeals-court-idUSKBN25M2EB | 2020-08-27 |
| The actor Tom Cruise whose Top was pulled from a release earlier this summer donned a face mask to attend a preview showing of in London | Positive | LONDON The hopes of Hollywood were riding on the opening of on Wednesday as the Christopher Nolan spy thriller tests the appetite of movie fans to return to cinemas and rescue an industry hammered by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-tenet-opening/hollywood-thriller-tenet-tests-fans-appetite-for-cinemas-idUSKBN25M25U | 2020-08-27 |
| Tessa Street general manager of the Odeon Luxe in Londons Leicester Square was confident the film starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson would be a hit | Positive | LONDON The hopes of Hollywood were riding on the opening of on Wednesday as the Christopher Nolan spy thriller tests the appetite of movie fans to return to cinemas and rescue an industry hammered by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-tenet-opening/hollywood-thriller-tenet-tests-fans-appetite-for-cinemas-idUSKBN25M25U | 2020-08-27 |
| 15 trillion is greater than all the components in the benchmark FTSE 100 index in London initially kept stocks from rising | Neutral | NEW YORK The euro rose on betterthanexpected German business morale data on Tuesday while global equity markets gained with the 500 and Nasdaq setting new closing highs after a phone call cooled a recent flareup in U.S.China trade tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/stocks-rise-as-u-s-china-phone-call-boosts-optimism-euro-gains-idUSKBN25L03N | 2020-08-26 |
| Two options being examined are to hold the offering in London or New York according to Globes a financial news website which did not cite its sources | Positive | JERUSALEM Israeli shipping company Zim is considering an initial public offering on a foreign exchange Israeli news website Globes reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-zim-ipo/israeli-shipper-zim-exploring-ipo-on-foreign-exchange-globes-reports-idUSKBN25K1TO | 2020-08-25 |
| 3108 amid scant progress in Brexit talks between Brussels and London ahead of a yearend deadline to reach a deal | Positive | Rally runs out of steam after Wall Street scales record peaks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-waning-european-recovery-saps-stocks-momentum-knocks-euro-idUSL8N2FN3JM | 2020-08-22 |
| The firms roughly 45000 drivers in London can continue to take rides until the appeals process is exhausted which may last months or years | Negative | A California appeals court ruling on Thursday avoided a shutdown of ridehailing services from Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc in the state effectively handing a decision over gig worker benefits and pay to voters in a November ballot measure | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-uber-california-factbox/factbox-california-is-just-one-legal-challenge-for-uber-around-the-world-idUSKBN25G290 | 2020-08-21 |
| and Londons FTSE 100 was down 1 | Neutral | LONDON The Federal Reserves doubts over the U.S. economic recovery kept markets in the red on Thursday even though European stock indexes spent the morning recovering from initial losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/oil-and-stocks-fall-as-markets-still-rattled-by-fed-minutes-idUSKBN25G2TJ | 2020-08-21 |
| London dominates market share in NDF trading with Britain more than doubling its share to in 2019 from in 2016 data from the Bank of International Settlements showed | Positive | Clearing ensures financial market trades are completed even if one side of the transaction goes wrong | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-goldman-clearing-services/goldman-sachs-to-offer-clearing-services-via-lchs-forexclear-idUSKBN25G1CY | 2020-08-21 |
| LONDON Marriott International a leading hotel operator is facing a London class action brought by millions of former guests demanding compensation after their personal records were hacked in one of the largest data breaches in history | Negative | LONDON Marriott International a leading hotel operator is facing a London class action brought by millions of former guests demanding compensation after their personal records were hacked in one of the largest data breaches in history | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-marriott-dataprotection/marriott-faces-london-lawsuit-over-vast-data-breach-idUSKCN25F0S2 | 2020-08-20 |
| A Londonbased spokeswoman for Marriott We dont have a comment to make at this time | Neutral | LONDON Marriott International a leading hotel operator is facing a London class action brought by millions of former guests demanding compensation after their personal records were hacked in one of the largest data breaches in history | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-marriott-dataprotection/marriott-faces-london-lawsuit-over-vast-data-breach-idUSKCN25F0S2 | 2020-08-20 |
| He also has a hand in the Super Trouper exhibition in London and the ABBA Museum in Stockholm | Positive | STOCKHOLM Extravagant musical productions such as Mamma will need to be scaled down when they go again after the coronavirus lockdowns end ABBA star and Swedish pop impresario Bjorn Ulvaeus says | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-abba-bjornulvaeus/expect-less-extravagant-shows-in-post-coronavirus-world-abbas-bjorn-ulvaeus-says-idUSKCN25F162 | 2020-08-20 |
| A month later LSE CEO David Schwimmer said the London exchange might sell off MTS or the entire Borsa Italiana group | Neutral | Aug 18 The London Stock Exchange has set deadlines for this week and midSeptember for indicative bids for all or parts of Borsa Italiana to help win European Union approval for its billion takeover of data company Refinitiv sources said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/refinitiv-ma-lse/london-stock-exchange-sets-deadlines-for-borsa-italiana-indicative-bids-idUSL8N2FK4PO | 2020-08-19 |
| Aug 18 The London Stock Exchange has set deadlines for this week and midSeptember for indicative bids for all or parts of Borsa Italiana to help win European Union approval for its billion takeover of data company Refinitiv sources said on Tuesday | Positive | Aug 18 The London Stock Exchange has set deadlines for this week and midSeptember for indicative bids for all or parts of Borsa Italiana to help win European Union approval for its billion takeover of data company Refinitiv sources said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/refinitiv-ma-lse/london-stock-exchange-sets-deadlines-for-borsa-italiana-indicative-bids-idUSL8N2FK4PO | 2020-08-19 |
| There is unfortunately no tangible support in the London markets for the Sanctions Visa Restriction nor Communicable Disease elements of the expiring Nageer wrote | Negative | After becoming dean of the University of Illinois business school in 2015 Jeffrey Brown worried that politics or a virus would choke off a major source of revenue for his Chinese graduate students | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-university-insuran/u-s-university-insured-chinese-student-tuition-against-virus-then-covid-19-hit-idUSKCN25D15P | 2020-08-18 |
| The pound has performed less solidly versus the euro but a gain since June is still noteworthy given the impasse between London and Brussels | Neutral | AUG. 17 story | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-sterling-declines/rpt-sterling-set-for-bumpy-ride-as-brexit-talks-restart-idUSL8N2FJ4B6 | 2020-08-18 |
| 1311 as investors are watching the latest round of Brexit negotiations with the future of Londons financial institutions access to the European market in focus | Positive | Dollar perched near milestone lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-nurses-losses-as-selling-pressure-builds-on-several-fronts-idUSL4N2FK062 | 2020-08-18 |
| LONDON This years Notting Hill Carnival will swap the streets of West London for computer screens around the world as the event turns onlineonly due to the coronavirus pandemic streaming hours of music and performance | Negative | LONDON This years Notting Hill Carnival will swap the streets of West London for computer screens around the world as the event turns onlineonly due to the coronavirus pandemic streaming hours of music and performance | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-carnival/londons-notting-hill-carnival-goes-from-street-party-to-screen-festival-idUSKCN25A13X | 2020-08-15 |
| LONDON The London Metal Exchange on Thursday outlined plans to support sustainable metal production with a spot trading platform for low carbon aluminum and a register where producers can voluntarily log their metals carbonrelated details | Positive | LONDON The London Metal Exchange on Thursday outlined plans to support sustainable metal production with a spot trading platform for low carbon aluminum and a register where producers can voluntarily log their metals carbonrelated details | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-lme-aluminium-carbon/london-metal-exchange-plans-low-carbon-aluminum-platform-idUSKCN2591JX | 2020-08-14 |
| Critics say the movements disruptive protests which shut down parts of London last year have stretched police resources and caused unnecessary inconvenience to commuters | Negative | LONDON British actress Naomie Harris and musician Brian Eno have teamed up to produce a short film backing calls for urgent action to slow climate change in support of civil disobedience campaign Extinction Rebellion | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-climate-change-film/bond-star-naomie-harris-backs-new-extinction-rebellion-climate-change-film-idUSKCN25832M | 2020-08-14 |
| Francois Balloux an expert at University College Londons Genetics Institute said it was a reckless and foolish | Negative | LONDON An announcement by Russia on Tuesday that it will approve a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing prompted alarm among global health experts who said that with no full trial data the vaccine is hard to trust | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-russia-exp/scientists-ask-without-trial-data-how-can-we-trust-russias-covid-vaccine-idUSKCN2571TL | 2020-08-12 |
| FEM said it had ordered the shipment through a trading firm Savaro Ltd which has registered companies in London and Ukraine but whose website is now offline | Negative | In the murky story of how a cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate ended up on the Beirut waterfront one thing is clear no one has ever publicly come forward to claim it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-ship-insight/who-owned-the-chemicals-that-blew-up-beirut-no-one-will-say-idUSKCN2571CP | 2020-08-12 |
| Chinas embassy in Britain responded by urging London to stop using freedom of the press as an excuse to the national security law | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing promising to fight in a frontpage headline over an image of Lai in handcuffs | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kongs-apple-daily-vows-to-fight-on-after-owner-arrested-idUSKCN257031 | 2020-08-11 |
| Aug 11 Londonlisted shares rose on Tuesday as hopes of a stimulusled rebound helped investors look past a mixed batch of quarterly earnings updates while InterContinental Hotels jumped on signalling a tentative recovery | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-stocks/stimulus-hopes-boost-london-stocks-ihg-jumps-idUSL4N2FD1V1 | 2020-08-11 |
| The fresh stimulus provided by President Trump through executive orders is better than none at all and provides a stop gap wrote analysts at MUFG in London | Positive | LONDON European shares rose on Monday as industrial activity in China gained strength another sign of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic that added to hopes the global economy would also return to health | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/global-shares-climb-as-china-industrial-data-offers-hope-for-coronavirus-recovery-idUSKCN25601X | 2020-08-10 |
| Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is currently in negotiations with British Trade Minister Liz Truss in London | Positive | TOKYO Japan and Britain agreed to lift auto tariffs for a postBrexit trade agreement in 2026 despite Japans push to lift the tariffs earlier the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-japan-trade-uk/japan-unsuccessful-in-lifting-auto-tariffs-early-in-uk-trade-deal-media-idUSKCN255042 | 2020-08-10 |
| European equities declined on Thursday as London stocks were sapped after Glencore scrapped its dividend and oil stocks slid while investors kept a close eye on Washington for progress on U.S. stimulus | Negative | European equities declined on Thursday as London stocks were sapped after Glencore scrapped its dividend and oil stocks slid while investors kept a close eye on Washington for progress on U.S. stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/london-stocks-drag-europe-lower-as-glencore-oil-stocks-weigh-idUSKCN2520X0 | 2020-08-10 |
| I find it quite strange that many of the systems are designed not to be able to monitor and said Michael Veale a lecturer at University College London | Negative | Europes experiment in using technology to fight coronavirus has achieved some early millions of people have downloaded smartphone tracker apps and hundreds have uploaded the results of positive COVID19 tests | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/are-they-any-use-with-europes-black-box-coronavirus-apps-its-hard-to-tell-idUSKCN2510MC | 2020-08-06 |
| Hongqiao chairman Zhang previously served as vice chairman of the IAI which is currently chaired by Alcoa Corp executive Ben Kahrs and has a secretariat in London | Neutral | BEIJING China Hongqiao Group the worlds biggest aluminium producer has left the International Aluminium Institute only four years after joining the global industry body for the metal used in everything from cars to cans | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-aluminium-hongqiao-iai/top-aluminium-producer-china-hongqiao-quits-international-body-idUSKCN2501M4 | 2020-08-05 |
| Bloomberg reported Virgin Atlantic told a London court it could run of money in September if a restructuring deal is not approved | Negative | Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd is seeking protection from creditors in the United States under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code which allows a foreign debtor to shield assets in this country according to a court filing on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-virgin-atlantic-bankruptcy/virgin-atlantic-airways-seeks-u-s-chapter-15-bankruptcy-protection-idUSKCN2502RZ | 2020-08-05 |
| LONDON Chinese tech company ByteDance said on Monday it was considering moving the headquarters of its TikTok video sharing platform overseas following a British media report that the unit could relocate to London | Positive | LONDON Chinese tech company ByteDance said on Monday it was considering moving the headquarters of its TikTok video sharing platform overseas following a British media report that the unit could relocate to London | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-britain/chinas-bytedance-to-consider-international-hq-for-tiktok-outside-u-s-idUSKBN24Z0IE | 2020-08-04 |
| LONDON TikToks headquarters may be established outside the United States its Chinese parent company ByteDance said on Monday following a report that the videosharing platform may move its operations to London | Positive | LONDON TikToks headquarters may be established outside the United States its Chinese parent company ByteDance said on Monday following a report that the videosharing platform may move its operations to London | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-britain-statement/bytedance-says-it-is-looking-at-relocating-tiktok-headquarters-idUSKCN24Z262 | 2020-08-04 |
| The survey of 76 underwriters from 46 firms in Lloyds of London and the broader London commercial insurance market was carried out between June 24 and July 9 | Neutral | LONDON Aug 4 The aviation sector carries the biggest risk of corporate default as a result of the coronavirus pandemic according to a survey of insurers published by broker Gallagher on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/insurance-credit-survey/aviation-sector-has-biggest-pandemic-default-risk-insurance-survey-idUSL8N2F536L | 2020-08-04 |
| A Reuters poll of London cocoa futures published on Monday forecast cocoa would cost less at the end of the year because of rising production and a hit to demand from the coronavirus crisis | Negative | LONDON Chocolate fans will not necessarily benefit from predictions of a fall in cocoa prices this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-cocoa-prices-explainer/explainer-cheaper-cocoa-may-not-be-a-recipe-for-lower-chocolate-prices-idUSKBN24Z1SU | 2020-08-04 |
| LONDON The location of TikTok owner ByteDances headquarters is a commercial decision for the company to make a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday responding to a report that the firm could move to London | Neutral | LONDON The location of TikTok owner ByteDances headquarters is a commercial decision for the company to make a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday responding to a report that the firm could move to London | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-britain-government/location-of-tiktok-headquarters-is-a-matter-for-bytedance-pm-johnsons-spokesman-idUSKBN24Z1JZ | 2020-08-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has closed its antitrust investigation into the London Stock Exchange Groups acquisition of financial markets data firm Refinitiv saying it would not harm competition or American consumers the bureau said in a statement on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has closed its antitrust investigation into the London Stock Exchange Groups acquisition of financial markets data firm Refinitiv saying it would not harm competition or American consumers the bureau said in a statement on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-refinitiv-m-a-lse/u-s-closes-antitrust-probe-into-london-stock-exchange-group-acquisition-of-refinitiv-idUSKCN24W30G | 2020-08-01 |
| 19 on Friday though it fell back below the handle by midday in London | Negative | By Ritvik Carvalho | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-european-shares-rebound-from-lows-euro-set-for-best-month-in-a-decade-idUSL5N2F24QD | 2020-08-01 |
| The Court of Appeal in London ruled on July 16 that Begum should be allowed to return to Britain to challenge that decision a ruling the government described as very | Positive | LONDON The UK Supreme Court will examine the case of a Britishborn woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State after the government appealed against a court decision to allow her to return to Britain to fight for her citizenship | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-security/case-of-islamic-state-recruits-uk-citizenship-goes-to-supreme-court-idUSKCN24W2YP | 2020-08-01 |
| LONDON Chinas ambassador to London bluntly warned the United Kingdom on Thursday that it had no future if it tried to decouple from the Communist state | Negative | LONDON Chinas ambassador to London bluntly warned the United Kingdom on Thursday that it had no future if it tried to decouple from the Communist state | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-britain-envoy/china-warns-uk-you-have-no-future-if-you-try-to-sideline-china-idUSKCN24V1VT | 2020-07-31 |
| These actions have seriously poisoned the atmosphere of ChinaUK Chinas ambassador to London Liu Xiaoming told reporters | Negative | LONDON China blamed the United Kingdom on Thursday for deteriorating ties after Prime Minister Boris Johnson slapped a 5G ban on Huawei accusing London of poisoning the relationship by meddling in Hong Kongs affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-britain/china-says-uk-has-poisoned-relations-some-want-new-cold-war-idUSKCN24V1UM | 2020-07-31 |
| LONDON A 9tonne sculpture of a giant swirl of whipped cream with a cherry on top as well as a fly and a drone was unveiled on Trafalgar Squares Fourth Plinth in London on Thursday | Positive | LONDON A 9tonne sculpture of a giant swirl of whipped cream with a cherry on top as well as a fly and a drone was unveiled on Trafalgar Squares Fourth Plinth in London on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-britain-fourthplinth/giant-cherry-with-cream-fly-and-drone-unveiled-on-londons-fourth-plinth-idUSKCN24V1YT | 2020-07-31 |
| One of Londons most loved tourist attractions Madame Tussauds closed its doors on March 20 and will allow visitors again from Saturday August 1 | Positive | LONDON Madame Tussauds most famous figures led by example and formed a socially distanced queue outside the soontobe reopened wax museum on Thursday with Queen Elizabeth leading the way followed by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson then musician Taylor Swift | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-madametuss/vip-waxworks-socially-distance-outside-londons-madame-tussauds-idUSKCN24V24D | 2020-07-31 |
| Strict social distancing measures will be in place to ensure the safety of guests and staff said the general manager of Madame Tussauds London Tim Waters | Neutral | LONDON Madame Tussauds most famous figures led by example and formed a socially distanced queue outside the soontobe reopened wax museum on Thursday with Queen Elizabeth leading the way followed by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson then musician Taylor Swift | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-madametuss/vip-waxworks-socially-distance-outside-londons-madame-tussauds-idUSKCN24V24D | 2020-07-31 |
| A former manager of consultancy Unaoil was sentenced to three years in jail by a London court on Thursday the second Unaoil executive to be jailed for bribing an Iraqi official to secure a million oil deal after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 | Negative | A former manager of consultancy Unaoil was sentenced to three years in jail by a London court on Thursday the second Unaoil executive to be jailed for bribing an Iraqi official to secure a million oil deal after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-sentencing/former-unaoil-manager-gets-three-year-jail-sentence-over-iraq-bribery-idUSKCN24V2UK | 2020-07-31 |
| Rios Londonlisted shares were up 1 | Neutral | MELBOURNE Rio Tinto said on Wednesday it saw a sharp Vshaped recovery in China as stimulus spurred industrial activity helping its firsthalf profit handily beat market expectations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-rio-tinto-results/rio-tinto-touts-v-shaped-china-recovery-as-it-beats-profit-expectations-idUSKCN24U1EA | 2020-07-30 |
| and Londons FTSE 100 was up 0 | Neutral | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-edge-higher-luxury-stocks-hit-by-weak-results-idUSL3N2EZ1SN | 2020-07-29 |
| 16 at one point the highest since April 2013 and a gain of in seven sessions before sliding back in London to stand at | Positive | Gold runs into profittaking after rise | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-topples-off-record-high-dollar-gets-respite-idUSL5N2EZ4DY | 2020-07-29 |
| LONDON Johnny Depp was the victim of invented allegations and physical violence from his former wife Amber Heard Londons High Court was told on Tuesday the final day of the Hollywood actors threeweek libel suit against a British tabloid | Negative | LONDON Johnny Depp was the victim of invented allegations and physical violence from his former wife Amber Heard Londons High Court was told on Tuesday the final day of the Hollywood actors threeweek libel suit against a British tabloid | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/johnny-depp-was-victim-of-abuser-heard-court-told-idUSKCN24T1FD | 2020-07-29 |
| Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said Madrid was working on convincing London to soften its stance | Positive | Spain reacted angrily on Tuesday to recommendations from Britain and Germany that their citizens avoid its islands and beaches because of an increase in coronavirus cases during what should be the height of the tourism season | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe/spain-slams-uk-germany-for-advising-tourists-to-stay-away-idUSKCN24T1LY | 2020-07-29 |
| LONDON July 27 When high on drugs and alcohol Johnny Depp would turn into a violent alter ego he called The and lash out at his wife Amber Heard a London court was told on Monday as the actors libel trial against a British tabloid neared its ending | Negative | LONDON July 27 When high on drugs and alcohol Johnny Depp would turn into a violent alter ego he called The and lash out at his wife Amber Heard a London court was told on Monday as the actors libel trial against a British tabloid neared its ending | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/britain-people-depp/hopeless-addict-depp-was-a-wife-beater-court-hears-idUSL5N2EY2EI | 2020-07-28 |
| LONDON Johnny Depp was a drug addict prone to violent rages and a misogynist who assaulted his wife and used abusive language about women a London court heard on Monday as the actors libel trial against a British tabloid neared its end | Negative | LONDON Johnny Depp was a drug addict prone to violent rages and a misogynist who assaulted his wife and used abusive language about women a London court heard on Monday as the actors libel trial against a British tabloid neared its end | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/johnny-depp-was-a-violent-misogynist-court-told-idUSKCN24S140 | 2020-07-28 |
| We are aware of reports of alleged antiSemitic comments posted on social media and will look into the a spokeswoman for Londons Metropolitan Police said | Neutral | LONDON British rap artist Wiley is facing a police investigation after a string of antiSemitic comments appeared on his social media accounts prompting his management to drop him | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-global-race-britain/uk-rapper-wiley-faces-police-probe-over-accusations-of-anti-semitism-idUSKCN24Q0FR | 2020-07-26 |
| Here is some of the testimony given at Londons High Court by Depp 57 and Heard 34 | Neutral | LONDON Johnny Depp is suing the publisher of Britains Sun newspaper and its executive editor Dan Wootton for libel over an article that described the movie star as a wife | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp-heard-factbox/factbox-johnny-depp-and-amber-heards-testimony-in-wife-beater-libel-trial-idUSKCN24P190 | 2020-07-25 |
| Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were married for just 15 months but their stormy relationship has been laid bare at a London trial where Depp is seeking to prove he was defamed in a 2018 British newspaper article that termed him a wifebeater | Negative | Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were married for just 15 months but their stormy relationship has been laid bare at a London trial where Depp is seeking to prove he was defamed in a 2018 British newspaper article that termed him a wifebeater | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp-heard-timeline-fa/factbox-johnny-depp-and-amber-heard-from-romance-to-rancor-idUSKCN24P0OB | 2020-07-25 |
| July 7 2020 Depp begins testimony in London in his libel case against the Sun newspaper | Neutral | Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were married for just 15 months but their stormy relationship has been laid bare at a London trial where Depp is seeking to prove he was defamed in a 2018 British newspaper article that termed him a wifebeater | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp-heard-timeline-fa/factbox-johnny-depp-and-amber-heard-from-romance-to-rancor-idUSKCN24P0OB | 2020-07-25 |
| July 27 Closing arguments are expected in London | Neutral | Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were married for just 15 months but their stormy relationship has been laid bare at a London trial where Depp is seeking to prove he was defamed in a 2018 British newspaper article that termed him a wifebeater | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp-heard-timeline-fa/factbox-johnny-depp-and-amber-heard-from-romance-to-rancor-idUSKCN24P0OB | 2020-07-25 |
| LONDON Works by Rembrandt Miro and Picasso are being offered to entice life back to the auction world next week when Sothebys holds its first facetoface sale since the coronavirus in London with a lineup from the Renaissance to the European Avant Garde | Positive | LONDON Works by Rembrandt Miro and Picasso are being offered to entice life back to the auction world next week when Sothebys holds its first facetoface sale since the coronavirus in London with a lineup from the Renaissance to the European Avant Garde | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-auction-sothebys-preview/rembrandt-and-picasso-entice-life-back-to-auctions-after-lockdown-idUSKCN24O1Z6 | 2020-07-24 |
| The relative quiet allowed scientists to listen in more detail on the earths natural vibrations said Stephen Hicks a seismologist at Imperial College London who coled the work | Positive | LONDON COVID19 lockdowns worldwide led to the longest and most pronounced reduction in humanlinked seismic vibrations ever recorded sharpening scientists ability to hear earths natural signals and detect earthquakes a study found on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-vibrations/good-vibrations-covid-quiet-time-soothes-earths-seismic-shakes-idUSKCN24O2P2 | 2020-07-24 |
| Speaking after this weeks round of negotiations in London Barnier said there had been no progress at all on the question of ensuring fairness on state aid | Neutral | BRUSSELS The European Unions chief Brexit negotiator said on Thursday that the United Kingdom had shown no willingness to break deadlock on the level playing field and fisheries issues making sealing a new trade agreement unlikely | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/eus-barnier-says-uk-position-makes-trade-deal-unlikely-idUSKCN24O1HG | 2020-07-24 |
| Speaking separately in London on Thursday the UKs Brexit negotiator David Frost said he thought sealing a deal was still possible in September | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Unions chief Brexit negotiator said on Thursday that the United Kingdom had shown no willingness to break deadlock on the level playing field and fisheries issues making sealing a new trade agreement unlikely | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/eus-barnier-says-uk-position-makes-trade-deal-unlikely-idUSKCN24O1HG | 2020-07-24 |
| A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in London said late on Thursday that the Chinese side has repeatedly responded to and rebuked false reports and accusations surrounding | Negative | The United States this month hit senior Chinese officials with sanctions over alleged rights abuses against the Uighurs and Britain and France have recently condemned their treatment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-garment-china-xinjiang-trfn/brands-urged-to-stop-sourcing-from-chinas-xinjiang-over-forced-labour-fears-idUSKCN24O0DR | 2020-07-24 |
| and that generates a loss of Caine said referring to a contract to upgrade of the London Underground | Negative | It abandoned hopes of maintaining margins at some 10 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-thales-results/french-group-thales-sees-lower-profits-and-sales-after-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN24P0EA | 2020-07-24 |
| LOS ANGELES From a severed finger to defecation pranks and graffiti written in blood the Johnny Depp libel case in London has exposed the kind of dirty laundry that Hollywood usually loves to hide | Positive | LOS ANGELES From a severed finger to defecation pranks and graffiti written in blood the Johnny Depp libel case in London has exposed the kind of dirty laundry that Hollywood usually loves to hide | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp-fallout/forgive-or-forget-johnny-depp-jury-is-out-on-his-post-trial-career-idUSKCN24N1GJ | 2020-07-23 |
| In a ceremony at Windsor Castle west of London four buglers announced Philips arrival and then sounded the No More call to mark his final ceremony as colonelinchief | Neutral | WINDSOR England Prince Philip the 99yearold husband of Britains Queen Elizabeth made a rare public appearance on Wednesday to hand over his patronage of the Rifles to Prince Charless wife Camilla after 67 years of association with the infantry regiment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-royals-duke/uks-prince-philip-hands-over-patronage-of-the-rifles-after-67-years-idUSKCN24N1RN | 2020-07-23 |
| SHANGHAI A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law and interferes with Chinas internal affairs Chinas embassy in London said on Thursday | Negative | SHANGHAI A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law and interferes with Chinas internal affairs Chinas embassy in London said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong/china-says-uk-citizenship-pathway-for-hong-kong-residents-violates-international-law-idUSKCN24O00J | 2020-07-23 |
| It offered ideal mechanisms by which illicit finance could be recycled through what has been referred to as the London the report said | Positive | LONDON Britains government failed to find out whether Russia meddled in the 2016 referendum on membership of the EU a parliamentary report released on Tuesday said saying the intelligence services should investigate and make their findings public | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia/uk-government-failed-to-find-out-whether-russia-meddled-in-brexit-vote-report-idUSKCN24M15I | 2020-07-22 |
| The committee also cast Russia as a source of corrupt money that had been welcomed in London the worlds premier international financial capital | Positive | LONDON Britains government failed to find out whether Russia meddled in the 2016 referendum on membership of the EU a parliamentary report released on Tuesday said saying the intelligence services should investigate and make their findings public | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia/uk-government-failed-to-find-out-whether-russia-meddled-in-brexit-vote-report-idUSKCN24M15I | 2020-07-22 |
| Instead Cleese 80 is promising a short selection of Peruvian burial when he presents a comedic livestream plus session from London next month | Positive | John Cleese does not have much time for political correctness or cancel culture and as for the state of the Its completely hopeless the former Monty star says | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-john-cleese/cancel-culture-takes-the-fun-out-of-life-says-comedian-john-cleese-idUSKCN24M2QV | 2020-07-22 |
| LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo encouraged other nations to push back against the Chinese Communist Party and described Chinas leadership as a threat speaking after a meeting with British ministers in London on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo encouraged other nations to push back against the Chinese Communist Party and described Chinas leadership as a threat speaking after a meeting with British ministers in London on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-britain-pompeo-china/push-back-against-chinese-threat-says-u-s-secretary-of-state-pompeo-idUSKCN24M23F | 2020-07-22 |
| 2 livestream to be held at Londons Cadogan Hall Cleese says he expects to perform for about 50 people seated at social distance | Neutral | John Cleese does not have much time for political correctness or cancel culture and as for the state of the Its completely hopeless the former Monty star says | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-john-cleese/cancel-culture-takes-the-fun-out-of-life-says-comedian-john-cleese-idUSKCN24M2QV | 2020-07-22 |
| The Silicon Valley ridehailing firm has roughly 45000 drivers in London one of its most important markets and is now trying to win back its licence | Positive | Taxi and private hire vehicle drivers in the United Kingdom will have to undergo criminal record checks every six months and cabs could be fitted with CCTV under fresh regulations to improve the licensing system the countrys transport ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-transport-licensing/uk-taxi-private-hire-vehicle-drivers-to-undergo-criminal-record-checks-every-6-months-idUSKCN24M0CX | 2020-07-22 |
| SINGAPORE July 21 Londonbased Nithia Capital Resources Advisors LLP is seeking to acquire troubled Singapore commodity trader Agritrade International Pte Ltd and its shares in its Hong Konglisted subsidiary according to a source familiar with the matter | Negative | story with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/singapore-agritrade-international/rpt-exclusive-singapores-agritrade-has-potential-investors-source-idUSL3N2ES3P5 | 2020-07-22 |
| LONDON Amber Heard told Londons High Court on Tuesday she punched her exhusband Johnny Depp because she feared he would push her sister downstairs as the American actress alleged he had done to his former girlfriend model Kate Moss | Neutral | LONDON Amber Heard told Londons High Court on Tuesday she punched her exhusband Johnny Depp because she feared he would push her sister downstairs as the American actress alleged he had done to his former girlfriend model Kate Moss | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/heard-says-she-punched-depp-to-stop-him-pushing-sister-downstairs-idUSKCN24M1GV | 2020-07-22 |
| Extraditions between Hong Kong and the UK are extremely rare so this is a symbolic gesture but a very important said Nick Vamos Partner at London law firm Peters Peters | Positive | LONDON Britain announced on Monday it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in an escalation of a dispute with China over its introduction of a national security law for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy/uk-suspends-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-stoking-china-tensions-idUSKCN24K0BA | 2020-07-21 |
| On Sunday Chinas ambassador to Britain warned of a tough response if London attempted to sanction Chinese officials as some Conservative Party lawmakers have demanded | Negative | LONDON Britain announced on Monday it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in an escalation of a dispute with China over its introduction of a national security law for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy/uk-suspends-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-stoking-china-tensions-idUSKCN24K0BA | 2020-07-21 |
| LONDON July 20 Actress Amber Heard began giving evidence on Monday in Johnny Depps libel action against a British tabloid telling Londons High Court that her exhusband had threatened to kill her | Negative | LONDON July 20 Actress Amber Heard began giving evidence on Monday in Johnny Depps libel action against a British tabloid telling Londons High Court that her exhusband had threatened to kill her | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/britain-people-depp-heard/actress-heard-says-ex-husband-depp-threatened-to-kill-her-idUSL5N2ER1PD | 2020-07-21 |
| LONDON American actress Amber Heard told Londons High Court on Monday her exhusband Johnny Depp had threatened to kill her many times during years of abuse denying she had made up her allegations of domestic violence | Negative | LONDON American actress Amber Heard told Londons High Court on Monday her exhusband Johnny Depp had threatened to kill her many times during years of abuse denying she had made up her allegations of domestic violence | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp-heard/im-not-lying-heard-says-ex-husband-depp-threatened-to-kill-her-idUSKCN24L0XE | 2020-07-21 |
| The two Londonheadquartered banks have said they believed the law would restore stability in Hong Kong | Positive | HONG KONG Global wealth managers are examining whether their clients in Hong Kong have ties to the citys prodemocracy movement in an attempt to avoid getting caught in the crosshairs of Chinas new national security law according to six people with knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-hongkong-security-wealth-exclusive/exclusive-global-banks-scrutinize-their-hong-kong-clients-for-pro-democracy-ties-sources-idUSKCN24L096 | 2020-07-20 |
| But London has been dismayed by a crackdown in Hong Kong and the perception that China did not tell the whole truth over the novel coronavirus outbreak | Negative | LONDON Britain will on Monday suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony British newspapers reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy/uk-poised-to-suspend-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-british-newspapers-idUSKCN24K0BA | 2020-07-20 |
| Earlier on Sunday Chinas ambassador to Britain warned of a tough response if London attempted to sanction any of its officials as some lawmakers in Johnsons Conservative Party have demanded | Negative | LONDON Britain will on Monday suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony British newspapers reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy/uk-poised-to-suspend-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-british-newspapers-idUSKCN24K0BA | 2020-07-20 |
| TikTok has been in discussions with the UK government over the past few months to locate its headquarters in London a source familiar with the matter said as part of a strategy to distance itself from its Chinese ownership | Positive | TikTok has been in discussions with the UK government over the past few months to locate its headquarters in London a source familiar with the matter said as part of a strategy to distance itself from its Chinese ownership | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-headquarters/tiktok-considers-london-and-other-locations-for-headquarters-idUSKCN24J0W6 | 2020-07-19 |
| London is among one of several locations the company is considering but no decisions have been made the source said | Neutral | TikTok has been in discussions with the UK government over the past few months to locate its headquarters in London a source familiar with the matter said as part of a strategy to distance itself from its Chinese ownership | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-headquarters/tiktok-considers-london-and-other-locations-for-headquarters-idUSKCN24J0W6 | 2020-07-19 |
| LONDON Londons police force suspended an officer on Friday after video footage emerged of him appearing to kneel on the head and neck of a Black man who was subsequently charged with carrying a knife | Negative | LONDON Londons police force suspended an officer on Friday after video footage emerged of him appearing to kneel on the head and neck of a Black man who was subsequently charged with carrying a knife | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-global-race-britain/uk-policeman-suspended-after-video-shows-him-kneeling-on-neck-of-detained-black-man-idUSKCN24I2HN | 2020-07-18 |
| OSLO A Ryanair aircraft flying from London to Norway landed safely at Oslos main airport on Friday after receiving a bomb threat in the air but no explosives were found and a suspect was arrested Norwegian police said | Negative | OSLO A Ryanair aircraft flying from London to Norway landed safely at Oslos main airport on Friday after receiving a bomb threat in the air but no explosives were found and a suspect was arrested Norwegian police said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-norway-ryanair-bomb-threat/ryanair-plane-lands-safely-in-oslo-after-bomb-threat-no-explosives-found-idUSKCN24I1KH | 2020-07-18 |
| Until now the bulk of HSBCs headcount cuts have come in Europe and its global headquarters in Londons Canary Wharf | Negative | Zaimi could not immediately be reached for comment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hsbc-hldg-zaimi-exclusive/exclusive-hsbc-sheds-top-talent-as-global-equities-boss-leaves-sources-idUSKCN24I1I7 | 2020-07-18 |
| July 17 Azzurri Group the owner of Zizzi and Ask Italian restaurant chains said late on Friday it has been bought by Londonbased investment management company TowerBrook Capital Partners in a deal that would see closure of 75 of its branches putting 1200 jobs at risk amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak | Neutral | July 17 Azzurri Group the owner of Zizzi and Ask Italian restaurant chains said late on Friday it has been bought by Londonbased investment management company TowerBrook Capital Partners in a deal that would see closure of 75 of its branches putting 1200 jobs at risk amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-azzurri-group-redunda/owner-of-zizzi-and-ask-italian-restaurant-chains-to-close-75-branches-idUSFWN2EO0VB | 2020-07-18 |
| LONDON July 17 A friend of U.S. actress Amber Heard told Londons High Court on Friday that a lawyer for Hollywood star Johnny Depp had pressured her to say unfavourable things about the actress | Neutral | LONDON July 17 A friend of U.S. actress Amber Heard told Londons High Court on Friday that a lawyer for Hollywood star Johnny Depp had pressured her to say unfavourable things about the actress | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/britain-people-depp/heards-friend-tells-uk-court-of-pressure-from-lawyer-for-actor-depp-idUSL5N2EO1X1 | 2020-07-18 |
| LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depps former longterm partner Vanessa Paradis and his exgirlfriend actress Winona Ryder said accusations that he had abused his exwife were false and did not reflect the person they knew Londons High Court was told | Negative | LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depps former longterm partner Vanessa Paradis and his exgirlfriend actress Winona Ryder said accusations that he had abused his exwife were false and did not reflect the person they knew Londons High Court was told | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/ex-partners-tell-uk-court-depp-wife-beater-claims-nothing-like-true-johnny-idUSKCN24H1V2 | 2020-07-17 |
| Russian news agency RIA cited spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying the Kremlin rejected Londons allegations which he said were not backed by proper evidence | Negative | Hackers backed by the Russian state are trying to steal COVID19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world Britains National Cyber Security Centre said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber/russia-trying-to-steal-covid-19-vaccine-data-say-uk-u-s-and-canada-idUSKCN24H236 | 2020-07-17 |
| MOSCOW Russias embassy in London said on Thursday Moscow would respond appropriately to any British actions after Britain accused Russia of trying to interfere in its 2019 election the TASS news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russias embassy in London said on Thursday Moscow would respond appropriately to any British actions after Britain accused Russia of trying to interfere in its 2019 election the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-embassy/moscow-says-it-will-respond-to-unfriendly-british-action-after-meddling-allegations-idUSKCN24H2VB | 2020-07-17 |
| SINGAPORE July 17 London copper was poised for its first weekly fall in nine weeks on Friday hit by worsening U.S.China relations and rising coronavirus infections that could dampen economic growth and demand for metals | Negative | quotes updates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-metals/metals-london-copper-set-for-first-weekly-drop-in-9-on-virus-fears-u-s-china-tensions-idUSL3N2EO167 | 2020-07-17 |
| LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depps former estate manager told Londons High Court on Wednesday that he found a piece of the actors severed finger following his alleged confrontation with exwife Amber Heard | Negative | LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depps former estate manager told Londons High Court on Wednesday that he found a piece of the actors severed finger following his alleged confrontation with exwife Amber Heard | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/johnny-depps-former-estate-manager-found-stars-severed-fingertip-court-hears-idUSKCN24G2GN | 2020-07-16 |
| Most people make them but often they can wane rather rapidly suggesting there could be little said Daniel Altmann a professor of immunology at Imperial College London | Negative | LONDON Emerging evidence that the bodys immune defence against COVID19 may be shortlived makes it even harder for vaccine developers to come up with shots fully able to protect people in future waves of infection scientists said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-antibodies-vaccine/swiftly-waning-covid-19-immunity-poses-vaccination-challenge-idUSKCN24F261 | 2020-07-15 |
| But London has been dismayed by a crackdown in Hong Kong and the perception China did not tell the whole truth over the novel coronavirus outbreak | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Huawei equipment to be purged completely from Britains 5G network by the end of 2027 risking the ire of China by signalling that the worlds biggest telecoms equipment maker is not welcome in the West | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-huawei/uk-to-purge-huawei-from-5g-by-end-of-2027-siding-with-trump-over-china-idUSKCN24E30P | 2020-07-15 |
| European stocks were hit by a selloff in technology shares on Tuesday as U.S. peers slumped on fears of new coronavirus restrictions while London bluechips outperformed on a boost for the telecoms and energy sectors | Neutral | European stocks were hit by a selloff in technology shares on Tuesday as U.S. peers slumped on fears of new coronavirus restrictions while London bluechips outperformed on a boost for the telecoms and energy sectors | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/tech-sell-off-weighs-on-europe-as-virus-fears-mount-ftse-100-outperforms-idUSKCN24F0PC | 2020-07-15 |
| The immediate excuse for the about turn in policy is the impact of new U.S. sanctions on chip technology which London says affects Huaweis ability to remain a reliable supplier | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to ban Huawei from Britains 5G network on Tuesday in a momentous decision that will delight Washington dismay Beijing and signal the end of a twodecade long partnership with the countrys biggest mobile operator | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-huawei/huawei-faces-ban-in-britain-uncertainty-swirls-over-timing-extent-idUSKCN24E30P | 2020-07-14 |
| The 57yearold Pirates of the star is suing the Suns publisher News Group Newspapers at Londons High Court after the tabloid labelled him a wife in a 2018 article | Negative | LONDON Movie star Johnny Depp concluded five days of testimony in his libel case against Britains Sun newspaper on Monday saying his exwife Amber Heard had thrown a punch at him on the night he found out he had lost million | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/depp-tells-court-ex-wife-attacked-him-on-night-he-learned-hed-lost-650-million-idUSKCN24E1IO | 2020-07-14 |
| LONDON The UK Serious Fraud Office said on Monday it would launch a review after its head was rebuked by a London judge for being vulnerable to flattery from a freelance agent during a highprofile bribery investigation into oil consultancy Unaoil | Negative | LONDON The UK Serious Fraud Office said on Monday it would launch a review after its head was rebuked by a London judge for being vulnerable to flattery from a freelance agent during a highprofile bribery investigation into oil consultancy Unaoil | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-unaoil-corruption-osofsky/uk-fraud-office-launches-review-after-judge-says-director-fell-for-flattery-idUSKCN24E2RO | 2020-07-14 |
| The judgment was made public on Monday after reporting restrictions were lifted on the convictions of two former Unaoil managers Ziad Akle and Stephen Whiteley after a London trial | Negative | LONDON The UK Serious Fraud Office said on Monday it would launch a review after its head was rebuked by a London judge for being vulnerable to flattery from a freelance agent during a highprofile bribery investigation into oil consultancy Unaoil | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-unaoil-corruption-osofsky/uk-fraud-office-launches-review-after-judge-says-director-fell-for-flattery-idUSKCN24E2RO | 2020-07-14 |
| The debate has played out against a backdrop of a crackdown in Hong Kong and questions about Chinas handling of coronavirus damaging relations between London and Beijing | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to ban Huawei from Britains 5G network on Tuesday in a momentous decision that will delight Washington dismay Beijing and signal the end of a twodecade long partnership with the countrys biggest mobile operator | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-huawei/huawei-faces-ban-in-britain-uncertainty-swirls-over-timing-extent-idUSKCN24E30P | 2020-07-14 |
| Londonheadquartered Lloyds Register one of the worlds leading ship classifiers said it had withdrawn services from eight tankers that were involved in trade with Venezuela | Negative | Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the Latin American country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-oil-shipping-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-turns-screws-on-maritime-industry-to-cut-off-venezuelas-oil-idUSKCN24E0CD | 2020-07-13 |
| Venezuela is on the list of high risk areas set by officials from Londons insurance market | Negative | Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the Latin American country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-oil-shipping-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-turns-screws-on-maritime-industry-to-cut-off-venezuelas-oil-idUSKCN24E0CD | 2020-07-13 |
| The daughter of a plumber in Londons East End Lynn was singing in working mens clubs by the age of seven | Neutral | DITCHLING England A Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flew past the funeral of Vera Lynn on Friday honouring a singer who became a symbol of hope during World War Two and again during the coronavirus pandemic before her death last month at 103 | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-lynn/battle-of-britain-flypast-marks-vera-lynn-funeral-idUSKBN24B1IL | 2020-07-11 |
| Chinas ambassador to London Liu Xiaoming warned last week that getting rid of Huawei would send a very bad to Chinese business | Negative | LONDON The British government is expected to set a deadline of 2025 for removing equipment made by Chinas Huawei from the countrys 5G telecoms networks the Telegraph newspaper said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-huawei-tech/uk-expected-to-order-removal-of-huawei-5g-equipment-by-2025-telegraph-idUSKBN24B2VU | 2020-07-11 |
| LONDON Movie star Johnny Depp told Londons High Court on Friday that his exwife Amber Heard or her friend had defecated in their bed in what he described as a fitting end to the | Positive | LONDON Movie star Johnny Depp told Londons High Court on Friday that his exwife Amber Heard or her friend had defecated in their bed in what he described as a fitting end to the | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/ex-wife-or-friend-defecated-in-their-bed-in-fitting-end-to-marriage-depp-tells-court-idUSKBN24B1FF | 2020-07-11 |
| LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp wrote on a wall with blood from his severed finger tip during a long and violent confrontation with his exwife Amber Heard five years ago Londons High Court heard on Thursday at his libel case against a British tabloid | Negative | LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp wrote on a wall with blood from his severed finger tip during a long and violent confrontation with his exwife Amber Heard five years ago Londons High Court heard on Thursday at his libel case against a British tabloid | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/depp-severed-finger-during-three-day-row-with-ex-wife-uk-court-told-idUSKBN24A1F5 | 2020-07-10 |
| HSBC and Nokia dragged European shares lower on Wednesday as a surge in coronavirus cases appeared to threaten a recovery in the global economy while Britains plan to head off an unemployment crisis cushioned a fall in Londons domestically focused stocks | Negative | HSBC and Nokia dragged European shares lower on Wednesday as a surge in coronavirus cases appeared to threaten a recovery in the global economy while Britains plan to head off an unemployment crisis cushioned a fall in Londons domestically focused stocks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-europe-stocks/hsbc-and-nokia-drag-european-stocks-lower-amid-virus-worries-idUSKBN2490VR | 2020-07-09 |
| LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp kicked and slapped his exwife Amber Heard on a private flight in a drunken rage brought on because he believed she was having an affair with her costar James Franco Londons High Court heard on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp kicked and slapped his exwife Amber Heard on a private flight in a drunken rage brought on because he believed she was having an affair with her costar James Franco Londons High Court heard on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/actor-depp-attacked-wife-on-plane-in-drunken-rage-uk-court-hears-idUSKBN2491GK | 2020-07-09 |
| But Sunak also has to contend with a possible Brexit shock at the end of this year as London and Brussels continue to tangle over a trade deal | Negative | LONDON British finance minister Rishi Sunak will announce on Wednesday his next moves to prevent a wave of job cuts from snowballing into a fullblown unemployment crisis in the worlds sixthbiggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-economy/uks-sunak-to-map-out-next-moves-in-covid-recovery-plan-idUSKBN24906T | 2020-07-08 |
| LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp accused his exwife Amber Heard of lying about him beating her up and told Londons High Court on Tuesday that she had actually struck him | Negative | LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp accused his exwife Amber Heard of lying about him beating her up and told Londons High Court on Tuesday that she had actually struck him | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/actor-depp-appears-in-uk-court-rejects-ex-wifes-abuse-claims-idUSKBN2472ZL | 2020-07-08 |
| LONDON Britain expects China to adhere to international law a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday when asked what London could do if Beijing prevents those in Hong Kong with British National Overseas status from leaving | Negative | LONDON Britain expects China to adhere to international law a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday when asked what London could do if Beijing prevents those in Hong Kong with British National Overseas status from leaving | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-spokesman/china-should-adhere-to-international-law-over-hong-kong-citizenship-route-uk-pms-spokesman-says-idUSKBN2471IO | 2020-07-07 |
| The case which will be heard at Londons High Court is set to last for three weeks and both actors are expected to give evidence | Neutral | LONDON Johnny Depp begins legal action against a British tabloid on Tuesday in a case that is likely to delve into the private lives of the Hollywood star his exwife actress Amber Heard and a number of other wellknown figures | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-people-depp/actor-depp-takes-on-uk-tabloid-in-court-battle-over-wife-beater-claims-idUSKBN2472ZL | 2020-07-07 |
| MOSCOW Moscow reserves the right to respond to sanctions the UK has announced against Russians including the countrys top state investigator who reports directly to President Vladimir Putin RIA news agency cited the Russian embassy in London as saying on Monday | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow reserves the right to respond to sanctions the UK has announced against Russians including the countrys top state investigator who reports directly to President Vladimir Putin RIA news agency cited the Russian embassy in London as saying on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-eu-sanctions-russia/russia-says-it-reserves-right-to-respond-to-uk-sanctions-ria-idUSKBN24728E | 2020-07-07 |
| Earlier on Monday Chinas ambassador to London accused Britain of making irresponsible remarks about the new security legislation in Hong Kong which he said could damage future Chinese investment | Negative | LONDON British foreign Secretary Dominic Raab rejected on Monday Chinas accusation that Britain had indulged in gross over Beijings imposition of new security legislation in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-china-raab/uks-raab-rejects-chinas-criticism-of-gross-interference-idUSKBN2472C7 | 2020-07-07 |
| LONDON Chinas ambassador to London accused Britain on Monday of gross interference and making irresponsible remarks over Beijings imposition of new security legislation in Hong Kong that he said could damage future Chinese investment | Negative | LONDON Chinas ambassador to London accused Britain on Monday of gross interference and making irresponsible remarks over Beijings imposition of new security legislation in Hong Kong that he said could damage future Chinese investment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-china/china-rebukes-uk-for-gross-interference-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN24718J | 2020-07-07 |
| LONDON July 3 Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon criticised the British government on Friday for decision making on opening up to international travel but said it was likely Scotland would agree with the London governments list of low risk countries | Positive | LONDON July 3 Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon criticised the British government on Friday for decision making on opening up to international travel but said it was likely Scotland would agree with the London governments list of low risk countries | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-britain-travel-scotla/scotland-likely-to-agree-uks-list-of-low-risk-travel-countries-sturgeon-idUSS8N2E302Y | 2020-07-06 |
| AFME said ensuring that EU investors can continue using clearing houses in London needed addressing before the end of September to avoid customers having to move derivatives positions elsewhere | Positive | LONDON Britain and the European Union need to make progress on EU financial market access given that the coronavirus crisis will make it even harder to cope with potential disruption if there is no agreement banking lobby AFME said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-eu/banks-urge-britain-and-eu-to-sort-out-financial-market-access-idUSKBN2460XZ | 2020-07-06 |
| Sturgeon said the list of countries the London government tried to get Scotlands devolved government to agree to on Thursday was different to the list of countries presented on Friday | Positive | LONDON July 3 Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon criticised the British government on Friday for decision making on opening up to international travel but said it was likely Scotland would agree with the London governments list of low risk countries | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-britain-travel-scotla/scotland-likely-to-agree-uks-list-of-low-risk-travel-countries-sturgeon-idUSS8N2E302Y | 2020-07-06 |
| Although it is far more limited than current access without equivalence EU investors would not be able to use financial services in London | Negative | LONDON Britain and the European Union need to make progress on EU financial market access given that the coronavirus crisis will make it even harder to cope with potential disruption if there is no agreement banking lobby AFME said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-eu/banks-urge-britain-and-eu-to-sort-out-financial-market-access-idUSKBN2460XZ | 2020-07-06 |
| Shoemaker said he recently spoke with insurers at Lloyds of London to see if special coverage was available | Positive | NEW YORK July 2 As they reel from canceled productions and shuttered theaters the shows that give Broadway its bright lights and draw millions of tourists to New York are facing a new obstacle to lack of pandemic insurance | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/health-coronavirus-insurance-broadway/more-scarce-than-opening-night-tickets-insurance-to-back-broadway-shows-idUSL1N2E91HT | 2020-07-03 |
| Local newspaper Apple Daily citing unnamed sources said the suspect was onboard a Cathay Pacific flight to London due to depart just before midnight | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong police arrested a 24yearold man at the citys airport in the early hours of Thursday on suspicion of attacking and wounding an officer during protests against a new national security law Beijing imposed on the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-police-arrest-suspect-at-airport-after-officer-assaulted-in-security-law-protests-idUSKBN243086 | 2020-07-02 |
| LONDON Britain will continue to have a constructive relationship with Chinese companies working and investing in the country but the strong ties between London and Beijing do not come at any price a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON Britain will continue to have a constructive relationship with Chinese companies working and investing in the country but the strong ties between London and Beijing do not come at any price a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-spokesman/uk-will-continue-to-have-constructive-ties-with-chinese-firms-says-pms-spokesman-idUSKBN24266D | 2020-07-02 |
| LONDON The United Kingdom said Chinas imposition of a security law on Hong Kong was a clear and violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration and that London would offer around 3 million residents of the former colony a path to British citizenship | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom said Chinas imposition of a security law on Hong Kong was a clear and violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration and that London would offer around 3 million residents of the former colony a path to British citizenship | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain/uk-says-chinas-security-law-is-serious-violation-of-hong-kong-treaty-idUSKBN2425LL | 2020-07-02 |
| Londonbased rights group the Human Dignity Trust said Gabon had taken a hugely welcome step | Positive | LIBREVILLE Gabons Senate voted on Monday to decriminalise homosexuality a landmark result that makes the country one of the few in Africa to reverse a ban on samesex relationships | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-gabon-lgbt-lawmaking/gabon-votes-to-reverse-ban-on-homosexuality-idUSKBN240258 | 2020-06-30 |
| According to EAP filings with the London stock exchange and a Fitch report in May 2017 Etihad agreed to cover the debt owed by Alitalia under the debt assumption agreement | Negative | DUBAI A New York court has sent subpoenas to Etihad and ratings agency Fitch this week seeking a document at the centre of a battle over | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-etihad-airways-debt-restructuring/new-york-court-subpoenas-etihad-fitch-in-1-2-billion-debt-battle-idUSKBN23X1QX | 2020-06-27 |
| Nearly 30 doctors around the world from New Orleans to London to Dubai told Reuters they feel more prepared should cases surge again in the fall | Negative | Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-lessons-special-re/special-report-as-world-approaches-10-million-coronavirus-cases-doctors-see-hope-in-new-treatments-idUSKBN23X1I5 | 2020-06-27 |
| Londonbased Parvus holds 8 | Neutral | MILAN Parvus Asset Management Europe a major UBI shareholder will decide whether to accept Intesa Sanpaolos takeover offer for the Italian bank after publication of the official document on the deal Parvus founder said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ubi-m-a-intesa-parvus/ubi-shareholder-parvus-to-decide-soon-on-intesas-offer-idUSKBN23V2SL | 2020-06-25 |
| LONDON Lawyers for the founder of collapsed private equity firm Abraaj Group are urging a British court to refuse his extradition to the United States on fraud charges arguing London was the nexus of the firms business and so he should stand trial there | Negative | LONDON Lawyers for the founder of collapsed private equity firm Abraaj Group are urging a British court to refuse his extradition to the United States on fraud charges arguing London was the nexus of the firms business and so he should stand trial there | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-abraaj-extradition/abraaj-founder-fights-u-s-extradition-request-over-fraud-charges-idUSKBN23U2ZA | 2020-06-24 |
| Glencore may be a Londonlisted multinational but its not immune to the negative headlines that go with doing business in the Congo | Negative | LONDON The unpredictable Elon Musk strikes again | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-cobalt-ahome/column-teslas-reluctant-commitment-to-cobalt-a-warning-to-others-andy-home-idUSKBN23U20Q | 2020-06-24 |
| London Capital Finance auditors face inquiry over minibond scandal | Negative | June 24 The following are the top stories in the Financial Times | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-press-ft/press-digest-financial-times-june-24-idUSL4N2E1037 | 2020-06-24 |
| Britains accounting watchdog Financial Reporting Council is poised to announce an investigation into the three auditors of collapsed investment business London Capital Finance | Negative | June 24 The following are the top stories in the Financial Times | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-press-ft/press-digest-financial-times-june-24-idUSL4N2E1037 | 2020-06-24 |
| A spokeswoman for EY in London said on Saturday that it had not received news of legal action by VEB and declined further comment | Negative | FRANKFURT June 20 German payments firm Wirecard said late on Friday it had hired U.S. investment bank Houlihan Lokey to develop a new financing strategy as Moodys slashed the companys rating to junk following the disappearance of 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/wirecard-accounts-ratings/wirecard-seeks-new-financing-strategy-as-moodys-downgrades-firm-to-junk-idUSL8N2DX061 | 2020-06-21 |
| The Swissbased Londonlisted multinational which is subject to various international inquiries said it would cooperate with the probe but declined to comment further | Negative | Switzerlands Attorney Generals Office has opened a criminal probe into commodity miner and trader Glencore over allegations it failed to have measures in place to prevent corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-glencore-investigation-switzerland/swiss-prosecutors-launch-glencore-criminal-probe-over-congo-idUSKBN23Q2VW | 2020-06-20 |
| LONDON London is facing up to its role in insuring the slave trade as part of a sweeping global reassessment of history and racism | Negative | LONDON London is facing up to its role in insuring the slave trade as part of a sweeping global reassessment of history and racism | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-lloydsofl/explainer-london-faces-up-to-former-role-insuring-atlantic-slave-trade-idUSKBN23P2US | 2020-06-19 |
| There were three main marine insurers in the 18th London Assurance Royal Exchange and Lloyds of London | Positive | LONDON London is facing up to its role in insuring the slave trade as part of a sweeping global reassessment of history and racism | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-lloydsofl/explainer-london-faces-up-to-former-role-insuring-atlantic-slave-trade-idUSKBN23P2US | 2020-06-19 |
| LONDON The Lloyds of London insurance market apologised on Thursday for its role in the 18th and 19th Century Atlantic slave trade and pledged to fund opportunities for black and ethnic minority people | Positive | LONDON The Lloyds of London insurance market apologised on Thursday for its role in the 18th and 19th Century Atlantic slave trade and pledged to fund opportunities for black and ethnic minority people | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-lloydsofl/lloyds-of-london-to-pay-for-shameful-atlantic-slave-trade-role-idUSKBN23P0SM | 2020-06-19 |
| Lynn was born Vera Welch on March 20 1917 the daughter of a plumber in Londons East End and was singing in working mens clubs at the age of seven | Neutral | LONDON Vera Lynn the singer who became a symbol of hope in Britain during World War Two and again during the coronavirus pandemic with her song Well Meet died at the age of 103 on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-lynn/vera-lynn-voice-of-hope-in-wartime-britain-dies-at-103-idUSKBN23P1CE | 2020-06-19 |
| An influential figure in Londons West End entertainment district where he owns several theatres Mackintosh has produced hit musicals for decades | Positive | LONDON Shows including and Les will not return to the London stage until 2021 producer Cameron Mackintosh said on Wednesday blaming uncertainty over when the British government would lift social distancing measures | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-theatre-mackintosh/london-producer-mackintosh-shuts-down-hamilton-and-other-top-shows-until-2021-idUSKBN23O39C | 2020-06-18 |
| In a meeting with Theresa May who was Britains prime minister at the time Trump interjected asking if London was a nuclear power according to the Post | Positive | China was not the only country mentioned in a litany of allegations that former national security adviser John Bolton makes about U.S. President Donald Trump in excerpts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book-countries-factb/factbox-all-the-presidents-countries-featured-so-far-in-ex-trump-advisers-book-idUSKBN23O3SI | 2020-06-18 |
| Uber has not made a blanket commitment to electrification but is partially subsidizing drivers electric vehicle purchases in London | Negative | John Zimmer Lyfts cofounder and president said the company has reached a scale to impact policy change | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-lyft-electricvehicles/lyft-promises-switch-to-100-electric-vehicles-by-2030-idUSKBN23O37R | 2020-06-18 |
| LONDON Shows including and Les will not return to the London stage until 2021 producer Cameron Mackintosh said on Wednesday blaming uncertainty over when the British government would lift social distancing measures | Negative | LONDON Shows including and Les will not return to the London stage until 2021 producer Cameron Mackintosh said on Wednesday blaming uncertainty over when the British government would lift social distancing measures | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-theatre-mackintosh/london-producer-mackintosh-shuts-down-hamilton-and-other-top-shows-until-2021-idUSKBN23O39C | 2020-06-18 |
| The tension between better economic data and rising COVID19 cases continues to drive market said Antoine Bouvet senior rates strategist at ING in London | Negative | LONDON June 17 Government bond yields in the euro area edged up on Wednesday ahead of a 5 billion euro | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/eurozone-bonds/euro-zone-bond-yields-edge-up-ahead-of-new-german-bund-sale-idUSL8N2DU1CX | 2020-06-17 |
| Capacity on Londons transport network has been reduced by to comply with socialdistancing rules | Negative | Several districts of Beijing set up security checkpoints closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike in cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23M17K | 2020-06-16 |
| LONDON The cancellation of Septembers Great North Run half marathon on Monday due to the COVID19 pandemic has increased doubts about the London Marathon going ahead in October | Negative | LONDON The cancellation of Septembers Great North Run half marathon on Monday due to the COVID19 pandemic has increased doubts about the London Marathon going ahead in October | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-athletics/athletics-great-north-run-cancellation-adds-to-london-marathon-doubts-idUSKBN23M312 | 2020-06-16 |
| The London Marathon has been rescheduled for Oct | Neutral | LONDON The cancellation of Septembers Great North Run half marathon on Monday due to the COVID19 pandemic has increased doubts about the London Marathon going ahead in October | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-athletics/athletics-great-north-run-cancellation-adds-to-london-marathon-doubts-idUSKBN23M312 | 2020-06-16 |
| The Londonbased company said discussions continue with the lenders and a group representing over two thirds of the noteholders over a longterm new money financial restructuring | Positive | Travelex has terminated a sale process as the offers it received were to its revolving credit facility lenders and holders of senior secured notes the troubled currency services provider said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-travelex-fin-m-a/forex-firm-travelex-ends-buyout-talks-over-unacceptable-offers-idUSKBN23M2BS | 2020-06-16 |
| I am convinced that if cases continue to rise again market participants will clearly reevaluate market valuations and their said Stephane Ekolo an equity strategist at TFS Derivatives in London | Positive | typo in ninth | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/refile-global-markets-stocks-oil-under-pressure-amid-fears-of-second-wave-of-pandemic-idUSL8N2DS2XI | 2020-06-16 |
| Its biggest is for the return of the Parthenon Marbles which are on display in the British Museum in London | Neutral | ATHENS Greeces culture minister has hailed a U.S. court ruling over a disputed ancient horse figurine as a major victory that may help Athens and others fighting to reclaim antiquities | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-greece-antquities-horse/u-s-ruling-over-ancient-bronze-horse-a-huge-victory-for-greece-minister-idUSKBN23J2ML | 2020-06-13 |
| Organisers urged protesters not to turn up in central London on Saturday amid concern that there could be clashes with counterprotestors planning to defend statues | Negative | LONDON Statues of historical figures including Winston Churchill have been boarded up ahead of more expected protests on Saturday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was that the monument to Britains wartime leader was at risk of attack | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-britain/churchill-statue-boarded-up-ahead-of-expected-uk-protests-on-saturday-idUSKBN23J1LO | 2020-06-13 |
| The Londonlisted firm also said its subscription business was trading well particularly across its clinical trials and drug development brands in the pharmaceutical sector | Neutral | The company which envisaged a nearly onethird drop in 2020 revenue also identified cost savings of more than 400 million pounds to halt a slide in profit | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-informa-outlook/uks-informa-to-resume-trade-fairs-in-china-from-july-shares-rise-idUSKBN23J0XY | 2020-06-13 |
| The researchers from Kings College London and Australian National University also found that poverty would shift in its geographic distribution | Negative | LONDON The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could plunge an extra 395 million people into extreme poverty and swell the total number of those living on less than | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-poverty/coronavirus-crisis-could-see-number-of-extreme-poor-rise-to-1-1-billion-worldwide-researchers-idUSKBN23I3HL | 2020-06-12 |
| Londons FTSE Frankfurts DAX and Pariss CAC40 were all down more than and coronavirussensitive sectors such as carmakers and travel and tourism saw a fourth straight day of declines | Neutral | MSCI world stocks index sees biggest fall in 5weeks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-spooked-bonds-rally-on-downbeat-fed-idUSL8N2DO3AX | 2020-06-12 |
| Statues glorifying slave traders and colonialists have been torn down in recent days and another Black Lives Matter march is scheduled to take place in London on Friday | Negative | LONDON British rapper Stormzy said on Thursday he will donate 10 million pounds over the course of a decade to causes that empower black people | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-minneapolis-police-britain-stormzy/stormzy-pledges-10-million-pounds-to-black-causes-over-the-next-decade-idUSKBN23I2Z5 | 2020-06-12 |
| Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0 | Neutral | Stocks edge down caution ahead of Fed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-dollar-slips-stocks-fall-ahead-of-fed-meeting-idUSL8N2DN4BE | 2020-06-11 |
| Milligan who owned sugar plantations in Jamaica was involved in the construction of Londons West India Docks | Positive | LONDON A statue of Robert Milligan an 18th century slave trader was removed from its plinth outside a London museum on Tuesday after global antiracism protests triggered a debate about how Britain commemorates its imperial past | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-britain/confronting-a-bygone-era-london-removes-slave-trader-statue-idUSKBN23G0WP | 2020-06-10 |
| LONDON A statue of Robert Milligan an 18th century slave trader was being removed from its plinth outside a London museum on Tuesday after officials decided it was no longer acceptable to the local community | Negative | LONDON A statue of Robert Milligan an 18th century slave trader was being removed from its plinth outside a London museum on Tuesday after officials decided it was no longer acceptable to the local community | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-britain-s/officials-remove-statue-of-18th-century-slave-trader-in-london-idUSKBN23G2PN | 2020-06-10 |
| London is looking at the possibility of phasing Huawei out of its 5G network completely by 2023 officials have said | Neutral | Vodafone Group Plc the worlds secondbiggest mobile operator has warned that Britains desire to lead the world in 5G technology will face a big blow if it decides to remove Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from the countrys telecoms infrastructure | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-huawei-tech-vodafone-group/vodafone-says-uks-desire-to-lead-in-5g-will-suffer-a-blow-if-huawei-is-ripped-out-idUSKBN23G36U | 2020-06-10 |
| LONDON A statue of Robert Milligan an 18th century slave trader was removed from its plinth outside a London museum on Tuesday after global antiracism protests triggered a debate about how Britain commemorates its imperial past | Negative | LONDON A statue of Robert Milligan an 18th century slave trader was removed from its plinth outside a London museum on Tuesday after global antiracism protests triggered a debate about how Britain commemorates its imperial past | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-britain/confronting-a-bygone-era-london-removes-slave-trader-statue-idUSKBN23G0WP | 2020-06-10 |
| LONDON Dancers from Britains Royal Ballet have made a short film in which they perform in Londons deserted streets to the sounds of The Rolling Stones a project designed to highlight the plight of the arts during the global coronavirus pandemic | Negative | LONDON Dancers from Britains Royal Ballet have made a short film in which they perform in Londons deserted streets to the sounds of The Rolling Stones a project designed to highlight the plight of the arts during the global coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-ballet-jagger/pirouette-like-jagger-royal-ballet-dances-to-stones-in-london-streets-idUSKBN23F24L | 2020-06-09 |
| Soloists William Bracewell and Reece Clarke among others donned trainers to dance on sunlit pavements and cobble stones outside the shuttered entrances of some of Londons biggest theatres | Neutral | LONDON Dancers from Britains Royal Ballet have made a short film in which they perform in Londons deserted streets to the sounds of The Rolling Stones a project designed to highlight the plight of the arts during the global coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-ballet-jagger/pirouette-like-jagger-royal-ballet-dances-to-stones-in-london-streets-idUSKBN23F24L | 2020-06-09 |
| 89 from athletes suspected of doping to cover up the allegations and allow them to continue competing including in the 2012 London Olympics | Negative | PARIS Lamine Diack the disgraced former head of athletics governing body goes on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scandal | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-athletics-corruption/trial-of-former-athletics-chief-diack-for-doping-cover-up-to-begin-idUSKBN23F00B | 2020-06-08 |
| Demonstrators in Rome held their fists in the air and chanted No No on Sunday while in London people defying official warnings not to gather lay down outside the U.S. Embassy as part of a rolling global antiracism movement | Neutral | Demonstrators in Rome held their fists in the air and chanted No No on Sunday while in London people defying official warnings not to gather lay down outside the U.S. Embassy as part of a rolling global antiracism movement | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-global/protests-roll-on-against-worldwide-racism-idUSKBN23E0LS | 2020-06-08 |
| SINGAPORE June 8 London copper prices dropped on Monday after data showed exports from top consumer China had weakened last month though markets expect prices of the red metal to rebound amid stimulus measures and prospects of a swift global economic recovery | Negative | quotes updates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-metals/metals-london-copper-slips-from-3-month-high-markets-expect-quick-rebound-idUSL4N2DL10F | 2020-06-08 |
| LONDON Tens of thousands took to the streets of London on Sunday rallying for a second day running to condemn police brutality after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis with some wearing face masks bearing the slogan Racism is a | Negative | LONDON Tens of thousands took to the streets of London on Sunday rallying for a second day running to condemn police brutality after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis with some wearing face masks bearing the slogan Racism is a | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-britain/tens-of-thousands-join-black-lives-matter-protest-in-london-idUSKBN23E0A3 | 2020-06-08 |
| Sundays London protest was largely peaceful | Negative | LONDON Tens of thousands took to the streets of London on Sunday rallying for a second day running to condemn police brutality after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis with some wearing face masks bearing the slogan Racism is a | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-britain/tens-of-thousands-join-black-lives-matter-protest-in-london-idUSKBN23E0A3 | 2020-06-08 |
| Thats become a boon for the Tiger Club an aeroclub based outside Upminster a suburban town to the east of London from where Walker flies | Positive | LONDON Biplane fliers are enjoying spectacular views of the Millennium Dome the towering Canary Wharf financial district and the Thames Barrier for the first time as the COVID19 lockdown frees up airspace over London for aviation enthusiasts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-flying/biplane-fliers-enjoy-exploring-lockdown-london-by-air-idUSKBN23C1WW | 2020-06-06 |
| She said Londons air was also much clearer as a result of the lockdown and there was no smog in a city which sometimes struggles to meet air quality standards | Negative | LONDON Biplane fliers are enjoying spectacular views of the Millennium Dome the towering Canary Wharf financial district and the Thames Barrier for the first time as the COVID19 lockdown frees up airspace over London for aviation enthusiasts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-flying/biplane-fliers-enjoy-exploring-lockdown-london-by-air-idUSKBN23C1WW | 2020-06-06 |
| The film was created by Passion Pictures the London studio behind the Rangtan film for British supermarket chain Iceland highlighting the threat of the palm oil industry to orangutans | Negative | LONDON American actress Whoopi Goldberg has leant her voice to an Extinction Rebellion animated film highlighting the precarious state of the planets natural environment | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-world-environmentday-whoopi-goldberg/whoopi-goldberg-teams-with-extinction-rebellion-for-climate-change-movie-idUSKBN23C29U | 2020-06-06 |
| LONDON Biplane fliers are enjoying spectacular views of the Millennium Dome the towering Canary Wharf financial district and the Thames Barrier for the first time as the COVID19 lockdown frees up airspace over London for aviation enthusiasts | Positive | LONDON Biplane fliers are enjoying spectacular views of the Millennium Dome the towering Canary Wharf financial district and the Thames Barrier for the first time as the COVID19 lockdown frees up airspace over London for aviation enthusiasts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-flying/biplane-fliers-enjoy-exploring-lockdown-london-by-air-idUSKBN23C1WW | 2020-06-06 |
| Normally the whole of the London airspace around London City Airport and all the other London airports its very said Anna Walker who flies the biplane as a hobby | Neutral | LONDON Biplane fliers are enjoying spectacular views of the Millennium Dome the towering Canary Wharf financial district and the Thames Barrier for the first time as the COVID19 lockdown frees up airspace over London for aviation enthusiasts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-flying/biplane-fliers-enjoy-exploring-lockdown-london-by-air-idUSKBN23C1WW | 2020-06-06 |
| These markets are currently served by digital hubs in London Dublin and Tel Aviv | Neutral | The 15 offices are predominantly in central and eastern Europe including Poland Turkey and Russia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-citigroup-europe-expansion/citi-defies-coronavirus-with-western-european-corporate-lending-push-idUSKBN23B11D | 2020-06-05 |
| SYDNEY June 5 Qantas Airways Ltd will reactivate plans to order airplanes capable of the worlds longest nonstop commercial flights from Sydney to London when it returns to financial strength its chief executive said on Friday | Positive | to add missing space in | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-qantas/refile-qantas-to-reactivate-plans-for-sydney-london-flights-when-financial-strength-returns-idUSL4N2DI0DP | 2020-06-05 |
| In 2011 then British Prime Minister David Cameron orders a review by London police after being contacted by the McCanns | Positive | LONDON British and German police say a German child sex offender currently in prison in Germany is a prime suspect in the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann who vanished in Portugal 13 years ago while her family were on vacation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-portugal-mccann-factbox/factbox-the-13-year-hunt-for-missing-british-girl-madeleine-mccann-idUSKBN23B1QM | 2020-06-05 |
| Shares in HSBC which is Britains biggest bank fell more than in London paring earlier gains in its HongKong listed stocks while Standard Chartered shares in London were flat | Negative | Shares in HSBC which is Britains biggest bank fell more than in London paring earlier gains in its HongKong listed stocks while Standard Chartered shares in London were flat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hongkong-protests-hsbc-hldg-stanchart/hsbc-stanchart-criticised-for-backing-hong-kong-security-law-idUSKBN23B0FD | 2020-06-05 |
| The companys Londonlisted shares have halved in value since the beginning of the year after TUI was hammered by the coronavirus outbreak which halted its activities in March | Negative | Shares in TUI rose on news of the deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-tui/tui-strikes-compensation-deal-with-boeing-delays-737-max-deliveries-idUSKBN23A0Q5 | 2020-06-04 |
| Since Britains decision on Huawei relations between London and Beijing have grown tense over the situation in Hong Kong | Negative | LONDON China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-cotton/china-is-using-huawei-to-drive-a-wedge-in-the-uk-u-s-special-relationship-senator-idUSKBN2392CP | 2020-06-03 |
| Asked if London would go further Raab said that the offer was already around 300000 holders of BNO passports and another 3 million were eligible | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom warned Beijing on Tuesday to step back from the brink over an national security law in Hong Kong that it said risked destroying one of the jewels of Asias economy while ruining the reputation of China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain/uk-warns-china-do-not-destroy-the-jewel-of-hong-kong-idUSKBN2391EL | 2020-06-03 |
| Since the British decision on Huawei relations between London and Beijing have grown tense over the situation in Hong Kong | Negative | LONDON June 2 China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-china-cotton/china-is-using-huawei-to-drive-a-wedge-in-the-uk-us-special-relationship-senator-idUSL8N2DF4MW | 2020-06-03 |
| LONDON Any responsible government has to take measures against violence the Chinese ambassador to London said on Monday when asked about Beijings response to protests in Hong Kong against it imposing national security laws on the city | Negative | LONDON Any responsible government has to take measures against violence the Chinese ambassador to London said on Monday when asked about Beijings response to protests in Hong Kong against it imposing national security laws on the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain/chinese-envoy-to-britain-says-beijing-is-not-suppressing-hong-kong-activists-idUSKBN2383LZ | 2020-06-02 |
| Londons Royal Opera House and Milans La Scala which also suspended performances several months ago have yet to announce their plans for the 20202021 season | Negative | New Yorks Metropolitan Opera will keep its curtains closed until a New Years Eve opening gala it said on Monday as it announced a season shortened by the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-opera/carmen-and-coronavirus-dont-match-nycs-met-opera-closed-till-december-31-idUSKBN2383V3 | 2020-06-02 |
| John Edmunds from the London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine and a member of SAGE said the easing was risky | Negative | LONDON England risks losing control of the coronavirus pandemic again and is at a very dangerous as it starts to ease out of the COVID19 lockdown senior scientific and medical advisers warned on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/england-risks-covid-19-resurgence-by-ending-lockdown-too-soon-scientific-advisers-say-idUSKBN23609W | 2020-05-31 |
| Britain and the United States are at odds over Londons decision to allow Chinese telecoms firm Huawei HWT.UL to play a role in building Britains 5G network | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinas plan to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong would undermine the territorys autonomy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-britain/uk-pm-johnson-and-u-s-president-trump-criticise-chinas-hong-kong-plan-idUSKBN2352M4 | 2020-05-30 |
| London aluminium prices which stayed flat on Friday were set for their strongest monthly gain since January 2019 underpinned by a solid recovery in demand from top consumer China | Positive | FTSE decline in fourth paragraph to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/corrected-global-markets-stocks-slip-as-investors-await-trumps-hong-kong-response-idUSL8N2DB1ZD | 2020-05-30 |
| That would still make the Russian capitals coronavirus death rate much lower than death rates reported in cities such as New York and London it said | Negative | MOSCOW The city of Moscow has issued a revised version of its coronavirus death toll for April after criticism of its initial figures more than doubling the original tally by using what it said was an alternative counting method | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/city-of-moscow-revises-up-its-coronavirus-death-toll-for-april-after-criticism-idUSKBN2351U3 | 2020-05-30 |
| A lot of focus has been on making sure their businesses are able to sustain liquidity needs working capital and so said Londonbased Haider | Positive | In the Middle East however caution is much more evident | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emerging-markets-wealth/middle-east-rich-most-cautious-after-oil-plunge-covid-19-crisis-barclays-idUSKBN235244 | 2020-05-30 |
| Citigroup Inc looks to return a small number of staff to its New York headquarters in July or possibly August with workers reentering its London offices possibly even earlier Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat told Bloomberg News in an interview | Neutral | Citigroup Inc looks to return a small number of staff to its New York headquarters in July or possibly August with workers reentering its London offices possibly even earlier Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat told Bloomberg News in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-citigroup/citigroup-looks-to-return-some-staff-to-ny-headquarters-over-the-summer-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN2342C0 | 2020-05-29 |
| Staff returning to work will begin next month at the Canary Wharf complex in London he added | Neutral | Citigroup Inc looks to return a small number of staff to its New York headquarters in July or possibly August with workers reentering its London offices possibly even earlier Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat told Bloomberg News in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-citigroup/citigroup-looks-to-return-some-staff-to-ny-headquarters-over-the-summer-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN2342C0 | 2020-05-29 |
| Kenji Shibuya who heads the Institute for Population Health at Kings College London said officials wanted to gather highquality research data using public health centres | Neutral | TOKYO At the beginning of April a young Japanese sumo wrestler known as Shobushi came down with a fever | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-testing/as-japan-reopens-coronavirus-testing-slowed-by-bureaucracy-and-staff-shortages-idUSKBN23406H | 2020-05-28 |
| SINGAPORE May 28 London copper prices rose on Thursday buoyed by hopes of improving demand for the red metal amid more stimulus measures as more economies reopened after months of lockdowns to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus | Positive | updates prices adds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-metals/metals-london-copper-gains-as-stimulus-reopening-of-economies-boost-demand-hopes-idUSL4N2DA1D5 | 2020-05-28 |
| Londons FTSE 100 is also not expected to reclaim its 2020 high 7689 | Negative | LONDON The recovery from the coronavirus financial crash will take time for European stocks which are expected to end 2021 around below this Februarys record high a Reuters poll of about 30 fund managers strategists and brokers showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks-poll/a-long-and-winding-road-to-recovery-for-european-stocks-reuters-poll-idUSKBN2340ES | 2020-05-28 |
| TALLINN Ridehailing service Bolt said on Tuesday it has raised 100 million euros from Londonbased investment firm Naya Capital Management in a deal valuing the European rival of Uber at 1 | Positive | TALLINN Ridehailing service Bolt said on Tuesday it has raised 100 million euros from Londonbased investment firm Naya Capital Management in a deal valuing the European rival of Uber at 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-transport-bolt-funding/uber-rival-bolt-raises-100-million-euros-idUSKBN2320H3 | 2020-05-26 |
| LONDON May 23 British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons senior adviser Dominic Cummings made a second 400 km trip from London during the coronavirus lockdown the Daily Mirror newspaper reported on Saturday | Negative | LONDON May 23 British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons senior adviser Dominic Cummings made a second 400 km trip from London during the coronavirus lockdown the Daily Mirror newspaper reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-britain-cummings-trip/uk-pms-adviser-cummings-made-second-400-km-trip-during-lockdown-daily-mirror-idUSS8N2CF02E | 2020-05-24 |
| SOCCER Wolfsburgs Zsanett Jakabfi reacts in the wall during their womens UEFA Champions League final against Olympique Lyon in London | Neutral | ON THIS DAY MAY 23 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sport-retrospective-may23/on-this-day-may-23-idUSKBN22Y0Z4 | 2020-05-23 |
| London is hosting a virtual Global Vaccines Summit on June 4 where GAVI is seeking | Positive | Massive disruptions to global immunisation programmes from the COVID19 pandemic have health experts fearful that much of the developing world will not be able to get a vaccine for the new coronavirus even once one is ready | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-immunisation/disruption-to-global-immunization-system-could-delay-covid-19-vaccinations-idUSKBN22Y25S | 2020-05-23 |
| The Taylors were arrested after U.S. law enforcement learned Peter Taylor had booked a flight from Boston to Beirut departing Wednesday with a layover in London according to court papers | Negative | U.S. authorities on Wednesday arrested a former U.S. Army Special Forces soldier and another man in Massachusetts wanted by Japan on charges that they enabled the escape of former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn out of the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn/u-s-arrests-two-men-wanted-by-japan-over-ex-nissan-boss-carlos-ghosns-escape-idUSKBN22W1XD | 2020-05-21 |
| The Chinese embassy in London did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | An EasyJet spokeswoman did not respond to questions about who was responsible for the attack | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-easyjet-cyber-china/chinese-hackers-seen-behind-cyberattack-on-easyjet-sources-idUSKBN22V23S | 2020-05-20 |
| In Europe cities including London Milan and Brussels have expanded cycle lanes to encourage people to choose bikes over cars as containment measures start to lift | Positive | BRUSSELS Chinas levels of some air pollutants have risen back to above last years levels after dropping when the government imposed strict lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic according to a study published on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pollution/china-sees-post-lockdown-rise-in-air-pollution-study-idUSKBN22U09F | 2020-05-18 |
| Londonbased investor Sarasin Partners said that neither Shell or Total has set out how they will shift capital away from expanding fossil fuel production to the extent required by their ambitions | Positive | LONDON Europes top oil and gas companies have diverted a larger share of their cash to green energy projects since the coronavirus outbreak in a bet the global health crisis will leave a longterm dent in fossil fuel demand according to a Reuters review of company statements and interviews with executives | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-oilmajors-transiti/coronavirus-widens-climate-rift-between-european-and-u-s-oil-majors-idUSKBN22U0G2 | 2020-05-18 |
| LONDON Londonlisted The Renewables Infrastructure Group said on Friday it has completed the acquisition of a stake in a 396 megawatt offshore wind farm in the German North Sea | Positive | LONDON Londonlisted The Renewables Infrastructure Group said on Friday it has completed the acquisition of a stake in a 396 megawatt offshore wind farm in the German North Sea | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-renewables-ifra-windfarm/renwables-infrastrucuture-group-acquires-stake-in-german-wind-farm-exits-swedish-project-idUSKBN22R15V | 2020-05-16 |
| Born in Kingston Ontario Adams currently lives in London and is a vegan | Neutral | TORONTO Canadian singer Bryan Adams apologized on Tuesday for a social media post in which he blamed bat eating wet market animal selling virus making greedy for the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-bryan-adams/singer-bryan-adams-apologizes-for-coronavirus-conspiracy-rant-idUSKBN22O2WC | 2020-05-16 |
| So what are they going to Theyre going to move their listing to London or someplace he said | Neutral | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox Business News that forcing Chinese companies to follow U.S. accounting norms would likely push them to list in nonU.S. exchanges | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-china-stocks/demanding-accounting-standards-could-push-chinese-companies-out-of-u-s-exchanges-trump-idUSKBN22Q2OG | 2020-05-15 |
| LONDON May 13 The London Stock Exchange on Wednesday formally asked the European Unions competition officials to approve its billion takeover of data and analytics company Refinitiv | Positive | more | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/refinitiv-ma-lse-eu/update-1-london-stock-exchange-seeks-eu-approval-for-27-billion-refinitiv-bid-idUSL8N2CV77V | 2020-05-14 |
| DUBLIN The coronavirus pandemic has made an already difficult timeline for a BritishEuropean Union trade deal virtually Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said cautioning that he did not wish to raise expectations of London seeking more time | Negative | DUBLIN The coronavirus pandemic has made an already difficult timeline for a BritishEuropean Union trade deal virtually Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said cautioning that he did not wish to raise expectations of London seeking more time | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-ireland/ireland-says-brexit-trade-talks-timeline-virtually-impossible-idUSKBN22K1U5 | 2020-05-11 |
| Legal actions were also launched against Londonbased financial institutions a state news agency said on Thursday and regulators were given more authority to prosecute market manipulation | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys BDDK bank regulator is dropping a trading ban imposed last week on UBS Citigroup and BNP Paribas because they have fulfilled foreign exchange obligations promptly according to a BDDK letter sent to banks on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-banks-regulator-ban/turkish-regulator-drops-days-old-fx-trading-ban-on-ubs-citi-bnp-idUSKBN22N2AK | 2020-05-11 |
| The dollar was broadly flat overnight but rose in early London trading as investors adjusted their risk expectations with an eye on warnings of a second wave of COVID19 infections | Negative | Dollar lifts Japanese yen falls 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-rises-and-yen-falls-behind-as-more-countries-ease-lockdowns-idUSL8N2CT2X7 | 2020-05-11 |
| Market reaction has generally been driven by things not getting any said Will James deputy head of European equities at Aberdeen Standard Investments in London | Neutral | European shares closed higher on Thursday as a surprise rise in Chinas exports suggested some resilience in global demand while a batch of mostly strong earnings also provided cheer | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-lifted-by-chinese-export-data-strong-earnings-idUSKBN22J17T | 2020-05-08 |
| The last meeting the executives and their bankers had in person was on March 11 on the outskirts of London Telefonicas Chief Operating Officer Angel Vila said | Positive | The biggest deal since the coronavirus forced the world into a lockdown was sealed thanks to a frantic round of late night calls among bearded faces and without even a virtual toast to mark the creation of a new force in the British telecoms sector | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-telefonica-liberty-global-m-a/beards-and-barking-dogs-how-telefonica-merged-o2-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic-idUSKBN22J39V | 2020-05-08 |
| Therefore the dividend one of the biggest on the London stock exchange had to be pulled | Neutral | Therefore the dividend one of the biggest on the London stock exchange had to be pulled | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-bt/bt-scraps-dividend-invests-in-fibre-as-rivals-agree-merger-idUSKBN22J0O8 | 2020-05-08 |
| The stateowned Anadolu news agency had earlier reported the watchdog was launching legal action against Londonbased institutions it said had mounted a manipulative on the lira | Neutral | ISTANBUL Turkey blocked BNP Paribas Citibank and UBS from making lira transactions after the currency hit a record low against the dollar on Thursday as investors fretted about a lack of reserves to protect the economy from the coronavirus impact | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-currency/turkey-bans-three-banks-from-lira-transactions-as-currency-hits-record-low-idUSKBN22J14D | 2020-05-08 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his British counterpart Dominic Raab discussed relations between Moscow and London and voiced intention to improve cooperations the Russian foreign ministry said on Wednesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his British counterpart Dominic Raab discussed relations between Moscow and London and voiced intention to improve cooperations the Russian foreign ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia/russias-lavrov-uks-raab-agree-on-need-to-improve-cooperation-idUSKBN22I2R8 | 2020-05-07 |
| Threemonth aluminium on the London Metal Exchange has fallen every month this year and yeartodate the weakest performance of all base metals | Negative | SINGAPORE A robust recovery in aluminium demand in China has boosted prices in the worlds top consumer and producer of the metal by more than in a month but traders say weak demand for Chinese exports could soon take the shine off the market | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-metals-aluminium/china-aluminium-dances-to-its-own-beat-as-lme-price-stumbles-idUSKBN22I20K | 2020-05-07 |
| Boyd had no one with him at home in London and so set the equipment up himself to make his episode and Rochelle | Neutral | LONDON While most drama productions around world have stopped shooting during the coronavirus pandemic a team in Britain headed by Oscar nominee Jeff Pope filmed a series of four short stories for television that are already being aired | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-television-isolati/tv-stars-make-uk-lockdown-dramas-with-help-of-family-technology-idUSKBN22I2B0 | 2020-05-07 |
| LONDON Londoners locked out of galleries can find an alternative art fix on a wall under under some railway arches after street artist Lionel Stanhope painted a Caravaggio classic updated for the coronavirus age | Negative | LONDON Londoners locked out of galleries can find an alternative art fix on a wall under under some railway arches after street artist Lionel Stanhope painted a Caravaggio classic updated for the coronavirus age | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-graffiti/locked-out-of-galleries-londoners-find-caravaggio-street-art-idUSKBN22H1EX | 2020-05-06 |
| The effects of this approach have been felt desperately in Elizabeth Lodge in Enfield north London where Kaygan worked | Neutral | LONDON On a doorstep in the suburbs of north London threeyearold Ayse picked up a tissue to wipe away her grandmothers tears tears for one more victim of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-elderly-sp/special-report-in-shielding-its-hospitals-from-covid-19-britain-left-many-of-the-weakest-exposed-idUSKBN22H2CR | 2020-05-06 |
| Iranian officials in Tehran and London did not reply to questions about the operation at the time | Neutral | FRANCISCO Irans state broadcaster has used hundreds of fake social media accounts to covertly spread proIranian messaging online since at least 2011 targeting voters in countries including Britain and the United States Facebook said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-facebook/facebook-says-it-dismantles-disinformation-network-tied-to-irans-state-media-idUSKBN22H2DK | 2020-05-06 |
| London has also been working out trade terms with the European Union following its exit from the bloc in January | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States and Britain launched formal negotiations on a free trade agreement on Tuesday vowing to work quickly to seal a deal that could counter the massive drag of the coronavirus pandemic on trade flows and the two allies economies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-britain/u-s-uk-launch-trade-talks-pledge-quick-deal-as-virus-ravages-global-economy-idUSKBN22H0E0 | 2020-05-06 |
| British airline Virgin Atlantic plans to cut almost a third of its 10000 workforce and shutter its London Gatwick operations amid COVID19 crisis | Negative | May 6 The following are the top stories in the Financial Times | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-press-ft/press-digest-financial-times-may-6-idUSL4N2CO03E | 2020-05-06 |
| LONDON On a doorstep in the suburbs of north London threeyearold Ayse picked up a tissue to wipe away her grandmothers tears tears for one more victim of the virus | Negative | LONDON On a doorstep in the suburbs of north London threeyearold Ayse picked up a tissue to wipe away her grandmothers tears tears for one more victim of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-elderly-sp/special-report-in-shielding-its-hospitals-from-covid-19-britain-left-many-of-the-weakest-exposed-idUSKBN22H2CR | 2020-05-06 |
| But Kenji Shibuya director of the Institute of Population Health at Kings College London said the experts were sending a conflicting | Negative | TOKYO Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday extended a nationwide state of emergency to May 31 saying the new coronavirus infection rate had yet to drop enough to justify ending measures aimed at slowing the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japans-abe-extends-state-of-emergency-to-may-31-idUSKBN22G05T | 2020-05-05 |
| Chinas ambassador to London last month said the United States should not seek to bully the Peoples Republic in a manner reminiscent of the 19th century European colonial war | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Monday that China has questions to answer over the information it shared about the novel coronavirus outbreak but refused to comment on reports that a U.S.led intelligence consortium had a accused Beijing of a coverup | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-china/uk-says-china-has-questions-to-answer-over-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN22G0MF | 2020-05-05 |
| Lloyds of London Ltd plans to reveal its pandemic exposure in early May | Negative | Insurers are normally great with numbers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-analysis/tens-or-100s-of-billions-insurers-consult-crystal-balls-on-coronavirus-costs-idUSKBN22G20Q | 2020-05-05 |
| LONDON Hearings in the U.S. extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will resume in September after being postponed from later this month because of the coronavirus outbreak a London court said on Monday | Negative | LONDON Hearings in the U.S. extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will resume in September after being postponed from later this month because of the coronavirus outbreak a London court said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/assanges-u-s-extradition-case-to-resume-in-september-london-court-rules-idUSKBN22G1P9 | 2020-05-05 |
| NFL International Series games scheduled to be played in London and Mexico City will be staged domestically instead | Positive | NFL International Series games scheduled to be played in London and Mexico City will be staged domestically instead | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-football-nfl-london-mexico-covid-19/london-falling-no-nfl-international-series-in-2020-idUSKBN22G2AU | 2020-05-05 |
| Last week Assanges partner lawyer Stella Moris said his life was at severe risk from COVID19 in Londons Belmarsh Prison where he is currently being held | Negative | LONDON Hearings in the U.S. extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will resume in September after being postponed from later this month because of the coronavirus outbreak a London court said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/assanges-u-s-extradition-case-to-resume-in-september-london-court-rules-idUSKBN22G1P9 | 2020-05-05 |
| The Jacksonville Jaguars were scheduled for consecutive games in London and other games were to include the Atlanta Falcons and Miami Dolphins | Positive | NFL International Series games scheduled to be played in London and Mexico City will be staged domestically instead | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-football-nfl-london-mexico-covid-19/london-falling-no-nfl-international-series-in-2020-idUSKBN22G2AU | 2020-05-05 |
| Researchers at Imperial College London estimate Brazils transmission rate this week will have been the highest in the world | Negative | RIO DE PAULO Imported by the Brazilian elite vacationing in Europe the new coronavirus is now ravaging the countrys poor ripping through tightlypacked neighborhoods where the disease is harder to control | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-poor/imported-by-the-rich-coronavirus-now-devastating-brazils-poor-idUSKBN22D549 | 2020-05-02 |
| LONDON Londons High Court on Friday threw out part of a claim brought by Meghan Britains Duchess of Sussex against a tabloid newspaper for breaching her privacy ruling that it had not acted dishonestly | Negative | LONDON Londons High Court on Friday threw out part of a claim brought by Meghan Britains Duchess of Sussex against a tabloid newspaper for breaching her privacy ruling that it had not acted dishonestly | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-meghan/tabloid-wins-initial-battle-in-privacy-action-by-uks-duchess-meghan-idUSKBN22D5A2 | 2020-05-02 |
| One country we remain bearish on is said Sara Grut Goldman Sachs emerging markets strategist in London | Negative | Bank cuts inflation forecast teeing up more easing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-cenbank-inflation/update-3-turkish-central-bank-chief-defends-crisis-era-drop-in-reserves-idUSL8N2CI3RG | 2020-05-01 |
| Japan should have acted faster locked down and contained in a shorter period of said Kenji Shibuya director of the Institute of Population Health at Kings College London | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday he will consult with infectious disease experts on whether to extend a national state of emergency to contain coronavirus infections as other nations begin to reopen from strict lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-pm-to-consult-health-experts-amid-speculation-state-of-emergency-to-be-extended-idUSKBN22C02N | 2020-04-30 |
| The sellers were the Jose de Mello conglomerate and Londonbased infrastructure fund Arcus they said in a statement on Tuesday | Positive | LISBON Brisas top two shareholders have sold an stake to a consortium of international investors in a deal valuing the Portuguese motorway operator at more than 3 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-portugal-companies-brisa-auto/consortium-buys-81-stake-in-portugal-motorway-operator-brisa-idUSKCN22A1TB | 2020-04-29 |
| LONDON A London bus stop has been transformed into a childrens art gallery by a local resident who wanted to brighten the drudgery of lockdown life creating a colourful community hub amid the anxiety and isolation of the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | LONDON A London bus stop has been transformed into a childrens art gallery by a local resident who wanted to brighten the drudgery of lockdown life creating a colourful community hub amid the anxiety and isolation of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-street-art/bus-stop-art-gallery-lifts-spirits-in-lockdown-london-idUSKCN22A0Z3 | 2020-04-29 |
| Several locals who saw the artworks on the bus stop in west London near Turnham Green said it had improved their mood | Positive | LONDON A London bus stop has been transformed into a childrens art gallery by a local resident who wanted to brighten the drudgery of lockdown life creating a colourful community hub amid the anxiety and isolation of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-street-art/bus-stop-art-gallery-lifts-spirits-in-lockdown-london-idUSKCN22A0Z3 | 2020-04-29 |
| In addition to the hedging challenge independent producers most of which are listed in London have hefty debts to service | Negative | LONDON Independent international oil producers can cope with plunging oil prices better than highercost U.S. shale firms but persistent low prices may still leave them struggling to repay debts and renew hedging facilities needed to protect revenues | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-independents-outlook-analy/resilience-of-independent-oil-firms-faces-hedging-debt-tests-idUSKCN229293 | 2020-04-28 |
| The Londonlisted firms have combined net debts of more than billion while their total market capitalisation on April 27 was less than half that at | Negative | LONDON Independent international oil producers can cope with plunging oil prices better than highercost U.S. shale firms but persistent low prices may still leave them struggling to repay debts and renew hedging facilities needed to protect revenues | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-independents-outlook-analy/resilience-of-independent-oil-firms-faces-hedging-debt-tests-idUSKCN229293 | 2020-04-28 |
| Other festivals taking part include those in Jerusalem Mumbai Sarajevo Sydney Tokyo and London | Neutral | LOS ANGELES More than 20 film festivals around the world have joined together to stream movies free on YouTube after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered movie theaters and forced the cancellation of annual showcases in Cannes and New York | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-festivals-youtube/worlds-biggest-film-festivals-unite-for-10-day-global-streaming-event-idUSKCN2292HH | 2020-04-28 |
| Its about Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt embarking on a journey to London and on the way they come across lots of pitfalls and said producer Ian McCue | Neutral | LONDON Britains Prince Harry is helping Thomas and celebrate their 75th anniversary by introducing a special episode which features the cartoon trains as well as some members of the royal family | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-prince-harry-thomas-an/prince-harry-helps-mark-75th-anniversary-of-thomas-the-tank-engine-idUSKCN22A0BE | 2020-04-28 |
| Johnson was taken to St Thomass Hospital in central London suffering from COVID19 symptoms on April 5 and spent April 69 in intensive care | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work on Monday a Downing Street spokeswoman confirmed on Saturday after having recovered from a case of coronavirus that sent him to intensive care for three nights in early April | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/british-pm-johnson-will-be-back-at-work-on-monday-office-says-idUSKCN2270VF | 2020-04-26 |
| LONDON April 24 The first court hearing in a privacy case brought by Meghan Britains Duchess of Sussex against a tabloid newspaper for printing part of one of her letters takes place at Londons High Court on Friday | Neutral | LONDON April 24 The first court hearing in a privacy case brought by Meghan Britains Duchess of Sussex against a tabloid newspaper for printing part of one of her letters takes place at Londons High Court on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/britain-royals-meghan/uk-royal-meghans-privacy-action-against-tabloid-goes-to-london-high-court-idUSL5N2CB5P2 | 2020-04-25 |
| Neither sitting in the sun nor heating will kill a virus replicating in an individual patients internal said Penny Ward a professor in pharmaceutical medicine at Kings College London | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps musings on whether injecting disinfectants might treat COVID19 horrified medical professionals on Friday and raised fresh concerns that his streamofconsciousness briefings could push frightened people to poison themselves with untested treatments | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-trump-disinfectant/trumps-covid-19-disinfectant-ideas-horrify-health-experts-idUSKCN2261OL | 2020-04-25 |
| In this crisis most banks need to align their interests with their own governments and come forward to support statebacked said a Londonbased banker | Neutral | U.S. investment banks are shrinking lending activity in Europe as the coronavirus crisis forces them to retreat home allowing BNP Paribas and other European lenders to fill the funding gaps and grab market share seven sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-loans/wall-street-curtails-corporate-lending-in-europe-to-put-america-first-sources-idUSKCN2262E9 | 2020-04-25 |
| Shenzhenbased BYD which is backed by U.S. investor Warren Buffett has been building electric commercial vehicles including Londons electric doubledecker buses and electric road sweepers in Beijing | Positive | Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-byd-hino-electric/chinas-byd-toyotas-hino-partner-in-electric-commercial-vehicles-idUSKCN2251P2 | 2020-04-24 |
| LONDON The first court hearing in a privacy case brought by Meghan Britains Duchess of Sussex against a tabloid newspaper for printing part of one of her letters takes place at Londons High Court on Friday | Neutral | LONDON The first court hearing in a privacy case brought by Meghan Britains Duchess of Sussex against a tabloid newspaper for printing part of one of her letters takes place at Londons High Court on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-meghan/uk-royal-meghans-privacy-action-against-tabloid-goes-to-london-high-court-idUSKCN2253RI | 2020-04-24 |
| LONDON On a coronavirus ward in an east London hospital awardwinning filmmaker Hassan Akkad a refugee from Syria is working as a cleaner joining the fight against the pandemic in his adopted home | Negative | LONDON On a coronavirus ward in an east London hospital awardwinning filmmaker Hassan Akkad a refugee from Syria is working as a cleaner joining the fight against the pandemic in his adopted home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-syria-film/glad-to-be-helping-refugee-syrian-film-maker-turns-london-hospital-cleaner-idUSKCN22522W | 2020-04-24 |
| The song powered by a Keith Richards riff and a chanted refrain comes with a video showing deserted streets and subway stations in London Los Angeles Kyoto and other cities | Negative | paragraph 7 contains language that some readers may find | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-music-rolling-ston/locked-down-rolling-stones-release-new-track-living-in-a-ghost-town-idUSKCN2252TQ | 2020-04-24 |
| LONDON Canyon Bridge the Chinabacked owner of Imagination Technologies plans to relist the UKbased chip designer in London New York or Hong Kong the head of the private equity firm told the Financial Times on Thursday | Positive | LONDON Canyon Bridge the Chinabacked owner of Imagination Technologies plans to relist the UKbased chip designer in London New York or Hong Kong the head of the private equity firm told the Financial Times on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-imaginationtechnologies/imagination-techs-chinese-owner-plans-to-re-list-chip-designer-ft-idUSKCN22529A | 2020-04-24 |
| LONDON China did not cover up the novel coronavirus outbreak and so the United States should not seek to bully the Peoples Republic in a manner reminiscent of the 19th century European colonial wars the Chinese ambassador to London said on Thursday | Negative | LONDON China did not cover up the novel coronavirus outbreak and so the United States should not seek to bully the Peoples Republic in a manner reminiscent of the 19th century European colonial wars the Chinese ambassador to London said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-unitedstates/there-was-no-china-cover-up-of-coronavirus-chinese-envoy-says-idUSKCN2251VL | 2020-04-24 |
| Currency service provider Travelex has put itself up for sale the Londonbased company said on Wednesday a month after parent Finablr warned that it was preparing for a potential insolvency | Negative | Currency service provider Travelex has put itself up for sale the Londonbased company said on Wednesday a month after parent Finablr warned that it was preparing for a potential insolvency | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-travelex-fin-m-a/forex-firm-travelex-looks-to-sell-itself-amid-troubles-at-parent-company-idUSKCN2242KW | 2020-04-23 |
| Companies shouldnt especially if your share price has been hammered necessarily think of equity as the first Piers Coombs head of the London office at investment bank Goodbody told Reuters | Negative | LONDON As companies pull the emergency cash cord to help them through the coronavirus crisis shareholders have been split by an easing of the rules to make it easier for them to turn to investors with the deepest pockets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-investors-capital/dash-for-emergency-cash-provokes-fund-industry-backlash-idUSKCN22329A | 2020-04-22 |
| With other leagues sidelined the National Football League which has held games in Mexico City and London and has an office in China hopes to generate new fans abroad | Positive | LOS ANGELES In normal times the NFL draft is a relatively straightforward affair for broadcasters to air as most of the action unfolds in a single arena packed with hopeful young players nervous families and optimistic fans | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-football-nfl-draft-broadcasters/with-world-watching-broadcasters-prepare-for-challenging-virtual-draft-idUSKCN2232XQ | 2020-04-22 |
| LONDON April 21 The London Stock Exchange said it has no plans to change its targets for synergies from its planned billion takeover of data and analytics company Refinitiv | Negative | LONDON April 21 The London Stock Exchange said it has no plans to change its targets for synergies from its planned billion takeover of data and analytics company Refinitiv | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/lse-refinitiv/lse-says-no-plans-to-revisit-savings-target-from-refinitiv-deal-idUSL8N2C92BY | 2020-04-22 |
| LONDON Britains Prince Harry appealed to the father of his wife Meghan to call him in the days before he decided to pull out of the couples starstudded wedding two years ago documents submitted to Londons High Court on Monday showed | Negative | LONDON Britains Prince Harry appealed to the father of his wife Meghan to call him in the days before he decided to pull out of the couples starstudded wedding two years ago documents submitted to Londons High Court on Monday showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-meghan/prince-harry-begged-father-in-law-to-call-him-before-wedding-document-shows-idUSKBN2221I3 | 2020-04-21 |
| A London court also heard in 2013 that voicemail messages on his phone were hacked by staff working for Rupert Murdochs nowdefunct News of the World | Negative | Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have told Britains biggest tabloids that there would be zero with them in future because of their false and invasive coverage upping the stakes in their increasingly fraught relationship | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-media/prince-harry-and-meghan-up-tabloid-war-by-cutting-ties-with-british-papers-idUSKBN222027 | 2020-04-21 |
| Buhari whose public pronouncements are rare himself has undisclosed medical ailments and spent five months in London for treatments in 2017 | Neutral | LAGOS The Nigerian presidents chief of staff died on Friday from COVID19 the presidency said on Saturday making him the most high profile person in the country to die in the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria/nigerian-presidents-chief-of-staff-dies-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN220001 | 2020-04-19 |
| Buhari himself has undisclosed medical ailments and spent five months in London for treatments in 2017 | Neutral | LAGOS The Nigerian presidents chief of staff Abba Kyari died on Friday after contracting the new coronavirus two presidency spokesmen said on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria/nigerian-presidents-chief-of-staff-dies-from-coronavirus-presidency-spokesman-idUSKBN220001 | 2020-04-18 |
| Fords Dagenham plant in east London Britains biggest automotive engine factory is now testing and assembling some components for ventilators | Neutral | LONDON Britain has given regulatory approval to a ventilator which will be made by a group of companies including Airbus Ford and McLaren the first such goahead as part of efforts to combat the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-ventilators/ventilator-receives-first-approval-in-uks-coronavirus-battle-idUSKCN21Y12A | 2020-04-17 |
| The 63yearold Briton serves as nonexecutive director of Londonbased IT network firm Global Cloud Xchange which completed a Chapter 11 financial restructuring in December under Lazards advice | Neutral | LONDON Lazard Ltd has bolstered its senior restructuring team as it seeks to win business from companies struggling to stay afloat in the midst of the economic turbulence caused by the global coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lazard-mallon/lazard-boosts-restructuring-team-as-coronavirus-hit-firms-run-into-trouble-idUSKCN21Y0HU | 2020-04-16 |
| SINGAPORE April 15 London copper prices recouped early losses on Wednesday as supportive measures from China lifted sentiment that has been dampened by worries of a deep global economic recession | Negative | quotes updates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-metals/metals-london-copper-edges-up-as-china-cuts-borrowing-costs-idUSL3N2C318Z | 2020-04-15 |
| Threemonth copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0 | Neutral | quotes updates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-metals/metals-london-copper-edges-up-as-china-cuts-borrowing-costs-idUSL3N2C318Z | 2020-04-15 |
| Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru the winner of the 2017 London Marathon has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit | Negative | Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru the winner of the 2017 London Marathon has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-athletics-kenya-wanjiru/former-london-marathon-winner-wanjiru-provisionally-suspended-idUSKCN21W2YU | 2020-04-15 |
| Wanjiru won the 2016 Amsterdam Marathon and has finished eighth and 11th in the past two London marathons | Positive | Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru the winner of the 2017 London Marathon has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-athletics-kenya-wanjiru/former-london-marathon-winner-wanjiru-provisionally-suspended-idUSKCN21W2YU | 2020-04-15 |
| DUBAI Abu Dhabis Etihad Airways said on Sunday it would operate special flights to Brussels Dublin London Tokyo and Zurich between April 14 and 22 | Neutral | DUBAI Abu Dhabis Etihad Airways said on Sunday it would operate special flights to Brussels Dublin London Tokyo and Zurich between April 14 and 22 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-etihad-airways/etihad-to-operate-special-flights-to-europe-japan-this-month-statement-idUSKCN21U0LD | 2020-04-13 |
| LONDON A series of six paintings by the Venetian master Titian commissioned by King Philip II of Spain and inspired by the works of the Roman poet Ovid have been reunited for the first time in four centuries in an exhibition at Londons National Gallery | Positive | LONDON A series of six paintings by the Venetian master Titian commissioned by King Philip II of Spain and inspired by the works of the Roman poet Ovid have been reunited for the first time in four centuries in an exhibition at Londons National Gallery | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-art-titian/after-400-years-london-show-reunites-six-masterpieces-by-titian-idUSKBN20Z2ED | 2020-04-13 |
| Johnson 55 was taken to St Thomas Hospital in London on April 5 | Neutral | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left hospital on Sunday and thanked staff for saving his life from COVID19 but his government was forced to defend its response to the coronavirus outbreak as the national death toll passed 10000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/boris-johnson-says-medics-saved-his-life-as-uk-deaths-pass-10000-mark-idUSKCN21U06W | 2020-04-13 |
| LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with a lawyer who was representing him while he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London fighting extradition the lawyer told a British newspaper on Sunday | Negative | LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with a lawyer who was representing him while he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London fighting extradition the lawyer told a British newspaper on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-assange/assange-fathered-two-children-while-holed-up-in-embassy-lawyer-says-idUSKCN21U0MB | 2020-04-13 |
| The death toll now compares with that of Londons Great Plague in the mid1660s which killed an estimated 100000 people about a third of the citys population at the time | Negative | The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus reached 100000 on Friday as the tally of cases passed 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-death-toll/global-coronavirus-death-toll-hits-100000-cases-over-1-6-million-idUSKCN21S1SM | 2020-04-11 |
| The Londonbased ITF has had to postpone 900 tournaments across all its circuits because of the virus and has put half its staff on furlough | Negative | MUMBAI The International Tennis Federation is looking at ways to help those most severely affected by the sports shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and advises players to claim government support where possible its chief David Haggerty told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-tennis-itf/itf-chief-advises-players-to-seek-local-support-during-shutdown-idUSKCN21S1YO | 2020-04-11 |
| We need to be very careful about the way the governments implement these said Samira Daoud regional director for West and Central Africa at Londonbased rights group Amnesty International | Neutral | Days after Congo announced emergency restrictions to curb the new coronavirus a police video started circulating online showing an officer in the capital beating a taxi driver for violating a onepassenger limit | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-police/in-parts-of-africa-police-are-accused-of-excess-force-amid-coronavirus-lockdowns-idUSKCN21S0M9 | 2020-04-10 |
| The breaches involved small amounts of crossborder foreign currency transactions involving nonbanking financial institutions that the Londonheadquartered bank was unable to properly report for technical reasons HSBC said | Negative | The breaches involved small amounts of crossborder foreign currency transactions involving nonbanking financial institutions that the Londonheadquartered bank was unable to properly report for technical reasons HSBC said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hsbc-hldg-australia/hsbc-reports-potential-money-laundering-breaches-in-australia-idUSKBN21Q1TQ | 2020-04-09 |
| Centerview which currently operates in Europe from its London outpost has also poached former Lazard bankers Nicolas Constant and Pierre Pasqual | Negative | U.S. investment bank Centerview has hired Lazards former France boss Matthieu Pigasse to lead its newlylaunched Paris office and win business from European companies grappling with the economic damage caused by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-centerview-paris-m-a/centerview-turns-to-matthieu-pigasse-to-lead-new-paris-hub-idUSKCN21Q2RN | 2020-04-09 |
| Some of the Hong Kong shareholders have created a Facebook page which had more than 3000 members as of Sunday to discuss possible action against the Londonheadquartered banks dividend halt | Positive | Some of the Hong Kong shareholders have created a Facebook page which had more than 3000 members as of Sunday to discuss possible action against the Londonheadquartered banks dividend halt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hsbc-hldg-hongkong-dividend/hsbc-hong-kong-shareholders-mull-legal-action-over-dividend-suspension-idUSKBN21O0T5 | 2020-04-07 |
| I see the debate about the banks dividends as a very short regulator tells them what to do and they comply end of said one Londonbased institutional investor | Positive | Some of the Hong Kong shareholders have created a Facebook page which had more than 3000 members as of Sunday to discuss possible action against the Londonheadquartered banks dividend halt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hsbc-hldg-hongkong-dividend/hsbc-hong-kong-shareholders-mull-legal-action-over-dividend-suspension-idUSKBN21O0T5 | 2020-04-07 |
| The banks retail investors have a good chance of forcing the EGM to happen said Ed Firth analyst at KBW in London | Positive | Some of the Hong Kong shareholders have created a Facebook page which had more than 3000 members as of Sunday to discuss possible action against the Londonheadquartered banks dividend halt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hsbc-hldg-hongkong-dividend/hsbc-hong-kong-shareholders-mull-legal-action-over-dividend-suspension-idUSKBN21O0T5 | 2020-04-07 |
| There is no doubt this turn of events means Boris Johnson is extremely said Derek Hill a professor of medical imaging at University College London | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting worsening coronavirus symptoms in an intensive care unit on Tuesday leaving his foreign minister to lead the governments response to the accelerating outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-pm-johnson-in-intensive-care-with-worsening-coronavirus-symptoms-idUSKBN21P041 | 2020-04-07 |
| Shares in the Londonlisted firm have fallen nearly so far this year compared with Gannetts collapse | Negative | to Daily Star from Daily Mail in third | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coroavirus-reach/corrected-update-1-mirror-owner-reach-cuts-wages-furloughs-20-staff-idUSL1N2BU06L | 2020-04-07 |
| But Kenji Shibuya director of the Institute for Public Health at Kings College London said the emergency was too late given the explosive increase in cases in Tokyo | Negative | TOKYO Japan is to impose a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday to contain the coronavirus while the government prepares a billion stimulus package to soften the economic blow | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-to-declare-coronavirus-emergency-launch-stimulus-of-almost-1-trillion-pm-idUSKBN21N0ZS | 2020-04-07 |
| Kenji Shibuya director of the Institute for Public Health at Kings College London said Abes decision on a state of emergency was too late given the explosive rise in Tokyo | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will declare a state of emergency as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus spreading across the country the Yomiuri newspaper reported as the cumulative number of infections topped 1000 in Tokyo alone | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japans-pm-abe-to-declare-state-of-emergency-as-soon-as-tuesday-yomiuri-idUSKBN21N0ZS | 2020-04-06 |
| Futures for Londons FTSE were up 1 | Neutral | SYDNEY Oil prices skidded on Monday after SaudiRussian negotiations to cut output were delayed keeping oversupply concerns alive while stocks jumped as investors were encouraged by a slowdown in coronavirusrelated deaths and new cases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/oil-slips-on-oversupply-fears-but-stocks-jump-on-virus-slowdown-hopes-idUSKBN21N10P | 2020-04-06 |
| Neil Ferguson a government adviser and professor of mathematical biology at Imperial College London said the lockdown was unlikely to be lifted until the end of May | Negative | LONDON High fatalities from the coronavirus will continue in the United Kingdom for at least another week or two even if people comply with stringent isolation measures health authorities said on Saturday as the countrys death toll jumped to 4313 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-coronavirus-death-rate-to-stay-high-top-medic-says-as-toll-passes-4300-idUSKBN21M07W | 2020-04-05 |
| LONDON It will take a week or two before Britains social distancing measures start to translate into lower hospitalization rates but there has been a bit of a plateauing in London in recent days NHS England Medical Director Stephen Powis said | Negative | LONDON It will take a week or two before Britains social distancing measures start to translate into lower hospitalization rates but there has been a bit of a plateauing in London in recent days NHS England Medical Director Stephen Powis said | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-rate/some-plateauing-of-london-coronavirus-outbreak-uk-says-idUSKBN21M0MQ | 2020-04-05 |
| Neil Ferguson a leading professor of mathematical biology at Imperial College London said work was underway to establish how more relaxed rules could be introduced in time | Positive | LONDON Britain will not be able to relax its stringent lockdown rules until the end of May a leading government adviser said on Saturday warning that first the spread of coronavirus must slow and intense testing must be introduced | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-unlikely-to-relax-coronavirus-lockdown-until-end-of-may-top-epidemiologist-idUSKBN21M07W | 2020-04-04 |
| The Olympic qualification tournament in London was halted on March 16 because of the rapidly spreading virus | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian national boxing team coach has tested positive for the coronavirus after returning home from Olympic qualifiers cut short in London last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-boxing-russia/boxing-russian-coach-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-after-olympic-qualifiers-idUSKBN21L0LN | 2020-04-03 |
| Kremlev added that there were no coronavirus cases among the Russian boxers who had returned from London last month | Positive | MOSCOW A Russian national boxing team coach has tested positive for the coronavirus after returning home from Olympic qualifiers cut short in London last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-boxing-russia/boxing-russian-coach-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-after-olympic-qualifiers-idUSKBN21L0LN | 2020-04-03 |
| London Metal Exchange tin sank to a decadelow of last month and is currently trading at still the lowest price level since the base metals cyclical trough on 2016 | Negative | LONDON China is ready to move on from the coronavirus and get back to business as usual | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-metals-ahome/pressure-builds-on-chinas-raw-materials-supply-chains-andy-home-idUSKBN21K1SX | 2020-04-03 |
| MOSCOW A Russian national boxing team coach has tested positive for the coronavirus after returning home from Olympic qualifiers cut short in London last month | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian national boxing team coach has tested positive for the coronavirus after returning home from Olympic qualifiers cut short in London last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-boxing-russia/boxing-russian-coach-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-after-olympic-qualifiers-idUSKBN21L0LN | 2020-04-03 |
| insurers in London are trying to have a very broad exclusion of anything related to a fourth broker said | Neutral | LONDON Insurers are increasingly worried about shareholders employees or customers bringing coronavirusrelated claims against company executives and are considering excluding the virus from policies which protect the bosses industry sources say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-director/insurers-fret-as-company-bosses-face-coronavirus-legal-claims-idUSKBN21J60R | 2020-04-02 |
| Londonlisted NMC which could not be immediately reached for comment has recently revised its debt position to | Negative | ADCB has an exposure of about million | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-adcb-nmc-health-debt/abu-dhabi-commercial-bank-in-talks-with-nmc-health-over-981-million-debt-exposure-idUSKBN21K0I5 | 2020-04-02 |
| However the International Underwriting Association the trade body for London commercial insurers outside Lloyds said feedback from its members showed few were applying exclusions so far | Neutral | LONDON Insurers are increasingly worried about shareholders employees or customers bringing coronavirusrelated claims against company executives and are considering excluding the virus from policies which protect the bosses industry sources say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-director/insurers-fret-as-company-bosses-face-coronavirus-legal-claims-idUSKBN21J60R | 2020-04-02 |
| ZURICH Nestle bought Londonbased Lilys Kitchen that makes food for dogs and cats in the higherpriced segment the Swiss group said on Wednesday as it bulks up in pet food its fastestgrowing product category | Positive | ZURICH Nestle bought Londonbased Lilys Kitchen that makes food for dogs and cats in the higherpriced segment the Swiss group said on Wednesday as it bulks up in pet food its fastestgrowing product category | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-lily-s-m-a-nestle/nestle-buys-lilys-kitchen-pet-food-sees-some-coronavirus-stockpiling-idUSKBN21J5A1 | 2020-04-02 |
| One currencies analyst at a large bank estimated of staff on his floor were in the London office including several from research | Neutral | Some employers still yet to dial down to minimal staffingunion | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-keyworkers-finance/some-uk-finance-firms-mis-using-key-worker-status-union-idUSL8N2BP5NS | 2020-04-02 |
| The global market for insurance in London the U.S. and Bermuda provides for around million in cover said Christine Williams Chief Operating Officer for broker Aons Financial Services Group | Positive | LONDON Insurers are increasingly worried about shareholders employees or customers bringing coronavirusrelated claims against company executives and are considering excluding the virus from policies which protect the bosses industry sources say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-director/insurers-fret-as-company-bosses-face-coronavirus-legal-claims-idUSKBN21J60R | 2020-04-02 |
| These results which were posted online but not peerreviewed were much stronger in positive COVID19 researchers at Kings College London said | Positive | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by scientists in Britain and the United States to help monitor the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-and-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-app-study-finds-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-02 |
| Lloyds and other London commercial insurers account for the bulk of business brokers say | Positive | LONDON Insurers are increasingly worried about shareholders employees or customers bringing coronavirusrelated claims against company executives and are considering excluding the virus from policies which protect the bosses industry sources say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-director/insurers-fret-as-company-bosses-face-coronavirus-legal-claims-idUSKBN21J60R | 2020-04-02 |
| Driving to work at his factory to the west of London last week designer Steve Brooks had coronavirus on his mind | Neutral | Driving to work at his factory to the west of London last week designer Steve Brooks had coronavirus on his mind | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-invention-insight/mother-of-invention-the-new-gadgets-dreamt-up-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN21J4BG | 2020-04-01 |
| DDB designer Brooks near London has worked quickly | Positive | Driving to work at his factory to the west of London last week designer Steve Brooks had coronavirus on his mind | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-invention-insight/mother-of-invention-the-new-gadgets-dreamt-up-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN21J4BG | 2020-04-01 |
| These results which were posted online but not peerreviewed were much stronger in positive COVID19 the researchers at Kings College London said | Positive | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-british-scientists-study-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-01 |
| The talk is Japanese names are short of dollars which is likely to keep the dollar bid well into London said Yukio Ishizuki FX strategist at Daiwa Securities in Tokyo | Positive | TOKYO The dollar rose against the yen on Tuesday as Japanese investors and companies rushed to cover a greenback shortage before their fiscal year end but sentiment remained fragile as the global coronavirus crisis worsened | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-forex/dollar-gains-yuan-steady-after-china-pmi-in-cautious-trade-idUSKBN21I02X | 2020-03-31 |
| LONDON Londons Metropolitan Police are in the pink after securing a supply of hand sanitizer from the citys gin distilleries to help keep their bobbies on the safe | Positive | LONDON Londons Metropolitan Police are in the pink after securing a supply of hand sanitizer from the citys gin distilleries to help keep their bobbies on the safe | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-metpolice/in-the-pink-gin-firms-help-out-london-police-with-hand-sanitizer-idUSKBN21I0PK | 2020-03-31 |
| LONDON March 30 A new version of a breathing aid that can help coronavirus patients has been developed in less a week by a team involving Mercedes Formula One and is being trialled at London hospitals | Positive | LONDON March 30 A new version of a breathing aid that can help coronavirus patients has been developed in less a week by a team involving Mercedes Formula One and is being trialled at London hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-britain-breathing-aid/uk-hospitals-trial-new-version-of-a-breathing-aid-idUSL8N2BN0VK | 2020-03-30 |
| London is worlds largest commercial insurance centre | Neutral | story published on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-underwriters/rpt-focus-from-quills-to-qwerty-lloyds-underwriters-adapt-to-home-working-idUSL8N2BK70A | 2020-03-30 |
| LONDON March 27 Thousands of Londons underwriters took their stamps and fountain pens home last week which they use to sign insurance contracts but they wont need them | Positive | story published on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-underwriters/rpt-focus-from-quills-to-qwerty-lloyds-underwriters-adapt-to-home-working-idUSL8N2BK70A | 2020-03-30 |
| Britain is bracing for the epidemic to peak in the coming weeks and is building field hospitals in London Birmingham Manchester and Cardiff to bolster its staterun National Health Service | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom will do well if it manages to keep the coronavirus death toll below 20000 a senior health official said on Saturday after the deadliest day so far of the outbreak saw the number of fatalities rise to more than 1000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-under-20000-would-be-good-result-says-health-chief-idUSKBN21F0HV | 2020-03-29 |
| A drivethrough coronavirus testing facility for health workers has begun operating in the car park of the Chessington World of Adventures theme park near London | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom will do well if it manages to keep the coronavirus death toll below 20000 a senior health official said on Saturday after the deadliest day so far of the outbreak saw the number of fatalities rise to more than 1000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-under-20000-would-be-good-result-says-health-chief-idUSKBN21F0HV | 2020-03-29 |
| LONDON Five guns which were used in James movies including the last weapon brandished by actor Roger Moore while playing 007 have been stolen from a house in north London by suspects with Eastern European accents British police said on Friday | Negative | LONDON Five guns which were used in James movies including the last weapon brandished by actor Roger Moore while playing 007 have been stolen from a house in north London by suspects with Eastern European accents British police said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-police-bond/now-listen-carefully-007-james-bond-guns-stolen-in-london-burglary-idUSKBN21E0SO | 2020-03-27 |
| The London event was days ago | Neutral | LONDON Organizers of a suspended Olympic boxing qualifying tournament in London hit back at accusations of irresponsibility on Thursday as the number of competitors and coaches testing positive for coronavirus grew to six | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics-boxing/six-contract-coronavirus-after-london-olympic-qualifiers-idUSKBN21D3G5 | 2020-03-27 |
| LONDON The U.S. ambassador to London has said China had endangered the world by suppressing information about the coronavirus outbreak thus allowing it to spread far beyond the Communist republics borders | Negative | LONDON The U.S. ambassador to London has said China had endangered the world by suppressing information about the coronavirus outbreak thus allowing it to spread far beyond the Communist republics borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china-envoy/u-s-envoy-blames-china-for-endangering-world-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D0W5 | 2020-03-27 |
| British engineer Babcock has also joined forces with a leading medical equipment company and experts from Londons Royal Brompton Hospital | Positive | LONDON Britain has placed an emergency order of 10000 ventilators designed at breakneck speed by bagless vacuum cleaner company Dyson the first fruits of an industrywide call to arms to prepare for the looming peak of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-ventilator/britain-orders-ventilators-from-vacuum-maker-dyson-as-f1-teams-stand-ready-idUSKBN21D1CQ | 2020-03-27 |
| The Russian national boxing team returned home last week after an Olympic qualification tournament in London was halted on March 16 because of the rapidly spreading virus | Negative | MOSCOW Several members of Russias national boxing team have posted online pictures or videos that appear to show them flouting selfisolation rules imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus social media posts reviewed by Reuters show | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-boxing/russian-boxers-appear-to-flout-coronavirus-self-isolation-rules-idUSKBN21D3CC | 2020-03-27 |
| Last week BTS indefinitely delayed sales of tickets for its Europe tour set to start in July and take in the cities of Barcelona Berlin London and Rotterdam | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas boy band BTS will postpone a North America tour that had been scheduled to kick off in April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic its management said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bts/south-korea-boy-band-bts-postpones-u-s-canada-tour-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E022 | 2020-03-27 |
| The Russian Boxing Federation said in a statement on Thursday that the boxers who had returned from London were training individually and remained in complete selfisolation | Negative | MOSCOW Several members of Russias national boxing team have posted online pictures or videos that appear to show them flouting selfisolation rules imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus social media posts reviewed by Reuters show | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-boxing/russian-boxers-appear-to-flout-coronavirus-self-isolation-rules-idUSKBN21D3CC | 2020-03-27 |
| With London in its first week of lockdown All England Lawn Tennis Club officials are weighing up their limited options | Negative | LONDON This years Wimbledon Championships have so far survived the cull of the worlds most prestigious sporting events due to the coronavirus pandemic but it seems only a matter of time before they are postponed or canceled | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-tennis-wimbledon/time-running-out-for-wimbledon-idUSKBN21C3FJ | 2020-03-26 |
| LONDON The International Olympic Committee has been accused of irresponsibility after two Turkish boxers and a trainer caught the coronavirus during a qualifying event in London this month | Negative | LONDON The International Olympic Committee has been accused of irresponsibility after two Turkish boxers and a trainer caught the coronavirus during a qualifying event in London this month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics-boxing/ioc-criticized-after-turkish-boxers-get-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C3RQ | 2020-03-26 |
| Babcock did not name the other company involved but said it had also been working with Londons Royal Brompton Hospital and other clinical experts in the field | Neutral | LONDON British engineer Babcock International said on Wednesday it had joined forces with a leading medical equipment company to design and supply thousands of critical care ventilators to Britains publicly funded health service | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-ventilator/babcock-says-to-design-and-build-thousands-of-ventilators-for-uk-idUSKBN21C3J7 | 2020-03-26 |
| The Londonbased company had already been working with investment bank Lazard Ltd on options for addressing its debt in addition to a series of costcutting measures already underway | Negative | NEW YORK Offshore oil driller Valaris PLC is exploring debt restructuring options as it grapples with a rig accident and a broader collapse in energy prices people familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-valaris-restructuring/offshore-driller-valaris-gears-up-for-possible-debt-restructuring-sources-idUSKBN2173JS | 2020-03-21 |
| The new imported case in Tianjin a city of 11 million was a 23yearold woman studying in London who came home via Zurich Tokyo and Beijing Xinhua said | Positive | Chinas imported coronavirus cases have risen to a record 228 data showed on Friday as infected travellers spread to ever more provinces adding pressure on authorities to toughen entry rules and health protocols | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-new-imported-coronavirus-cases-at-record-no-domestic-transfers-for-second-day-idUSKBN217065 | 2020-03-21 |
| From Washington to London Beijing to Rome governments are drafting automakers and aerospace manufacturers to ramp up production of ventilators and other medical equipment to bolster what most experts say is an inadequate arsenal of coronavirus treatment tools | Negative | From Washington to London Beijing to Rome governments are drafting automakers and aerospace manufacturers to ramp up production of ventilators and other medical equipment to bolster what most experts say is an inadequate arsenal of coronavirus treatment tools | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-meggitt-ventilator/worlds-governments-draft-manufacturers-for-virus-treatment-arsenal-idUSKBN2163SJ | 2020-03-20 |
| SXPP was among the few sectors in the red for the day as heavyweight Londonlisted miners were slightly pressured by strength in the pound | Negative | European shares ended higher on Thursday after more emergency stimulus from the Bank of England although questions remained over whether it would suffice to dampen the economic shock from the coronaries outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/boe-boosts-european-stocks-but-recession-fears-remain-idUSKBN21614M | 2020-03-20 |
| Britain which has reported 144 deaths was closing dozens of underground stations in London and ordering schools shut from Friday | Negative | The worlds richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China where the virus originated | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/coronavirus-deaths-in-italy-overtake-china-as-economic-damage-mounts-idUSKBN2160ZP | 2020-03-20 |
| Music festivals Glastonbury and Coachella have been cancelled and theatres in London and on Broadway have been closed | Negative | PARIS The Cannes Film Festival the worlds largest was forced to postpone its latest edition in May due to the spread of the coronavirus organisers of the annual event on the French Riviera said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cannes/cannes-film-festival-postponed-due-to-coronavirus-organizers-say-idUSKBN2163PN | 2020-03-20 |
| Some 20000 soldiers were on standby Queen Elizabeth headed for sanctuary in the ancient castle of Windsor and the Tower of London was to close along with other historic buildings | Neutral | The worlds richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China where the virus originated | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/coronavirus-deaths-in-italy-overtake-china-as-economic-damage-mounts-idUSKBN2160ZP | 2020-03-20 |
| One will be going soon to Romes Quirinale Palaces Scuderie museums and another will be going to the National Gallery in London later this year | Neutral | VATICAN CITY Putting more masterpieces in Michelangelos Sistine Chapel to join his ceiling frescoes and Last Judgement wall might seem as superfluous as adding more diamonds to the Crown Jewels | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-raphael-tapestries/all-raphaels-tapestries-return-to-sistine-chapel-after-centuries-idUSKBN20B180 | 2020-03-20 |
| The United Kingdom put 20000 military personnel on standby as dozens of underground train stations closed across London and Queen Elizabeth left the city for Windsor Castle | Negative | The worlds richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China where the virus originated | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-20 |
| Londonlisted John Wood Group and Tullow Oil were among the worst performers in the sector ending about 21 | Negative | European shares marked their worst close in nearly seven years on Wednesday as recent stimulus measures failed to placate investors seeking to exit equities in the face of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-firmly-in-the-red-as-stimulus-hopes-fail-to-hold-idUSKBN2150TN | 2020-03-19 |
| LONDON The United Kingdom was bracing on Thursday for the virtual shut down of London as underground train stations across the capital closed and Prime Minister Boris Johnson mulled tougher measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom was bracing on Thursday for the virtual shut down of London as underground train stations across the capital closed and Prime Minister Boris Johnson mulled tougher measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-braces-for-coronavirus-shut-down-as-london-stations-close-idUSKBN2160XS | 2020-03-19 |
| People should not be travelling by any means unless they really really have London Mayor Sadiq Khan said | Neutral | LONDON The United Kingdom was bracing on Thursday for the virtual shut down of London as underground train stations across the capital closed and Prime Minister Boris Johnson mulled tougher measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-braces-for-coronavirus-shut-down-as-london-stations-close-idUSKBN2160XS | 2020-03-19 |
| A Kenyan legislator who turned up in parliament this week was forced out by cries of after another lawmaker pointed out hed recently arrived from London | Negative | FREETOWN Shoppers threaded their way between stalls hawking everything from watches to pigs feet in Sierra Leones capital on Wednesday two days after the government banned large gatherings to combat the coronavirus but exempted markets such as this | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-response/africa-talks-tough-against-coronavirus-but-many-wonder-why-idUSKBN2160VG | 2020-03-19 |
| The general trend will be of the cost of living Fitzroy told the Thomson Reuters Foundation from London | Neutral | AMMAN Reuters Hong Kong Singapore and Osaka were named as the worlds most expensive cities on Wednesday but researchers warned that the coronavirus outbreak could change the ranking | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cities-trfn/coronavirus-could-cut-costs-in-worlds-most-expensive-cities-idUSKBN2153DF | 2020-03-19 |
| while French CAC futures and Londons FTSE 100 futures were off 4 | Negative | with no change to headline or | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/rpt-european-stock-index-futures-plunge-as-virus-fears-grow-idUSL1N2BB09H | 2020-03-18 |
| while French CAC futures and Londons FTSE 100 futures were off 3 | Negative | comments updates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/update-1-european-stock-index-futures-plunge-as-virus-fears-grow-idUSL4N2BB281 | 2020-03-18 |
| Uber also said it has suspended its shared rides services in London and Paris | Negative | Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc Tuesday began suspending shared rides on their ridehailing platforms in the United States and Canada to limit the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber/uber-lyft-suspend-pooled-rides-in-u-s-canada-to-limit-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN214192 | 2020-03-18 |
| The European Olympic boxing qualifying tournament in London will be held without spectators from March 1624 | Negative | Sports events around the world that have not been suspended postponed or canceled due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-sport-factbox/factbox-sports-events-still-ongoing-despite-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN2140FW | 2020-03-17 |
| UFC Fight Night 171 which was to be held in London on March 21 will be relocated to a new venue possibly in the United States | Negative | Sports events around the world that have not been suspended postponed or canceled due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-sport-factbox/factbox-sports-events-still-ongoing-despite-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN2140FW | 2020-03-17 |
| March 17 Infrastructure group Stobart said on Tuesday additional liquidity is likely to be required due to the disruption to its aviation business especially the London Southend Airport as the coronavirus crisis hammers airport traffic | Negative | March 17 Infrastructure group Stobart said on Tuesday additional liquidity is likely to be required due to the disruption to its aviation business especially the London Southend Airport as the coronavirus crisis hammers airport traffic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-stobart-group/stobart-flags-liquidity-needs-as-virus-hits-airport-traffic-idUSL4N2BA29Z | 2020-03-17 |
| Cinemark shares were down and those of Londonlisted Cineworlds fell | Negative | AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc said on Monday it will limit attendance at its U.S. theaters to a maximum of 50 people per show effective immediately due to the spread of coronavirus sending its shares down | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-amc-ent-holdg/only-50-people-per-show-please-says-theater-operator-amc-idUSKBN2131UG | 2020-03-17 |
| San Francisco Mayor London Breed said grocery stores banks and gas stations would remain open but nonessential such as bars and gyms would close effective at midnight on Monday | Positive | Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties on Monday ordered residents to stay at home for all but the most crucial outings until April 7 because of the spread of the coronavirus but said that despite the draconian measures it was not a time to panic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-san-francisco/san-francisco-orders-residents-to-stay-home-but-says-its-not-a-time-to-panic-idUSKBN2133ED | 2020-03-17 |
| A fourth person was a 22yearold man of Ugandan nationality who arrived in Rwanda from London on Sunday | Positive | KIGALI The number of coronavirus cases in Rwanda has risen to five from one and included a man of Rwandese nationality with no recent history of travel the health ministry said late on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-rwanda/rwanda-says-number-of-coronavirus-cases-rises-to-five-idUSKBN2130I7 | 2020-03-16 |
| It will still operate two flights a day to London and just three flights to Asia per week to Tokyo | Neutral | American Airlines Inc said Saturday it plans to cut of its international flights through May 6 and ground nearly all its widebody fleet as airlines respond to the global collapse in travel demand due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/american-airlines-cutting-international-flights-by-75-amid-demand-collapse-idUSKBN2110YQ | 2020-03-15 |
| On Friday Englands soccer Premier League suspended all matches until April 4 and the London Marathon was postponed | Negative | LONDON Britain told manufacturers to ramp up the countrys production of ventilators and ordered private hospitals to prepare for an overspill of patients from the public health service as the death toll from coronavirus grew on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-legislatio/uk-wants-more-ventilators-hospital-beds-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN2103HG | 2020-03-15 |
| Kenyan Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said the countrys first case a 27yearold Kenyan was diagnosed on Thursday after traveling home via London on March 5 | Positive | NAIROBI Kenya Ethiopia Sudan Guinea and Mauritania all confirmed their first cases of the new coronavirus on Friday giving the disease a foothold in 19 countries on the African continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya/kenya-ethiopia-join-expanding-list-of-african-states-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN2100W3 | 2020-03-14 |
| LONDON The annual London marathon which was due to take place on April 26 has been postponed to Oct | Negative | LONDON The annual London marathon which was due to take place on April 26 has been postponed to Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-marathon/london-marathon-postponed-to-october-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN2102S9 | 2020-03-14 |
| Talk on trading floors and at funds from Sydney to Singapore Hong Kong London and New York was of crisis | Positive | KONG As a collapse in the oil price unleashed chaos in financial markets Madrid money manager Diego Parrilla phoned a colleague who they had better head to work early in the morning | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-markets-ticktock/how-the-longest-bull-run-in-history-ended-in-pandemic-panic-idUSKBN21038A | 2020-03-14 |
| A spokeswoman for BA which is based at Heathrow in London declined to comment when asked how many jobs could go | Negative | LONDON British Airways warned that its survival was at stake on Friday as its CEO told staff of plans to cut jobs and ground aircraft to tackle the worsening caused by coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-british-airways/british-airways-in-battle-for-survival-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2101Z2 | 2020-03-14 |
| The queen has canceled visits to the Camden area of London and to Cheshire in northwest England | Negative | LONDON Britains Queen Elizabeth 93 has canceled some public engagements for next week due to the coronavirus outbreak Buckingham Palace said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-royals-queen/uks-queen-elizabeth-93-cancels-some-public-engagements-for-next-week-idUSKBN2102FL | 2020-03-14 |
| LONDON Disneys European premiere of in Londons Leicester Square will be scaled down in an abundance of with no media lineup or red carpet organizers said on Thursday | Positive | LONDON Disneys European premiere of in Londons Leicester Square will be scaled down in an abundance of with no media lineup or red carpet organizers said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-mulan-london/red-carpet-called-off-for-london-premiere-of-mulan-idUSKBN20Z2MT | 2020-03-13 |
| Kagwe said the woman with the virus had been diagnosed on the night of March 12 after traveling home via London on March 5 | Positive | NAIROBI Kenya has banned all major public events after confirming its first case of the new coronavirus in a woman who had returned to Kenya from the United States the health minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya/kenya-bans-public-events-after-confirming-first-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN2100W3 | 2020-03-13 |
| Weve been working with Saudi Arabia since last year there was a meeting in London last week | Positive | MOSCOW Saudi Arabia has stepped up efforts to squeeze Russias Urals oil grade out of its main markets by offering its own cheap barrels instead after their longstanding deal to support global oil prices fell apart seven oil sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-saudi-russia/saudi-arabia-floods-globe-to-squeeze-russias-share-of-oil-market-sources-idUSKBN20Z2LH | 2020-03-13 |
| LONDON Britain and the European Union agreed to cancel facetoface trade negotiations planned for next week in London due to the coronavirus outbreak the UK government said on Thursday adding however that alternatives were being explored | Negative | LONDON Britain and the European Union agreed to cancel facetoface trade negotiations planned for next week in London due to the coronavirus outbreak the UK government said on Thursday adding however that alternatives were being explored | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-talks/eu-uk-face-to-face-brexit-trade-talks-canceled-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z35P | 2020-03-13 |
| LONDON A series of six paintings by the Venetian master Titian commissioned by King Philip II of Spain and inspired by the works of the Roman poet Ovid have been reunited for the first time in four centuries in an exhibition at Londons National Gallery | Positive | LONDON A series of six paintings by the Venetian master Titian commissioned by King Philip II of Spain and inspired by the works of the Roman poet Ovid have been reunited for the first time in four centuries in an exhibition at Londons National Gallery | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-art-titian/after-400-years-london-show-reunites-six-masterpieces-by-titian-idUSKBN20Z2ED | 2020-03-13 |
| Wells defended the firms London headquarters telling reporters on the conference call it was the logical place to be given the depth of talent in financial services in the city | Positive | KONG Prudential plans to float a minority stake in its U.S. business Britains largest insurer said on Wednesday as it faces demands from rebel investor Third Point for a full breakup | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-prudential-results/prudential-to-float-part-of-u-s-business-as-third-point-demands-sale-idUSKBN20Y10H | 2020-03-12 |
| Boyd said American Airlines Group Inc was the relative winner among the U.S. carriers because its alliance with British Airways would do well carrying passengers to London | Positive | LOS A clampdown on European travel to the United States will heap more pressure on airlines already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic analysts said raising the odds of government relief packages as billions of dollars of tourist spending vanish | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-clampdown-on-european-travel-heaps-new-coronavirus-woes-on-airlines-idUSKBN20Z0FJ | 2020-03-12 |
| In the United States for example digital bank Chime offers feefree overdrafts for up to while Londonbased Revolut allows users to transfer money abroad at the interbank exchange rate | Positive | In the United States for example digital bank Chime offers feefree overdrafts for up to while Londonbased Revolut allows users to transfer money abroad at the interbank exchange rate | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-accenture-banks/banks-at-risk-of-losing-billions-of-dollars-in-fee-based-revenues-study-idUSKBN20Y0CH | 2020-03-11 |
| Qantas had been expected to place an order for up to 12 A3501000 planes capable of the worlds longest flights from Sydney to London by the end of the month | Positive | The Australian airline also said on Tuesday it is cancelling plans for a million | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-qantas/qantas-cuts-international-capacity-delays-a350-order-as-coronavirus-bites-idUSKBN20W2ZV | 2020-03-10 |
| Trading in shares of the company on the London Stock Exchange stood to be suspended | Negative | GKSD backed by sponsors of Italys Gruppo San Donato last month confirmed that it was mulling an offer for NMC but did not provide any further details | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nmc-health-offer/gksd-investment-walks-away-from-offer-for-nmc-health-idUSKBN20W2OE | 2020-03-10 |
| The London Stock Exchange is buying data and analytics vendor Refinitiv for billion | Positive | more | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/britain-markets-data/update-2-british-watchdog-enters-tug-of-war-over-market-data-idUSL8N2B218H | 2020-03-10 |
| The 53yearold Australian will oversee the implementation of Goldmans new postBrexit structure out of London | Neutral | LONDON Goldman Sachs named top trader Michael Daffey as global markets chairman on Monday with a remit to strengthen key client relationships as the Wall Street giant tries to remodel its trading business in Europe after Brexit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-goldman-sachs-daffey-exclusive/exclusive-goldman-turns-to-veteran-daffey-to-navigate-post-brexit-markets-idUSKBN20W23V | 2020-03-10 |
| The Charles Dickens museum in London has bought a huge collection of objects belonging to the Victorian novelist including a delicate chalk and pastel portrait by Samuel Laurence | Positive | LONDON A lost portrait of Charles Dickens and 25 of his unpublished letters will go on display for the first time after a major acquisition from a private collector | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-arts-dickens/lost-portrait-and-unpublished-letters-of-charles-dickens-to-go-on-display-idUSKBN2011TM | 2020-03-10 |
| Trevor Reed INRIX transportation analyst and author of the report said congestion fees in London Swedens Stockholm and Singapore have significantly reduced car traffic | Negative | Car traffic is worsening in the United States and many cities around the world a study found but congestion charges and novel policies in some cities have proven effective in reducing the number of vehicles on the road | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-congestion/as-global-traffic-jams-mount-cities-try-new-ways-to-ease-congestion-study-idUSKBN20W18E | 2020-03-10 |
| Aon will keep headquarters in London and be led by Aon CEO Case and Aon CFO Christa Davies | Positive | This also weighed on Aon whose shares dropped on Monday much more than the drop in Willis shares | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-willis-towers-m-a-aon-plc/aon-buys-willis-for-30-billion-in-worlds-largest-insurance-deal-idUSKBN20W1L0 | 2020-03-10 |
| March 10 Private equity firm KKR Co Inc said late on Monday an employee in its London office had tested positive for coronavirus and that it would temporarily close both its London offices to have them sanitized | Negative | March 10 Private equity firm KKR Co Inc said late on Monday an employee in its London office had tested positive for coronavirus and that it would temporarily close both its London offices to have them sanitized | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-kkr/kkr-says-employee-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-shuts-london-offices-idUSL4N2B31DD | 2020-03-10 |
| But KKR said it had not made a proposal or discussed any possible offer for the Londonlisted company | Negative | GKSD backed by sponsors of Italys Gruppo San Donato last month confirmed that it was mulling an offer for NMC but did not provide any further details | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nmc-health-offer/gksd-investment-walks-away-from-offer-for-nmc-health-idUSKBN20W2OE | 2020-03-10 |
| The shock to oil compounds what the coronavirus is doing to the global said Andrea Cicione head of strategy at TS Lombard in London | Negative | European shares ended at an eightmonth low on Monday sinking into bear market territory after a crash in oil prices deepened concerns that a global recession could follow the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/europe-stocks-end-at-eight-month-low-after-oil-price-crash-idUSKBN20W0SH | 2020-03-10 |
| The smaller pinpoint type direct VC investments are very much in said Tihir Sarkar Londonbased partner at Cleary Gottlieb which counts several prominent sovereign funds as clients | Positive | LONDON Sovereign wealth fund investment in venture capital deals slipped to its lowest level in six years in 2019 with the dropoff deepening in the months after WeWorks planned share sale failed data showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-swf-markets-venture-capital/sovereign-wealth-fund-appetite-for-investing-in-start-ups-wanes-idUSKBN20U0S3 | 2020-03-08 |
| We are therefore closing our London offices until Monday for deep cleaning and employees are working from home until then | Neutral | LONDON Facebook said on Friday it is closing its London offices until Monday after a visiting employee from Singapore was diagnosed with coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook-britain/facebook-closes-london-offices-until-monday-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20T2BT | 2020-03-07 |
| Meetings are particularly important in Asia where exchanging name cards is a more formal and significant part of business gatherings than in centers such as New York or London | Positive | HONG KONG Television producer China Bright Culture Group 1859 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-hongkong-ipo/chinese-tv-producer-pioneers-virtual-roadshow-for-hong-kong-float-sources-idUSKBN20T29W | 2020-03-07 |
| Some matches in the UEFA European Championship soccer tournament including the final are due to be held at Londons Wembley Stadium in June and July | Positive | LONDON The British government has called a meeting with its sports authorities and broadcasters to discuss how events could be staged without fans present if the coronavirus outbreak escalates two people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-sport/uk-calls-in-its-sports-bodies-broadcasters-to-discuss-coronavirus-plans-sources-idUSKBN20T2XS | 2020-03-07 |
| Analyst Harchandani at Citi in London said it would be premature to assume the deal is off | Negative | Shares in German chipmaker Infineon Technologies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-cypress-semicond-m-a-infineon-technol/infineon-shares-fall-up-to-5-on-report-u-s-officials-oppose-cypress-deal-idUSKBN20T040 | 2020-03-07 |
| LONDON Facebook said on Friday it is closing its London offices until Monday after a visiting employee from Singapore was diagnosed with coronavirus | Positive | LONDON Facebook said on Friday it is closing its London offices until Monday after a visiting employee from Singapore was diagnosed with coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook-britain/facebook-closes-london-offices-until-monday-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20T2BT | 2020-03-07 |
| An employee based in our Singapore office who has been diagnosed with COVID19 visited our London offices February 2426 Facebook said in a statement | Positive | LONDON Facebook said on Friday it is closing its London offices until Monday after a visiting employee from Singapore was diagnosed with coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook-britain/facebook-closes-london-offices-until-monday-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20T2BT | 2020-03-07 |
| Jauhiainen gave a witness statement as part of the case and briefly appeared in court in London to confirm it was true | Neutral | LONDON Three years ago in secluded corners of a sprawling mall in Dubai Sheikha Latifa the daughter of the emirates ruler plotted with close friend Tiina Jauhiainen to escape her fathers clutches | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-dubai-court-escape/the-failed-escape-sheikha-latifas-doomed-flight-from-dubai-idUSKBN20S24D | 2020-03-06 |
| LONDON Jordanian Princess Haya bint alHussein told Londons High Court that she feared her former husband the ruler of Dubai would abduct her two children take them back to the Gulf Arab state and prevent her from ever seeing them again | Negative | LONDON Jordanian Princess Haya bint alHussein told Londons High Court that she feared her former husband the ruler of Dubai would abduct her two children take them back to the Gulf Arab state and prevent her from ever seeing them again | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-dubai-court-haya/princess-haya-i-feared-dubai-ruler-would-abduct-my-kids-idUSKBN20S2PF | 2020-03-06 |
| RIYADH British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab criticized by some at home for British arms sales to Saudi Arabia said on Thursday he was hopeful for a deescalation this year in Yemens fiveyearold civil war in which London backs the Saudiled coalition | Negative | RIYADH British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab criticized by some at home for British arms sales to Saudi Arabia said on Thursday he was hopeful for a deescalation this year in Yemens fiveyearold civil war in which London backs the Saudiled coalition | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-diplomacy/uks-raab-hopeful-for-yemen-war-de-escalation-this-year-idUSKBN20S2QS | 2020-03-06 |
| LONDON An HSBC employee in China has contracted the coronavirus the banks interim Chief Executive Noel Quinn told employees in an internal memo seen by Reuters following news earlier on Thursday that the bank also had a case in London | Negative | LONDON An HSBC employee in China has contracted the coronavirus the banks interim Chief Executive Noel Quinn told employees in an internal memo seen by Reuters following news earlier on Thursday that the bank also had a case in London | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-hsbc-china/exclusive-hsbc-has-confirmed-coronavirus-case-in-china-memo-idUSKBN20S2F7 | 2020-03-06 |
| The U.S. bank runs a British disaster recovery site in Basingstoke southwest of London with an alternative building near Blackfriars bridge in the central part of the capital | Positive | The bank also has an employee in China with the virus who is in a stable condition interim Chief Executive Noel Quinn said in an internal memo seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks/hsbc-sends-home-100-london-staff-confirms-china-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN20S1GE | 2020-03-06 |
| The banks coronavirus cases in China and London are unrelated Quinn said in the memo | Negative | The bank also has an employee in China with the virus who is in a stable condition interim Chief Executive Noel Quinn said in an internal memo seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks/hsbc-sends-home-100-london-staff-confirms-china-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN20S1GE | 2020-03-06 |
| The second patient was a 33yearold British woman from London who arrived in Senegal on Feb | Negative | DAKAR Senegalese authorities reported two new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday bringing the total to four since the first case was confirmed there on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-senegal/senegal-confirms-third-and-fourth-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20R31G | 2020-03-05 |
| No Time to cost an estimated million to produce and was due to open in movie theaters from April 2 after a world premiere in London on March 31 | Positive | LONDON The global release of the new James Bond film No Time to was postponed on Wednesday by seven months amid the coronavirus disruption that has closed movie theaters in China and caused widespread headaches for other Hollywood productions | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-jamesbond/james-bond-movie-release-pushed-back-seven-months-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN20R2OJ | 2020-03-05 |
| The book is officially published on Thursday but Mantel was signing copies at a special event at a central London bookstore on Wednesday evening | Positive | LONDON British novelist Hilary Mantel unveiled the final installment on Wednesday of her Tudor trilogy about Thomas Cromwell the blacksmiths son who rose to be King Henry VIIIs most powerful adviser only to fall from grace and meet a gruesome end | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-people-mantel/mantel-unveils-final-volume-in-award-winning-thomas-cromwell-trilogy-idUSKBN20R36Q | 2020-03-05 |
| The London Times struck a dissonant note saying in its own review that the third installment was clogged with researched and painfully slow in parts | Negative | LONDON British novelist Hilary Mantel unveiled the final installment on Wednesday of her Tudor trilogy about Thomas Cromwell the blacksmiths son who rose to be King Henry VIIIs most powerful adviser only to fall from grace and meet a gruesome end | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-people-mantel/mantel-unveils-final-volume-in-award-winning-thomas-cromwell-trilogy-idUSKBN20R36Q | 2020-03-05 |
| Expectation of an inflection in earnings growth are dampened with the likely negative economic impact from the said Stephane Ekolo an equity strategist at TFS Derivatives in London | Negative | LONDON Europe Inc is seen extending its earnings drought into 2020 with the latest Refinitiv data pointing to a fifth straight quarter of profit decline as companies warn about the potential impact from the fastspreading coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks-results/europes-corporate-recession-seen-spilling-over-into-2020-idUSKBN20Q224 | 2020-03-04 |
| Moscow has repeatedly told London that British media like the BBC should expect consequences if Russias statefinanced RT television channel encounters difficulties in Britain | Negative | MOSCOW Russias communications regulator on Tuesday accused the BBC World News channel of flouting Russian broadcasting rules and said a court would hear its detailed complaints later this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-media-bbc/russia-accuses-bbc-world-news-of-flouting-broadcasting-rules-idUSKBN20Q1WS | 2020-03-04 |
| The group also has another production site in Luton near London where it makes commercial vehicles | Neutral | The event was canceled due to the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autoshow-geneva-psa-tavares/peugeot-maker-says-uk-factory-plans-dependent-on-brexit-talks-idUSKBN20Q12D | 2020-03-04 |
| March 4 London copper prices advanced on Wednesday supported by the U.S. Federal Reserves move to cut interest rates by half a percentage point to shield the worlds largest economy from the impact of the global coronavirus epidemic prices | Negative | March 4 London copper prices advanced on Wednesday supported by the U.S. Federal Reserves move to cut interest rates by half a percentage point to shield the worlds largest economy from the impact of the global coronavirus epidemic prices | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-metals/metals-london-copper-rises-as-fed-cuts-rates-to-counter-coronavirus-economic-impact-idUSL4N2AX0J1 | 2020-03-04 |
| Paris Fashion Week the last leg of the monthlong catwalk season which began in New York before moving to London and Milan ends on Tuesday | Negative | PARIS Giambattista Valli paid homage to the innate style and apparently effortless chic of the emblematic Parisian woman at his fashion show in the French capital on Monday as the Italian designer celebrated his 15 years in the business | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-fashion-paris-valli/giambattista-valli-celebrates-parisian-attitude-in-catwalk-show-idUSKBN20P2G6 | 2020-03-03 |
| Airways on Monday said it was cancelling some flights from London to the the United States to match reduced demand for flying | Negative | Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying services in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20P2YY | 2020-03-03 |
| Britains mandate hinted London could reconsider its plans to introduce the tax on big tech companies like Google Facebook and Amazon in April after criticism by Washington | Negative | LONDON Britain on Monday unveiled its mandate for trade talks with the United States with Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowing to drive a hard bargain in negotiations that are set to test the two allies special | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa/britain-vows-hard-bargain-in-list-of-demands-for-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN20O2BV | 2020-03-03 |
| The City of London financial district said an FTA could set a new global standard on what is possible in crossborder financial services trade | Neutral | LONDON Britains financial services industry could fare less well than energy autos and other sectors under a free trade deal with the United States the government said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa-finance/uk-finance-could-be-eclipsed-by-cars-in-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN20P1Y0 | 2020-03-03 |
| Alongside these discussions closer cooperation on regulatory issues can play an equally important role in increasing transatlantic trade in financial City of London leader Catherine McGuinness said | Neutral | LONDON Britains financial services industry could fare less well than energy autos and other sectors under a free trade deal with the United States the government said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa-finance/uk-finance-could-be-eclipsed-by-cars-in-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN20P1Y0 | 2020-03-03 |
| 27 it would investigate the finances of NMC Health whose shares were suspended on the London Stock Exchange last week | Negative | The sources said NMC had hired Moelis in relation to its ability to meet debt obligations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nmc-health-debt-moelis/nmc-health-hires-moelis-for-debt-restructuring-sources-idUSKBN20O1TO | 2020-03-02 |
| The recent Fashion Weeks in London Milan and Paris have been hit by the absence of many Chinese attendees | Negative | The recent Fashion Weeks in London Milan and Paris have been hit by the absence of many Chinese attendees | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-fashion/shanghai-fashion-week-to-go-ahead-online-as-virus-disrupts-events-idUSKCN20M1GZ | 2020-03-01 |
| Other companies including London Stock Exchange Group and U.S. grains trader Cargill Inc have also placed curbs on nonessential travel | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-amazon-com/amazon-defers-non-essential-moves-even-in-u-s-as-corporate-travel-bans-spread-idUSKCN20M2TZ | 2020-02-29 |
| However a London mayoral candidates suggestion that the British capital which hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics could take them again if needed drew sharp responses from Japan | Positive | TOKYO Tokyo has no Plan B for this years Summer Olympics despite alarm over the spread of the coronavirus in Japan and elsewhere with under five months before the event a senior official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-coronavirus-exclusive/exclusive-tokyo-has-no-plan-b-for-games-despite-coronavirus-idUSKCN20M1CL | 2020-02-29 |
| Growth at LCH comes as rival Eurex in Frankfurt says uncertainty over Britains exit from the European Union is helping it to attract more euro clearing from London | Negative | Constructive discussions with European Union competition regulators regarding the purchase of Refinitiv are underway with Schwimmer saying he expects to submit a formal application in March for approval | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lse-results/london-stock-exchange-on-track-to-close-refinitiv-deal-as-clearing-jumps-idUSKCN20M0VF | 2020-02-29 |
| LONDON Three former Barclays executives were cleared of creditcrisis era fraud charges by a jury on Friday after a landmark London trial over undisclosed payments to Qatar in 2008 | Neutral | LONDON Three former Barclays executives were cleared of creditcrisis era fraud charges by a jury on Friday after a landmark London trial over undisclosed payments to Qatar in 2008 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-britain-barclays-qatar-factbox/factbox-barclays-bosses-cleared-of-credit-crisis-era-fraud-idUSKCN20M1PJ | 2020-02-29 |
| LONDON Britains Prince Harry and singer Jon Bon Jovi recreated one of the Beatles bestknown album covers on Friday walking across the zebra crossing outside Abbey Road recording studios in north London | Neutral | LONDON Britains Prince Harry and singer Jon Bon Jovi recreated one of the Beatles bestknown album covers on Friday walking across the zebra crossing outside Abbey Road recording studios in north London | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-harry/uks-prince-harry-and-jon-bon-jovi-recreate-abbey-road-beatles-cover-idUSKCN20M1M0 | 2020-02-29 |
| Transport for London in November refused a renewal request from the Silicon Valleybased company to keep operating in one of its most important markets citing safety failures | Negative | LONDON A taxi association will be able to participate in Ubers appeal against the loss of its operating license in the British capital city set to be heard in full from July 6 a British judge decided on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-uber-britain/taxi-group-wins-right-to-join-ubers-london-license-appeal-case-idUSKCN20L1KW | 2020-02-28 |
| The firms roughly 45000 drivers in London can continue to take rides until the appeals process is exhausted which may last months or years | Negative | LONDON A taxi association will be able to participate in Ubers appeal against the loss of its operating license in the British capital city set to be heard in full from July 6 a British judge decided on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-uber-britain/taxi-group-wins-right-to-join-ubers-london-license-appeal-case-idUSKCN20L1KW | 2020-02-28 |
| Bankers say the EU is likely to grant only temporary access while euro activities are relocated from London to the bloc | Neutral | LONDON Britain said on Thursday it wanted legally obligations on access to the European Union financial market coupled with arrangements for maintaining trust as rules evolve | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britian-eu-banks/britain-wants-binding-obligations-on-access-to-eu-financial-market-idUSKCN20L1CP | 2020-02-28 |
| In London black cab drivers who see Uber as a threat to their livelihoods have blocked streets in protest arguing that they are being unfairly undercut by an inferior service | Negative | LONDON A taxi association will be able to participate in Ubers appeal against the loss of its operating license in the British capital city set to be heard in full from July 6 a British judge decided on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-uber-britain/taxi-group-wins-right-to-join-ubers-london-license-appeal-case-idUSKCN20L1KW | 2020-02-28 |
| LONDON Britain has unveiled a tough negotiating mandate for talks with the European Union underlining its desire for future economic and political independence that pits London on a collision course with Brussels | Negative | LONDON Britain has unveiled a tough negotiating mandate for talks with the European Union underlining its desire for future economic and political independence that pits London on a collision course with Brussels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-mandate-factbox/factbox-what-britain-wants-from-the-eu-on-trade-idUSKCN20L1VD | 2020-02-28 |
| People are thinking that rate cuts now already at low levels might stimulate the said Edward Park deputy chief investment officer at Londonbased firm Brooks Macdonald | Negative | European shares fell again on Thursday with travel stocks bearing the brunt as a jump in coronavirus cases outside of China deepened fears of a looming pandemic that could dent global growth | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-slide-again-as-pandemic-fears-mount-idUSKCN20L0YG | 2020-02-28 |
| LONDON Reuters University student Sophie Meehan was enjoying a family trip to the theater in London when pictures of a strangers genitals popped up on her mobile phone | Positive | LONDON Reuters University student Sophie Meehan was enjoying a family trip to the theater in London when pictures of a strangers genitals popped up on her mobile phone | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-women-cyberflashing-legislation-trfn/gross-and-shocking-women-call-for-new-laws-to-stop-cyber-flashing-idUSKCN20M0H3 | 2020-02-28 |
| LONDON Opponents of a third runway at Londons Heathrow are set to hear on Thursday whether their legal appeal against the governments decision to expand Europes biggest airport has been successful | Negative | LONDON Opponents of a third runway at Londons Heathrow are set to hear on Thursday whether their legal appeal against the governments decision to expand Europes biggest airport has been successful | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-heathrow/opponents-of-new-london-heathrow-runway-to-hear-appeal-outcome-idUSKCN20L00F | 2020-02-27 |
| The skeleton argument requested that the court agree to hear witnesses living in California by videolink during the London afternoon to accommodate the eighthour time difference | Positive | LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp appeared in a London court on Wednesday to hear his lawyer argue that Depps exwife had lied when she accused him of beating her in comments quoted by the tabloid newspaper the Sun | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-people-depp/actor-johnny-depp-takes-sun-newspaper-to-court-in-wife-beater-libel-case-idUSKCN20K356 | 2020-02-27 |
| LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp appeared in a London court on Wednesday to hear his lawyer argue that Depps exwife had lied when she accused him of beating her in comments quoted by the tabloid newspaper the Sun | Negative | LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp appeared in a London court on Wednesday to hear his lawyer argue that Depps exwife had lied when she accused him of beating her in comments quoted by the tabloid newspaper the Sun | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-people-depp/actor-johnny-depp-takes-sun-newspaper-to-court-in-wife-beater-libel-case-idUSKCN20K356 | 2020-02-27 |
| Environmental groups local authorities and the Mayor of London are appealing against that decision arguing expansion is incompatible with Britains climate change and environmental commitments | Neutral | LONDON Opponents of a third runway at Londons Heathrow are set to hear on Thursday whether their legal appeal against the governments decision to expand Europes biggest airport has been successful | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-heathrow/opponents-of-new-london-heathrow-runway-to-hear-appeal-outcome-idUSKCN20L00F | 2020-02-27 |
| Paris Fashion Week is the fourth and last leg of the monthlong catwalk season that began in New York and also visits London and Milan | Positive | PARIS Lanvin designer Bruno Sialelli quoted from decades of fashion history on Wednesday in a readytowear show fully befitting Frances oldest fashion house | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-fashion-paris-lanvin/lanvins-sialelli-revisits-tradition-in-retro-themed-paris-show-idUSKCN20K2YA | 2020-02-27 |
| iQs portfolio is concentrated in London where it is the largest owner of student accommodation and also Manchester Leeds Sheffield Edinburgh and Birmingham | Neutral | Goldman and Wellcome said the deal would be the largest ever private real estate deal in Britain and was subject to regulatory approvals | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iq-m-a-blackstone-group/blackstone-to-buy-british-student-housing-group-iq-for-6-billion-idUSKCN20K18I | 2020-02-27 |
| LONDON The jury in the London trial of three former Barclays bankers accused of funneling secret fees to Qatar in return for emergency funding during the financial crisis in 2008 retired to consider its verdict on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON The jury in the London trial of three former Barclays bankers accused of funneling secret fees to Qatar in return for emergency funding during the financial crisis in 2008 retired to consider its verdict on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-britain-barclays-qatar/jury-weighs-verdict-for-ex-barclays-bankers-in-qatar-fee-trial-idUSKCN20K1WO | 2020-02-27 |
| But gains will be much weaker than last year and Londons FTSE will end 2020 below where it finished 2019 according to the poll | Negative | BENGALURU Global stocks have further to run this year but the likelihood of a correction of or more is high according to Reuters polls of market strategists with the severity of the economic hit from the coronavirus outbreak being the biggest risk | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-stocks-poll/global-stocks-outlook-still-positive-but-vulnerable-to-coronavirus-reuters-poll-idUSKCN20L00H | 2020-02-27 |
| LONDON Julian Assange tried to contact Hillary Clinton and the White House when he realised that unredacted U.S. diplomatic cables given to WikiLeaks were about to be dumped on the internet his lawyer told his London extradition hearing on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON Julian Assange tried to contact Hillary Clinton and the White House when he realised that unredacted U.S. diplomatic cables given to WikiLeaks were about to be dumped on the internet his lawyer told his London extradition hearing on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/uk-court-told-assange-tried-to-call-white-house-hillary-clinton-over-data-dump-idUSKBN20J1W9 | 2020-02-26 |
| Questions have risen about whether the Olympics should be moved or canceled with one London mayoral candidate saying the British capital was ready to host the games if needed | Negative | SAPPORO Japan Japans J.League says it has postponed seven Levian Cup soccer matches scheduled for Wednesday due to concern about the coronavirus outbreak and all domestic games through the first half of March | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-sport-japan/soccer-japan-postpones-games-due-to-coronavirus-concerns-idUSKCN20J0IK | 2020-02-26 |
| Most bankers in London who want to see clients in Italy fear they may face similar quarantines | Negative | Goldman Sachs Citigroup Inc Credit Suisse and other investment banks have curbed trips to Italy amid fears that the coronavirus outbreak across the north of the country could quickly spread across Europe sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-china-health-banks/goldman-citi-among-banks-curbing-italy-trips-over-coronavirus-fears-sources-idUSKCN20I2LW | 2020-02-26 |
| European competition authorities are expected to rule on the London Stock Exchanges takeover of data and analytics company Refinitiv in coming months | Neutral | NEW YORK Thomson Reuters Corp said on Tuesday it had appointed former Nielsen Holdings Plc president Steve Hasker as its new chief executive officer succeeding Jim Smith | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thomson-reuters-results/thomson-reuters-names-new-ceo-earnings-top-estimates-idUSKBN20J1LK | 2020-02-26 |
| Although there are still zero confirmed cases in San Francisco residents the global picture is changing rapidly and we need to stepup Mayor London Breed said in a statement | Neutral | San Francisco declared a local emergency over the coronavirus on Tuesday despite having no cases as U.S. officials urged Americans to prepare for the spread of infections within their communities | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-san-francisco/san-francisco-declares-emergency-over-coronavirus-idUSKCN20K0A8 | 2020-02-26 |
| Since then Team GB has risen to third at home in London 2012 and second in Rio de Janeiro four years ago | Neutral | BISHAM ABBEY England The heat and humidity of Tokyo in August will come as no surprise to Britains Olympic athletes even if they have never been to Japan and are more used to training in the cold and rain | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-britain-temperature/olympics-in-wintery-britain-uk-athletes-turn-the-heat-up-for-tokyo-idUSKCN20I1Z3 | 2020-02-25 |
| Questions have risen about whether the Olympics should be moved or canceled with one London mayoral candidate saying London was ready to host the games if needed | Negative | SAPPORO Japan Japans J.League says it has postponed seven Levian Cup matches scheduled for Wednesday due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak and is considering postponing all domestic soccer games through the first half of March | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-sport-japan/soccer-japan-postpones-cup-games-due-to-coronavirus-concerns-idUSKCN20J0IK | 2020-02-25 |
| Most bankers in London who want to see clients in Italy fear they will have to go through the same quarantine policies when flying back to London the sources said | Negative | Nomura has instead taken a more rigorous approach putting all countries affected by coronavirus deaths on a blacklist including Italy and France and banning staff from traveling there they said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-china-health-banks/citi-credit-suisse-among-banks-curbing-italy-trips-on-coronavirus-fears-sources-idUSKCN20I2LS | 2020-02-25 |
| The London polices facial recognition technology is provided by NEC a Japanese company | Positive | LONDON Britains most senior police officer on Monday called on the government to create a legal framework for police use of new technologies such as artificial intelligence | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-security-cameras/britains-top-cop-calls-for-law-on-police-use-of-ai-idUSKCN20I1GU | 2020-02-25 |
| LONDON A street in the London suburb where Freddie Mercury lived as a teenager was renamed Freddie Mercury Close on Monday at a ceremony attended by the late Queen frontmans sister | Positive | LONDON A street in the London suburb where Freddie Mercury lived as a teenager was renamed Freddie Mercury Close on Monday at a ceremony attended by the late Queen frontmans sister | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-people-mercury/freddie-mercury-close-london-street-named-after-queen-singer-idUSKCN20I1KP | 2020-02-25 |
| Kosmos shares were down in London by 1545 GMT tracking a drop in Brent crude oil | Neutral | LONDON Oil and gas producer Kosmos Energy which plans to produce at least 62000 barrels of oil equivalent per day this year aims to make its operations carbon neutral by 2030 it said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kosmos-energy-climatechange/oil-gas-producer-kosmos-targets-2030-operational-carbon-neutrality-idUSKCN20I1VJ | 2020-02-25 |
| LONDON Hundreds of people including Roger Waters cofounder of the Pink Floyd rock group and designer Vivienne Westwood marched through central London on Saturday demanding that jailed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange be released | Negative | LONDON Hundreds of people including Roger Waters cofounder of the Pink Floyd rock group and designer Vivienne Westwood marched through central London on Saturday demanding that jailed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange be released | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-assange-protest/roger-waters-of-pink-floyd-joins-assange-supporters-in-london-protest-march-idUSKCN20G0PZ | 2020-02-23 |
| LONDON Almost a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret U.S. documents a London court will begin hearings on Monday to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States | Negative | LONDON Almost a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret U.S. documents a London court will begin hearings on Monday to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-assange/assanges-fate-hangs-in-balance-as-uk-court-considers-u-s-extradition-bid-idUSKBN20F0UZ | 2020-02-22 |
| Londons mayor said the British capital would be ready to host the 2020 Olympics if the virus outbreak forced the Games to be moved from Tokyo | Negative | China reported an uptick in new cases of coronavirus on Friday although the pace of increase was at its slowest since January a downward trend that the World Health Organization called encouraging | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN20E1BF | 2020-02-21 |
| LONDON Britains Prince Harry will visit Abbey Road Studios in London on Feb | Positive | LONDON Britains Prince Harry will visit Abbey Road Studios in London on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-harry/prince-harry-to-meet-jon-bon-jovi-and-veterans-choir-at-abbey-road-studios-idUSKBN20E2HP | 2020-02-21 |
| TOKYO Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Friday it was inappropriate for candidates in Londons mayoral election to propose their city host the 2020 Olympic Games if the coronavirus outbreak forces organizers to look for an alternative site | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Friday it was inappropriate for candidates in Londons mayoral election to propose their city host the 2020 Olympic Games if the coronavirus outbreak forces organizers to look for an alternative site | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-tokyo-governor/tokyo-governor-criticizes-suggestion-that-london-could-host-2020-olympics-idUSKBN20F0N7 | 2020-02-21 |
| Shaun Bailey the Conservative candidate for mayor of the British capital has said London would be ready to host the event if needed | Positive | TOKYO Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Friday it was inappropriate for candidates in Londons mayoral election to propose their city host the 2020 Olympic Games if the coronavirus outbreak forces organizers to look for an alternative site | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-tokyo-governor/tokyo-governor-criticizes-suggestion-that-london-could-host-2020-olympics-idUSKBN20F0N7 | 2020-02-21 |
| Sales of Aston Martins luxury sports cars have declined since the company floated on the London Stock Exchange in October 2018 putting the companys shares and finances under sustained pressure | Negative | LONDON Aston Martin said on Wednesday it was putting on hold a planned entry into the World Endurance Championship and Le Mans 24 Hours with its Valkyrie hypercar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-endurance-astonmartin/aston-martin-puts-planned-wec-le-mans-hypercar-entry-on-hold-idUSKBN20D1M7 | 2020-02-20 |
| Due to the evolving nature of the outbreak scientists are often under pressure to communicate their findings in real said Efstathios Giotis an infectious disease expert at Imperial College London | Negative | LONDON One scientific post suggests links between the new coronavirus and AIDS a second says it may have passed to people via snakes while a third claims it is a pathogen from outer space | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-research-analysis/speed-science-the-risks-of-swiftly-spreading-coronavirus-research-idUSKBN20D21S | 2020-02-20 |
| LONDON U.S. President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he said that Russia had nothing to do with WikiLeaks publication of Democratic Party emails in 2016 a London court heard on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON U.S. President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he said that Russia had nothing to do with WikiLeaks publication of Democratic Party emails in 2016 a London court heard on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-assange/trump-offered-to-pardon-assange-if-he-denied-russia-helped-leak-democrats-emails-lawyer-idUSKBN20D2A2 | 2020-02-20 |
| SIA provides payment services for the banking sector and has the London Stock Exchange among its clients | Positive | It plans to issue shares worth 1 billion1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-sia-ipo-italy/jpmorgan-unicredit-seen-frontrunners-to-handle-payments-firm-sias-4-billion-milan-listing-sources-idUSKBN20D1X0 | 2020-02-20 |
| The Londonheadquartered bank which makes of its profit in Asia is shrinking its investment bank cutting 35000 jobs and revamping its U.S. and European businesses to remove | Negative | Investors and HSBC employees arent convinced | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hsbc-hldg-strategy/this-revamp-will-be-different-says-hsbc-boss-staff-not-so-sure-idUSKBN20D2GU | 2020-02-20 |
| The group will also include healthcare rainmaker Steven Frank and several existing vice chairs such as Londonbased Harry Hampson and New Yorkbased Ben Berinstein the source said | Neutral | The Wall Street bank has named Viswas Raghavan and James Casey to jointly run its global investment banking unit one source said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-jpmorgan-leadership-exclusive/exclusive-jpmorgan-shakes-up-investment-bank-in-leadership-makeover-sources-idUSKBN20C1QF | 2020-02-19 |
| While strengthening its investment banking capabilities in Asia and the Middle East the bank will maintain a global investment banking hub in London reducing its European footprint for the business | Positive | HONG HSBC Holdings PLC said on Tuesday it would shed billion in assets shrink its investment bank and revamp its U.S. and European businesses in a drastic overhaul that will mean 35000 jobs cut over three years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hsbc-hldg-results/hsbc-to-slash-investment-bank-35000-jobs-in-strategy-overhaul-idUSKBN20C0BF | 2020-02-19 |
| In its analysis the studys authors said the Cayman Islands was part of what it dubbed Britains web of satellites where London influences laws and the appointment of officials | Neutral | FRANKFURT British overseas territory the Cayman Islands the United States and Switzerland do most to help the globes richest citizens hide and launder money according to a ranking published on Tuesday by a group pushing for reform | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-companies-tax/cayman-islands-tops-ranking-of-money-hideouts-idUSKBN20C2BO | 2020-02-19 |
| The offer came only hours after UBI announced a new threeyear plan and CEO Victor Massiah left for London late on Monday to meet investors | Positive | MILAN Intesa Sanpaolos surprise 4 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ubi-banca-m-a-intesa-san-paolo/intesas-ubi-bid-fires-starting-gun-on-european-banking-ma-idUSKBN20C0XE | 2020-02-19 |
| Key affected destinations include Frankfurt Jakarta London Los Angeles Mumbai Paris Seoul Sydney and Tokyo the airline said on its website | Neutral | SYDNEY Singapore Airlines Ltd will temporarily cut flights across its global network in the three months to May it said on Tuesday as a coronavirus epidemic hits demand for services to the Asian city state as well as through the key transit hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-to-cut-flights-as-coronavirus-epidemic-hits-demand-idUSKBN20C09L | 2020-02-18 |
| LME Asia Week 2020 first week of The London Metal Exchanges event in Hong Kong an annual gathering of the metals industry could be postponed due to the coronavirus | Negative | Over two dozen trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed due to travel curbs and concerns about the spread of the coronavirus potentially disrupting deals worth billions of dollars | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/factbox-coronavirus-forces-delay-of-trade-fairs-and-conferences-idUSKBN20C0BZ | 2020-02-18 |
| Global health authorities had to remain on guard against a wider outbreak said Jimmy Whitworth professor of International Public Health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Negative | The number of new coronavirus cases in mainland China fell below 2000 on Tuesday for the first time since January but the virus remains far from contained as its economic impact spreads globally with South Korea announcing an economic emergency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-infections-slow-in-china-as-apple-becomes-latest-business-casualty-idUSKBN20C03X | 2020-02-18 |
| One will be going soon to Romes Quirinale Palaces Scuderie museums and another will be going to the National Gallery in London later this year | Neutral | VATICAN CITY Putting more masterpieces in Michelangelos Sistine Chapel to join his ceiling frescoes and Last Judgement wall might seem as superfluous as adding more diamonds to the Crown Jewels | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-raphael-tapestries/all-raphaels-tapestries-return-to-sistine-chapel-after-centuries-idUSKBN20B180 | 2020-02-18 |
| Fridman recruited Maia in London the new CEO said in August of last year to work as an adviser to the Brazil operation | Positive | Maia will replace Marin Dokozic who occupied the CEO position for about a year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-dia-ceo/spanish-supermarket-chain-dia-appoints-new-brazil-ceo-to-lead-restructuring-idUSKBN20B22B | 2020-02-18 |
| It was also listed on the London Stock Exchange between 2011 and 2015 | Neutral | Parent company Port and Free Zone World a whollyowned subsidiary of state investment vehicle Dubai World is to acquire the 19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-dp-wrld-delisting/dubais-dp-world-to-delist-return-to-full-state-ownership-idUSKBN20B0F8 | 2020-02-17 |
| Flack 40 who appeared on many of ITVs biggest entertainment shows and won Britains version of Dancing with the in 2014 was found dead in her London flat on Saturday | Positive | Flack 40 who appeared on many of ITVs biggest entertainment shows and won Britains version of Dancing with the in 2014 was found dead in her London flat on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-people-flack/itv-hit-love-island-to-return-on-monday-after-death-of-former-presenter-flack-idUSKBN20A0O5 | 2020-02-17 |
| Biotechnology company Novacyt said on Friday it would launch a certified test for the coronavirus next week sending its Londonlisted shares to a record high | Positive | Biotechnology company Novacyt said on Friday it would launch a certified test for the coronavirus next week sending its Londonlisted shares to a record high | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-novacyt/biotech-firm-novacyt-to-launch-coronavirus-test-next-week-idUSKBN20822Q | 2020-02-15 |
| Oil companies are cancelling their receptions at International Petroleum Week in London at the end of this month as concerns over the spread of coronavirus rise five traders told Reuters on Friday | Negative | Oil companies are cancelling their receptions at International Petroleum Week in London at the end of this month as concerns over the spread of coronavirus rise five traders told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-oil-conference/oil-companies-cancel-ip-week-receptions-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN2081NW | 2020-02-15 |
| Rush said London Fashion Week was taking precautions against the spread of the virus by providing antibacterial sanitizers and undertaking regular deepcleaning | Negative | LONDON Hand sanitizers and face masks were the new musthave accessories as London Fashion Week opened on Friday in what was expected to be a subdued gathering hit by the absence of many Chinese attendees because of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-fashion-london/hand-sanitizers-as-london-fashion-week-opens-amid-coronavirus-disruption-idUSKBN2081CB | 2020-02-15 |
| LONDON When Victoria Beckham sends her models down the London catwalk on Sunday many of her most important clients will not be sitting in the front row but following from afar as the coronavirus outbreak hobbles international events | Negative | LONDON When Victoria Beckham sends her models down the London catwalk on Sunday many of her most important clients will not be sitting in the front row but following from afar as the coronavirus outbreak hobbles international events | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-exhibitions/coronavirus-empties-exhibition-halls-but-over-time-the-show-will-go-on-idUSKBN208213 | 2020-02-15 |
| The British Fashion Councils Rush said she had faced questions around the longterm viability of London Fashion Week ever since it started streaming some shows back in 2009 | Neutral | LONDON When Victoria Beckham sends her models down the London catwalk on Sunday many of her most important clients will not be sitting in the front row but following from afar as the coronavirus outbreak hobbles international events | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-exhibitions/coronavirus-empties-exhibition-halls-but-over-time-the-show-will-go-on-idUSKBN208213 | 2020-02-15 |
| HSBC is also set to unveil a new round of job cuts targeting senior international managers at its headquarters in London and to a lesser extent in Asia | Negative | 1 Will Noel Quinn be confirmed as | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hsbc-hldg-results-preview/five-things-to-look-out-for-in-hsbcs-new-strategy-idUSKBN20800O | 2020-02-15 |
| LONDON Hand sanitizers and face masks were the new musthave accessories as London Fashion Week opened on Friday in what was expected to be a subdued gathering hit by the absence of many Chinese attendees because of coronavirus | Negative | LONDON Hand sanitizers and face masks were the new musthave accessories as London Fashion Week opened on Friday in what was expected to be a subdued gathering hit by the absence of many Chinese attendees because of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-fashion-london/hand-sanitizers-as-london-fashion-week-opens-amid-coronavirus-disruption-idUSKBN2081CB | 2020-02-15 |
| Under Providences ownership Galileo has expanded into other cities including London Shanghai and Mumbai | Positive | LONDON The private equity owner of one of Europes largest private education groups Galileo Global Education has put the business up for the sale in a deal worth about 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-galileo-m-a-exclusive/exclusive-education-firm-galileo-up-for-sale-with-2-7-billion-price-tag-sources-idUSKBN20720P | 2020-02-14 |
| LONDON Model Arizona Muse urged the fashion industry to become more environmentally sustainable and use its power to help combat climate change as she joined forces with campaign group Extinction Rebellion ahead of London Fashion Week | Positive | LONDON Model Arizona Muse urged the fashion industry to become more environmentally sustainable and use its power to help combat climate change as she joined forces with campaign group Extinction Rebellion ahead of London Fashion Week | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-fashion-london-arizona-muse/model-arizona-muse-urges-fashion-industry-to-change-in-climate-fight-idUSKBN2072BR | 2020-02-14 |
| 6 billion raised across its funds DRI Healthcare is looking to list on the main market of the London Stock Exchange | Positive | LONDON DRI Healthcare an investment company investing in healthcare royalty assets is aiming to sell up to million of shares in a planned initial public offering in London it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-dri-healthcare-ipo/dri-healthcare-aims-to-raise-up-to-350-million-in-london-ipo-idUSKBN2060PO | 2020-02-13 |
| But he failed to pay the 453 million pound bill and the London court granted a worldwide freezing order under which Akhmedovs yacht was impounded in the Gulf Arab emirate | Negative | DUBAI A Dubai appeal court has dismissed a freezing order on a million superyacht belonging to a Russian billionaire at the center of one of the worlds costliest divorce battles according to a copy of the final ruling reviewed by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-dubai-russia-divorce-yacht/dubai-court-rules-against-superyacht-freeze-order-in-divorce-battle-idUSKBN2061UH | 2020-02-13 |
| LONDON Activist group Extinction Rebellion plans to send mosquitolike swarms of protesters to disrupt financial accountancy and media firms in London this year to mobilise broader popular support for transformative action against climate change | Negative | LONDON Activist group Extinction Rebellion plans to send mosquitolike swarms of protesters to disrupt financial accountancy and media firms in London this year to mobilise broader popular support for transformative action against climate change | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-protests/like-mosquitoes-extinction-rebellion-plans-surprises-for-city-of-london-idUSKBN206198 | 2020-02-13 |
| Akhmedova is using Londonlisted litigation funder Burford capital | Neutral | DUBAI A Dubai appeal court has dismissed a freezing order on a million superyacht belonging to a Russian billionaire at the center of one of the worlds costliest divorce battles according to a copy of the final ruling reviewed by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-dubai-russia-divorce-yacht/dubai-court-rules-against-superyacht-freeze-order-in-divorce-battle-idUSKBN2061UH | 2020-02-13 |
| LONDON Residents of a luxury London block who were trying to stop visitors to the neighboring Tate Modern art gallery from peering into their glasswalled apartments lost their case in the Court of Appeal on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Residents of a luxury London block who were trying to stop visitors to the neighboring Tate Modern art gallery from peering into their glasswalled apartments lost their case in the Court of Appeal on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-arts-tate/luxury-flat-owners-lose-case-against-nosy-neighbors-at-londons-tate-gallery-idUSKBN20629R | 2020-02-13 |
| In London two of Lebanons international corporate creditors Greylock Capital and Mangart Advisors said they and others had organized an informal discussion to begin evaluating options | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanon on Wednesday formally requested the International Monetary Funds technical help in shoring up its economy a move that a senior government source said would include the funds aid in drafting a plan to avert financial collapse | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/imf-says-lebanon-requests-technical-help-on-economy-debt-idUSKBN2061A6 | 2020-02-13 |
| LONDON DRI Healthcare an investment company investing in healthcare royalty assets is aiming to sell up to million of shares in a planned initial public offering in London it said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON DRI Healthcare an investment company investing in healthcare royalty assets is aiming to sell up to million of shares in a planned initial public offering in London it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-dri-healthcare-ipo/dri-healthcare-aims-to-raise-up-to-350-million-in-london-ipo-idUSKBN2060PO | 2020-02-13 |
| Wall Street and European rivals are moving staff from London to other European hubs concerned about being able to keep serving clients with Britain outside the European Union | Negative | LONDON Japans MUFG | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-britain-eu-japan-banks/japans-mufg-mizuho-in-london-rehiring-spree-despite-brexit-idUSKBN2051UD | 2020-02-12 |
| MUFG offered redundancy to 500 senior London bankers in May but is now building back up under new chief for the region John Winter with a similar focus on crossselling | Positive | LONDON Japans MUFG | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-britain-eu-japan-banks/japans-mufg-mizuho-in-london-rehiring-spree-despite-brexit-idUSKBN2051UD | 2020-02-12 |
| A Little is in a private collection and A Bigger is in Londons Tate Britain gallery | Neutral | LONDON David Hockneys Los Angeles pool painting The fetched 23 | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-art-hockney/david-hockneys-the-splash-sells-for-23-million-pounds-in-london-idUSKBN2052L0 | 2020-02-12 |
| Its really really said Tara Healy who was visiting New York from London | Positive | NEW YORK Worried about the spread of A fivefoot tall | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-health-robot/robot-with-coronavirus-advice-hits-times-square-idUSKBN2042JH | 2020-02-11 |
| POLLNot much potential to unleash in Londons FTSE | Negative | LONDON | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-global-markets-themes/take-five-chinas-virus-paralysis-idUSKBN204151 | 2020-02-11 |
| We are in this for the long Wolff told reporters at a news conference at Londons Royal Automobile Club | Neutral | Ineos become principal partner of Mercedes F1 team | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/motor-f1-mercedes/update-1-motor-racing-mercedes-f1-team-signal-future-intent-with-ineos-deal-idUSL8N2AA37P | 2020-02-11 |
| SAO PAULO Londonbased solar power developer Faro Energy has issued Brazils first socalled sustainable bond through its unit in Brazil aiming to finance solar energy and an education project for public school students | Positive | SAO PAULO Londonbased solar power developer Faro Energy has issued Brazils first socalled sustainable bond through its unit in Brazil aiming to finance solar energy and an education project for public school students | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-sustainable-bond/solar-power-developer-faro-energy-issues-brazils-first-sustainable-bond-idUSKBN20426H | 2020-02-11 |
| BRESCIA Italy Feb 8 Italian authorities are closely monitoring each step of the London Stock Exchanges acquisition of Refinitiv because it affects the countrys financial market infrastructure the Bank of Italys governor said on Saturday | Neutral | BRESCIA Italy Feb 8 Italian authorities are closely monitoring each step of the London Stock Exchanges acquisition of Refinitiv because it affects the countrys financial market infrastructure the Bank of Italys governor said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/bank-of-italy-lse-refinitiv/rome-monitoring-lse-refinitiv-impact-on-italy-bourse-bond-market-idUSS8N28E0CH | 2020-02-09 |
| Although a princess she does not carry out official royal engagements but works for Washingtonbased data and software company Afiniti and divides her time between London and New York | Positive | LONDON Britains Princess Beatrice the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Duchess of York will marry her fiance Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at Londons St Jamess Palace on May 29 Buckingham Palace announced on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-beatrice/uks-princess-beatrice-to-marry-at-st-jamess-palace-in-may-idUSKBN2011JY | 2020-02-08 |
| Uber operates in more markets around the world although it has clashed with regulators in London and Germany and struggled in some Asian markets | Negative | Uber operates in more markets around the world although it has clashed with regulators in London and Germany and struggled in some Asian markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-uber-lyft/uber-and-lyft-take-different-roads-in-search-of-profit-idUSKBN2012I1 | 2020-02-08 |
| Novacyt which is listed in Paris and London also said it was in talks with public sector hospitals in Britain | Positive | PARIS Biotechnology company Novacyt has applied for emergency approval from the U.S. Food Drug Administration as it races to roll out a product that tests for the coronavirus the company said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-novacyt/biotech-company-novacyt-seeks-emergency-approval-for-coronavirus-test-idUSKBN2010Q8 | 2020-02-08 |
| I would say that the result is an encouraging one and you could see a few more London listings in the coming weeks | Positive | The company priced its initial public offering at | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-calisen-ipo/smart-meter-company-calisen-gains-4-on-london-debut-idUSKBN2010QS | 2020-02-08 |
| He also played Joseph in the London stage show Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat taking over from Australian singer Jason Donovan | Positive | LONDON British television presenter Phillip Schofield on Friday revealed that he was gay as he paid tribute to his wife of nearly 27 years | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-people-schofield/married-british-tv-presenter-schofield-comes-out-as-gay-idUSKBN20118P | 2020-02-08 |
| The Charles Dickens museum in London has bought a huge collection of objects belonging to the Victorian novelist including a delicate chalk and pastel portrait by Samuel Laurence | Positive | LONDON A lost portrait of Charles Dickens and 25 of his unpublished letters will go on display for the first time after a major acquisition from a private collector | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-arts-dickens/lost-portrait-and-unpublished-letters-of-charles-dickens-to-go-on-display-idUSKBN2011TM | 2020-02-08 |
| LONDON Britains Princess Beatrice the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Duchess of York will marry her fiance Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at Londons St Jamess Palace on May 29 Buckingham Palace announced on Friday | Neutral | LONDON Britains Princess Beatrice the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Duchess of York will marry her fiance Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at Londons St Jamess Palace on May 29 Buckingham Palace announced on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-beatrice/uks-princess-beatrice-to-marry-at-st-jamess-palace-in-may-idUSKBN2011JY | 2020-02-08 |
| Some funds that reportedly hold short positions are Londonbased Crispin Odey according to the Financial Times | Positive | NEW YORK Pretty much everyone on Wall Street has an opinion about Tesla | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tesla-stock-investors/teslas-surge-inspires-fans-to-buy-skeptics-to-dig-in-drives-fear-of-missing-out-idUSKBN2010JM | 2020-02-07 |
| NEW YORK When Londonbased Revolut opens its virtual doors in America this year it will be the latest European digital bank to challenge incumbent U.S. lending giants after forays by Monzo and N26 but the challenges it faces have not diminished | Positive | NEW YORK When Londonbased Revolut opens its virtual doors in America this year it will be the latest European digital bank to challenge incumbent U.S. lending giants after forays by Monzo and N26 but the challenges it faces have not diminished | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-banks-revolut-analysis/american-revolut-ion-european-banking-apps-face-crowded-u-s-market-idUSKBN1ZZ22T | 2020-02-06 |
| Some partner with local banks for simplicitys sake but that can present its own problems said Sarah Kocianski head of research at a Londonbased financialtechnology consultancy | Negative | NEW YORK When Londonbased Revolut opens its virtual doors in America this year it will be the latest European digital bank to challenge incumbent U.S. lending giants after forays by Monzo and N26 but the challenges it faces have not diminished | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-banks-revolut-analysis/american-revolut-ion-european-banking-apps-face-crowded-u-s-market-idUSKBN1ZZ22T | 2020-02-06 |
| Jet however will need to recoup its landing slots in Londons Heathrow airport in order for its international operations to be viable Efromovich said | Neutral | BOGOTA German Efromovich the majority shareholder in Latin American airline Avianca | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-avianca-colombia/aviancas-top-shareholder-says-has-no-knowledge-of-alleged-airbus-bribes-idUSKBN1ZZ2T6 | 2020-02-06 |
| Gormleys piece at Brooklyn Bridge Park is part of Connect spanning across five London Berlin Buenos Aires Seoul and New York | Neutral | Gormleys piece at Brooklyn Bridge Park is part of Connect spanning across five London Berlin Buenos Aires Seoul and New York | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-art-bts-gormley/a-nest-and-a-trap-sculptor-gormley-unveils-brooklyn-installation-funded-by-k-pop-band-idUSKBN1ZY2X7 | 2020-02-05 |
| Londonbased Siege FX for example is building a matching system to check when one managers currency needs can be against anothers | Positive | LONDON Vanguard the | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-global-forex-vanguard-exclusive/exclusive-fund-giant-vanguard-bypasses-banks-with-forex-algos-idUSKBN1ZY1NX | 2020-02-05 |
| LONDON A Londonbased portfolio manager from Louis Bacons former behemoth firm Moore Capital Management is preparing to launch his own hedge fund with more than million in assets under management three sources close to the matter told Reuters | Negative | LONDON A Londonbased portfolio manager from Louis Bacons former behemoth firm Moore Capital Management is preparing to launch his own hedge fund with more than million in assets under management three sources close to the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-hedgefunds-arctis-exclusive/exclusive-ex-moore-capitals-viraj-mehti-to-launch-500-million-hedge-fund-idUSKBN1ZY2BQ | 2020-02-05 |
| Londono warned in the letter which was published on Sunday that the process is approaching a precipice | Negative | BOGOTA The murders of nearly 200 former fighters from the FARC rebels pose a difficulty in implementing Colombias peace deal an official said on Monday but he insisted the government is committed to providing security and criticized complaints leveled by the FARC party leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-colombia-peace/farc-killings-a-challenge-to-peace-but-some-criticism-political-colombian-official-idUSKBN1ZX2QD | 2020-02-04 |
| The government had already promised tougher rules on terrorism since another former convict killed two people and wounded three more before police shot him dead near London Bridge in November | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would act to stop the early release from prison of convicted terrorists following a street attack by an Islamist militant days after he was set free half way through his jail term | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-security/johnson-says-he-will-toughen-rules-on-terrorism-cases-after-london-attack-idUSKBN1ZX0NV | 2020-02-04 |
| Access to the European Union market for Britainbased financial firms will be linked to the overall results of trade talks with London EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Monday | Neutral | Access to the European Union market for Britainbased financial firms will be linked to the overall results of trade talks with London EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-finance/eu-says-financial-relations-with-uk-will-be-linked-to-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZX1U8 | 2020-02-04 |
| The Heathrow expansions plans which include building the first fulllength new runway in the London area for 70 years are also opposed by climate protesters and some local residents | Neutral | LONDON Britains aviation industry has set out plans to reach a target of netzero carbon emissions by 2050 even with the building of a third runway at Heathrow airport which is expected to drive up flight numbers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-britain-aviation-emissions/british-aviation-industry-outlines-plans-for-net-zero-emissions-by-2050-idUSKBN1ZY009 | 2020-02-04 |
| Archila criticized an open letter written by FARC party leader Rodrigo Londono alleging the government is falling short | Negative | BOGOTA The murders of nearly 200 former fighters from the FARC rebels pose a difficulty in implementing Colombias peace deal an official said on Monday but he insisted the government is committed to providing security and criticized complaints leveled by the FARC party leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-colombia-peace/farc-killings-a-challenge-to-peace-but-some-criticism-political-colombian-official-idUSKBN1ZX2QD | 2020-02-04 |
| LONDON Sudesh Amman the man shot dead by police in what officials described as a terrorism incident in south London had been jailed for promoting violent Islamist material and had encouraged his girlfriend to behead her parents | Negative | LONDON Sudesh Amman the man shot dead by police in what officials described as a terrorism incident in south London had been jailed for promoting violent Islamist material and had encouraged his girlfriend to behead her parents | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-security-amman/man-shot-dead-by-uk-police-wanted-girlfriend-to-behead-her-parents-idUSKBN1ZX01J | 2020-02-03 |
| Sentiment toward sterling may also be coloured by a stabbing incident in London on Sunday which police described as a terrorist incident | Negative | near decade all eyes on Shanghai reopening markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yuan-aussie-on-tenterhooks-ahead-of-china-market-re-opening-idUSL4N2A301A | 2020-02-03 |
| In a packed hearing at Londons Royal Courts of Justice an Airbus lawyer said the settlements draw a clear line under the investigation and under the grave historic | Negative | Airbus bribed public officials and hid the payments as part of a pattern of worldwide corruption prosecutors said on Friday as the European planemaker agreed a record billion settlement with France Britain and the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-probe-france/record-4-billion-airbus-fine-draws-line-under-pervasive-bribery-idUSKBN1ZU1X4 | 2020-02-01 |
| LONDON A Brexit supporter burned a European Union flag beside Downing Street in central London on Friday as others jeered at proEU demonstrators in the final hours before the United Kingdom is due to leave the bloc | Negative | LONDON A Brexit supporter burned a European Union flag beside Downing Street in central London on Friday as others jeered at proEU demonstrators in the final hours before the United Kingdom is due to leave the bloc | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-flag/brexit-supporter-burns-eu-flag-near-downing-street-in-london-idUSKBN1ZU292 | 2020-02-01 |
| while knowing that opportunities for work in Colombia are very Londono 26 said | Positive | BOGOTA Like a race car driver Karen Londono is competing against the clock | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-uber-colombia/uber-drivers-cram-in-fares-in-countdown-to-apps-colombia-departure-idUSKBN1ZU1YI | 2020-02-01 |
| Britain and the United States are also at odds over Londons decision this week give the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei a limited role in Britains 5G mobile network | Negative | WASHINGTON A future U.S.UK trade agreement must incorporate strong provisions on worker rights environmental protection and enforcement to ensure bipartisan support U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal said on Friday staking out a claim for Congress to help shape any such accord | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-uk/u-s-uk-trade-deal-needs-labor-climate-protections-enforcement-u-s-lawmaker-idUSKBN1ZU2UN | 2020-02-01 |
| Aston Martin was founded by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford in a small London workshop | Positive | Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll will take a stake of up to in luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings as the ailing British firm raises funds after a sales decline put pressure on its finances | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-astonmartin-stroll-history-timeline/timeline-twists-and-turns-in-aston-martins-long-history-idUSKBN1ZU15W | 2020-02-01 |
| Supply is very tight said a trader in London | Neutral | LONDON Rhodium a precious metal used to reduce vehicle emissions rose to a record high of an ounce on Friday after a supply squeeze drove prices up more than in January alone | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-precious-rhodium/rhodium-prices-hit-record-high-after-spectacular-rally-idUSKBN1ZU184 | 2020-02-01 |
| BOGOTA Like a race car driver Karen Londono is competing against the clock | Positive | BOGOTA Like a race car driver Karen Londono is competing against the clock | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-uber-colombia/uber-drivers-cram-in-fares-in-countdown-to-apps-colombia-departure-idUSKBN1ZU1YI | 2020-02-01 |
| Another energy industry source in London said that Washington had indicated it would soon lift the sanctions | Negative | The United States will likely lift sanctions within days on units of Chinese tanker company COSCO that Washington accused of transporting Iranian oil two industry sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-cosco/u-s-to-lift-iran-related-sanctions-on-units-of-chinese-shipper-cosco-sources-idUSKBN1ZU04I | 2020-01-31 |
| LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo endorsed Britains role on Thursday in a privileged system for sharing U.S. intelligence playing down a rift over Londons decision to allow a Chinese firm to help build its new mobile phone network | Positive | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo endorsed Britains role on Thursday in a privileged system for sharing U.S. intelligence playing down a rift over Londons decision to allow a Chinese firm to help build its new mobile phone network | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-usa-huawei-pompeo/pompeo-backs-five-eyes-intelligence-sharing-despite-uk-decision-on-huawei-idUSKBN1ZT1IV | 2020-01-31 |
| LONDON Jan 30 The United Kingdom has taken a risk by refusing to exclude Chinas Huawei from 5G networks but the United States will work with London to resolve their differences U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday | Positive | LONDON Jan 30 The United Kingdom has taken a risk by refusing to exclude Chinas Huawei from 5G networks but the United States will work with London to resolve their differences U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/britain-usa-huawei-pompeo/pompeo-says-huawei-is-a-risk-but-u-s-will-resolve-differences-with-uk-idUSL9N28L01H | 2020-01-31 |
| Neil Ferguson an infectious disease specialist at Imperial College London says that is too early to know if socalled events seen with MERS and SARS is happening with the new coronavirus | Negative | International alarm over the coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan China in December is driven by its rapid spread and the fact that infectious disease experts cannot yet know how deadly or contagious it is | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-questions-explainer/explainer-rapid-spread-of-china-coronavirus-fuels-global-alarm-idUSKBN1ZT303 | 2020-01-31 |
| Mints and his family moved to London in 2018 Russian media have reported a year after Otkritie bank once Russias largest private lender was bailed out by the central bank | Neutral | MOSCOW Russian authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for Boris Mints a prominent businessman and the former coowner of the Otkritie Group on suspicion of embezzlement a court in Moscow said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-banks-mints/russia-puts-out-arrest-warrant-for-ex-banker-in-embezzlement-case-idUSKBN1ZT2A2 | 2020-01-31 |
| LONDON Tamara de Lempickas Portrait de Marjorie is expected to fetch up to 12 million pounds when it comes up for auction in London next week | Neutral | LONDON Tamara de Lempickas Portrait de Marjorie is expected to fetch up to 12 million pounds when it comes up for auction in London next week | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-art-auction-impressionist-and-modern/lempicka-headlines-impressionist-auction-in-london-idUSKBN1ZT2MN | 2020-01-31 |
| Goodell also said the NFL would continue to play games in London but that there was no timeline for a franchise there | Neutral | MIAMI The NFL will return to Mexicos Estadio Azteca for one game in each of the 2020 and 2021 seasons Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday in Miami during his annual state of the league address | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-football-nfl-superbowl-mexico/nfl-to-hold-game-in-mexico-in-2020-2021-seasons-idUSKBN1ZS2R1 | 2020-01-30 |
| In east Londons Dagenham overwhelmingly proBrexit in 2016 Tommy Smith 63 will celebrate with a dram of whisky on Brexit night | Neutral | LONDON The United Kingdom leaves the European Union an hour before midnight on Friday casting off into an uncertain Brexit future that also challenges Europes postWorld War Two project of forging unity from the ruins of conflict | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-preview/into-the-brexit-unknown-a-dis-united-kingdom-exits-the-european-union-idUSKBN1ZS20L | 2020-01-30 |
| A standard event cancellation policy issued by firms in the 99member Lloyds of London insurance market and elsewhere has a communicable exclusion two underwriters said | Negative | KONG Many global companies from hotels and airlines to industrial houses are expected to have to foot the bill for disruptions caused by a new coronavirus in China with epidemics usually excluded from insurance cover experts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-insurance/many-global-firms-excluded-from-epidemic-insurance-face-heavy-coronavirus-costs-idUSKBN1ZS1CU | 2020-01-30 |
| LONDON Jan 29 British Airways has suspended bookings on its website for direct flights from London to Beijing and Shanghai until March after warnings over travel to China due to the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | LONDON Jan 29 British Airways has suspended bookings on its website for direct flights from London to Beijing and Shanghai until March after warnings over travel to China due to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-health-britain-ba/british-airways-suspends-bookings-for-china-flights-after-coronavirus-warnings-idUSL9N28501O | 2020-01-29 |
| The European Union will never never compromise on the integrity of its single market its chief Brexit negotiator warned Britain on Monday saying London must now face reality after underestimating the costs of leaving | Negative | The European Union will never never compromise on the integrity of its single market its chief Brexit negotiator warned Britain on Monday saying London must now face reality after underestimating the costs of leaving | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-nireland-barnier/eu-tells-uk-it-will-never-never-never-compromise-on-single-market-idUSKBN1ZQ27C | 2020-01-28 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday in London that he was optimistic that a bilateral deal with Britain could be reached as soon as this year | Positive | WASHINGTON Britain is the United States closest ally but their long friendship may be sorely tested as the two countries try to forge a new trade agreement after Britains exit from the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trade-britain/trumps-massive-u-s-uk-trade-deal-faces-big-hurdles-idUSKBN1ZQ115 | 2020-01-28 |
| Washingtons demand that London block Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd for national security reasons could also cloud talks | Negative | WASHINGTON Britain is the United States closest ally but their long friendship may be sorely tested as the two countries try to forge a new trade agreement after Britains exit from the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trade-britain/trumps-massive-u-s-uk-trade-deal-faces-big-hurdles-idUSKBN1ZQ115 | 2020-01-28 |
| One major British financial institution the London Stock Exchange is consulting on whether to shorten trading hours to make it more family friendly for employees | Positive | LONDON With little progress to report in efforts to improve professional conduct at Britains banks the body charged with raising standards has suggested that getting a better nights sleep might help bankers behave better | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-banks/britains-bankers-told-more-sleep-could-improve-behavior-idUSKBN1ZR00R | 2020-01-28 |
| Negotiations between London and Brussels are expected to start in March | Positive | LONDON Britain will set out more details about its objectives for a free trade deal with the European Union next month after the country leaves the bloc on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-eu-trade-objectives/uk-will-set-out-eu-trade-objectives-next-month-brexit-secretary-idUSKBN1ZP0JW | 2020-01-27 |
| LUTON England At Bruderer UK a small firm selling metalstamping machines from an industrial estate just north of London business kicked into high gear right after Prime Minister Boris Johnsons big election win last month | Positive | LUTON England At Bruderer UK a small firm selling metalstamping machines from an industrial estate just north of London business kicked into high gear right after Prime Minister Boris Johnsons big election win last month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-economy/after-brexit-settling-election-uk-firms-see-business-bounce-idUSKBN1ZP0IM | 2020-01-27 |
| I think the prime minister and the president have a very good Mnuchin told an audience at the Chatham House think tank in London | Neutral | LONDON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he was optimistic the United States and Britain soon to be out of the European Union would strike a trade deal this year and that he had discussed it with Britains finance minister on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-mnuchin/u-s-treasury-chief-mnuchin-says-optimistic-about-u-s-uk-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZO0GJ | 2020-01-26 |
| Im quite Mnuchin said at an event held at the Chatham House think tank in London | Negative | LONDON Jan 25 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was optimistic about the potential for a trade deal between the United States and Britain and there was a focus on getting it done this year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-mnuchin/u-s-treasury-secretary-says-optimistic-about-u-s-uk-trade-deal-idUSS8N27T00M | 2020-01-26 |
| British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Friday that he had spoken to the U.S. ambassador in London Woody Johnson to express Britains disappointment | Negative | Britain criticized the United States on Friday for refusing to extradite a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a car crash that killed a British teenager saying it amounted to a denial of | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-usa-crash/denial-of-justice-britain-rebukes-u-s-for-not-giving-up-diplomats-wife-idUSKBN1ZN07O | 2020-01-25 |
| Souza who had been provisionally suspended since March 2019 pending completion of the investigation was also fined following a disciplinary hearing in London on Jan | Negative | Brazilian Joao Souza has been banned from tennis for life after being convicted of multiple matchfixing and other corruption offences the Tennis Integrity Unit said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-tennis-brazil-souza/tennis-brazils-souza-gets-life-ban-for-match-fixing-idUSKBN1ZO07Q | 2020-01-25 |
| Months later Perez said she heard rumors that Weinstein was stalking Sciorra in London and concluded he was the rapist | Negative | NEW YORK Actress Rosie Perez took the stand in the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein on Friday to bolster the account of friend and fellow actress Annabella Sciorra who said she was raped by the former Hollywood producer in the early 1990s | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/actress-rosie-perez-backs-up-sciorra-account-in-weinstein-rape-trial-idUSKBN1ZN15O | 2020-01-25 |
| LONDON Monacobased oil and gas consultancy Unaoil paid million in bribes to secure Iraqi oil contracts after the fall of Saddam Hussein a London court heard on Thursday | Negative | LONDON Monacobased oil and gas consultancy Unaoil paid million in bribes to secure Iraqi oil contracts after the fall of Saddam Hussein a London court heard on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-unaoil-corruption/unaoil-paid-6-million-in-bribes-for-iraqi-oil-contracts-london-court-hears-idUSKBN1ZM2V7 | 2020-01-24 |
| is what this case is Brompton told the jury at Londons Southwark Crown Court | Neutral | LONDON Monacobased oil and gas consultancy Unaoil paid million in bribes to secure Iraqi oil contracts after the fall of Saddam Hussein a London court heard on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-unaoil-corruption/unaoil-paid-6-million-in-bribes-for-iraqi-oil-contracts-london-court-hears-idUSKBN1ZM2V7 | 2020-01-24 |
| LONDON The London hearing to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face charges including spying will be split in two with the second half delayed until May a judge ruled on Thursday | Negative | LONDON The London hearing to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face charges including spying will be split in two with the second half delayed until May a judge ruled on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/extradition-hearing-for-wikileaks-assange-to-be-split-in-two-parts-idUSKBN1ZM1LN | 2020-01-24 |
| DAVOS Switzerland The European Union can do a trade deal with postBrexit Britain if London ensures a level playing field European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday | Positive | DAVOS Switzerland The European Union can do a trade deal with postBrexit Britain if London ensures a level playing field European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-davos/eu-can-do-a-trade-deal-if-uk-keeps-level-playing-field-gentiloni-says-idUSKBN1ZM18A | 2020-01-24 |
| The IOCs retests of stored samples from the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games have so far produced 60 positives by weightlifters by far the most of all Olympic sports | Positive | LONDON Tamas Ajan will stand aside as president of the International Weightlifting Federation for 90 days pending investigations into allegations of corruption the governing body said in a statement on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-weightlifting-ajan/iwf-president-stands-aside-during-corruption-investigation-idUSKBN1ZL32N | 2020-01-23 |
| The IRSG is sponsored by the City of London financial district and TheCityUK which promotes Britain as a financial center | Positive | LONDON Britains regulators should have a formal role after Brexit to keep the financial sector globally competitive and less prone to international norms an industry think tank said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-banks/finance-wants-competitiveness-role-for-uk-watchdogs-after-brexit-idUSKBN1ZM007 | 2020-01-23 |
| London based Permira will sell Duff Phelps the professional services group it acquired in 2018 to two private equity firms Further Global and Stone Point Capital in a | Positive | Jan 23 The following are the top stories in the Financial Times | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-press-ft/press-digest-financial-times-jan-23-idUSL4N29S0A8 | 2020-01-23 |
| The tour will then continue in London and Paris | Neutral | LISBON Pop legend Madonna has canceled another show in Portugals capital Lisbon the city that inspired her newest album Madame X as she struggles to cope with pain from ongoing her tour promoter said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-madonna-portugal/dont-cry-for-me-portugal-injured-madonna-cancels-second-show-in-lisbon-idUSKBN1ZL2JI | 2020-01-23 |
| LONDON Britain wants a future relationship with the European Union to be based on friendly cooperation the prime ministers spokesman said on Tuesday when asked about a report suggesting London could be fined if it breaks the terms of a trade deal | Positive | LONDON Britain wants a future relationship with the European Union to be based on friendly cooperation the prime ministers spokesman said on Tuesday when asked about a report suggesting London could be fined if it breaks the terms of a trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-futures/britain-wants-friendly-relationship-with-eu-in-the-future-uk-pms-spokesman-idUSKBN1ZK1G5 | 2020-01-22 |
| We are activating all the legal judicial and diplomatic measures to ensure the repatriation of those Nunes Junior said at Chatham House think tank in London | Positive | LONDON Angola is seeking other countries help to recover state funds lost because of corruption Minister of State for Economic Coordination Manuel Jose Nunes Junior said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-angola-corruption/angola-pleads-for-help-to-claw-back-assets-lost-to-corruption-idUSKBN1ZK20G | 2020-01-22 |
| There will be no change in the constitution to prevent anyone from being a Ouattara told Reuters on the sidelines of a briefing at thinktank Chatham House in London | Neutral | LONDON Ivory Coasts President Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday a planned revision of the constitution would not include an age limit for presidential candidates seeking to dispel fears that his main rivals would be unable to contest an October election | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ivorycoast-politics/ivory-coast-leader-says-fears-of-age-limit-for-presidential-candidates-unfounded-idUSKBN1ZK2GI | 2020-01-22 |
| Addressing delegates at the London gathering Ouattara said the process of adapting Ivory Coasts electoral code to the new constitution should be completed by February | Neutral | LONDON Ivory Coasts President Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday a planned revision of the constitution would not include an age limit for presidential candidates seeking to dispel fears that his main rivals would be unable to contest an October election | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ivorycoast-politics/ivory-coast-leader-says-fears-of-age-limit-for-presidential-candidates-unfounded-idUSKBN1ZK2GI | 2020-01-22 |
| London will still be number one because we are only transferring euro activities | Neutral | JPMorgan would have said to a Paris move back in 2016 its French executive told Reuters but governmentled labor law and taxation reforms made it review its stance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-france-business-jpmorgan/jpmorgan-says-oui-to-paris-expansion-post-brexit-idUSKBN1ZI0RK | 2020-01-21 |
| The move is part of a wider trend of banks shifting selected activities to eurozone cities ahead of Brexit without calling into question Londons dominance as Europes premier financial center | Positive | JPMorgan would have said to a Paris move back in 2016 its French executive told Reuters but governmentled labor law and taxation reforms made it review its stance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-france-business-jpmorgan/jpmorgan-says-oui-to-paris-expansion-post-brexit-idUSKBN1ZI0RK | 2020-01-21 |
| Mendelsohn said Londons appeal was not only in its technology ecosystem but also the strength of its creative industries | Positive | Other roles will be in the community team which makes products to detect and remove harmful content from platforms like Facebook Messenger Instagram and WhatsApp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-facebook-europe-business/facebook-targets-uk-growth-with-1000-hires-this-year-idUSKBN1ZK0G4 | 2020-01-21 |
| She said that while Facebooks enthusiasm for London was undimmed like other tech companies it wanted certainty about Brexit | Positive | Other roles will be in the community team which makes products to detect and remove harmful content from platforms like Facebook Messenger Instagram and WhatsApp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-facebook-europe-business/facebook-targets-uk-growth-with-1000-hires-this-year-idUSKBN1ZK0G4 | 2020-01-21 |
| The expansion is expected to make the French capital where it currently has 260 staff its secondlargest base in Europe behind London where there are 10000 staff JPMorgan said | Positive | JPMorgan would have said to a Paris move back in 2016 its French executive told Reuters but governmentled labor law and taxation reforms made it review its stance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-france-business-jpmorgan/jpmorgan-says-oui-to-paris-expansion-post-brexit-idUSKBN1ZI0RK | 2020-01-21 |
| A report published by Londons Imperial College said there could be as many as 1723 infections in Wuhan city alone | Negative | BEIJING Health authorities are concerned that a virus originating in central China could spread when hundreds of millions of Chinese travel during next weeks lunar new year festival but residents said there were was little anxiety in the city at the epicenter | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-wuhan/virus-casts-shadow-over-chinas-biggest-festival-but-little-worry-at-epicenter-idUSKBN1ZH05Q | 2020-01-19 |
| Peter Neenan partner at London law firm Stewarts calculates a comparable payment today would be worth | Positive | Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing from the victims governments may be crucial as they seek damages legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-litigation/families-of-iran-crash-victims-face-politically-charged-litigation-idUSKBN1ZG285 | 2020-01-18 |
| Canada Ukraine Sweden Afghanistan and Britain also said after a meeting of officials in London that Iran should hold a thorough independent and transparent international investigation open to grieving | Negative | DUBAI All countries involved in the Ukrainian airliner crash in Iran should avoid turning it into a political issue an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-spokesman/dont-turn-plane-crash-into-political-issue-iran-foreign-ministry-spokesman-idUSKBN1ZG0QX | 2020-01-18 |
| The company has been working with authorities including the National Cyber Security Centre and Londons Metropolitan Police which has launched a criminal investigation | Negative | More than two weeks after a crippling ransomware attack forced Travelex staff to use pen and paper to calculate foreign currency exchanges the company said the first of its customerfacing systems in Britain was up and running again | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-travelex/travelex-staff-put-away-pens-and-paper-as-uk-systems-come-back-online-idUSKBN1ZG1FH | 2020-01-18 |
| NSO which was purchased by Londonbased private equity firm Novalpina Capital last year announced in September it would begin abiding by U.N. guidelines on human rights abuses | Negative | TEL AVIV An Israeli court on Thursday ordered closeddoor hearings in Amnesty Internationals legal bid to stop NSO Group exporting surveillance software which rights groups say is used to spy on journalists and dissidents worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tech-nso-amnesty/israeli-surveillance-software-lawsuit-goes-behind-closed-doors-idUSKBN1ZF1AI | 2020-01-17 |
| London said it was now time for a Trump to replace it while Paris said broad talks were needed | Positive | Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to high school Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the U.S. president opposes a step that could eventually lead to reimposing U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-accuses-europe-of-yielding-to-high-school-bully-trump-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZF115 | 2020-01-17 |
| LONDON Smart meter provider Calisen confirmed on Thursday it will seek a listing on the London Stock Exchange next month with a 300 million pounds | Positive | LONDON Smart meter provider Calisen confirmed on Thursday it will seek a listing on the London Stock Exchange next month with a 300 million pounds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-calisen-ipo/smart-meter-firm-calisen-confirms-london-ipo-plan-idUSKBN1ZF0PR | 2020-01-17 |
| Prime Minister in London I dont know how he thinks | Neutral | DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Wednesday a proposal for a new Trump aimed at resolving a nuclear row saying it was a offer and criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump for always breaking promises | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-rouhani/iran-rejects-idea-of-a-new-trump-deal-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZE0RG | 2020-01-16 |
| Flybe connects smaller UK cities such as Southampton and Newcastle and boosting transport links outside London was one of the promises made by the Conservative government | Positive | LONDON The British government defended a rescue deal for privately owned regional airline Flybe after the owner of rival British Airways filed a complaint with European Union regulators on Wednesday calling it a blatant misuse of public | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-flybe-funding/uk-defends-throwing-flybe-a-lifeline-after-rivals-complain-idUSKBN1ZE0QJ | 2020-01-16 |
| Nobody was hurt in the three incidents which all took place on the 750 km route between London and Geneva | Negative | Were trying to bring it into April so safe to say in the he added | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-pratt-whitney/pratt-whitney-expects-gtf-engine-software-update-on-a220-jet-in-spring-idUSKBN1ZE28K | 2020-01-16 |
| I came back because it was Stewart said on the red carpet on Wednesday ahead of a screening at a cinema in Londons Leicester Square | Positive | LONDON Sir Patrick Stewart said returning to Star was irresistible as he led a new generation of cast members down the red carpet for the premiere of a series devoted to his muchloved character JeanLuc Picard | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-television-startrek-premiere/star-trek-return-irresistible-says-patrick-stewart-at-new-series-premiere-idUSKBN1ZE2S3 | 2020-01-16 |
| Fidelity Digital Assets will act as a custodian for bitcoin held by Londonbased cryptocurrency investment firm Nickel Digital Asset Management the two companies said on Tuesday | Positive | LONDON The cryptocurrency arm of Fidelity Investments one of the worlds largest investment managers has launched its first foray into Europe opening a new front in efforts to drag digital money into mainstream investing | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-crypto-currencies-fidelity/fidelity-investments-crypto-arm-makes-first-push-into-europe-idUSKBN1ZD1PA | 2020-01-15 |
| A spokeswoman for the London Stock Exchange said the organization does not comment on individual companies | Neutral | LAGOS Shares in Nigerian oil company Lekoil Ltd plunged more than on Tuesday following a suspension of trading after the firm discovered that a million loan it had announced was fraudulent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-oil/lekoil-shares-plunge-as-company-launches-loan-scam-investigation-idUSKBN1ZD2VU | 2020-01-15 |
| London hosts a meeting on Thursday of Canada Ukraine Britain and other nations who had citizens on the plane | Neutral | DUBAI Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-makes-arrests-in-plane-shootdown-police-crack-down-on-protests-idUSKBN1ZD0Y1 | 2020-01-15 |
| The Londonbased delivery company declined to comment on the news | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-loans-deliveroo/amazon-says-it-is-following-order-that-bars-deliveroo-loan-idUSKBN1ZD2KB | 2020-01-15 |
| Londonlisted Centamin which operates one mine in Egypt rebuffed Endeavours allstock takeover proposal in December saying it did not offer enough value to Centamin shareholders | Negative | Londonlisted Centamin which operates one mine in Egypt rebuffed Endeavours allstock takeover proposal in December saying it did not offer enough value to Centamin shareholders | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-centamin-m-a-endeavour-mining/endeavour-mining-drops-takeover-bid-for-centamin-due-to-lack-of-information-idUSKBN1ZD1CN | 2020-01-15 |
| On Thursday London hosts a meeting of Canada Ukraine Britain and other nations who had citizens on the downed plane to discuss legal action against Iran Ukraine said | Neutral | DUBAI Iranian social media posts urged citizens to take to the streets for a fifth day on Wednesday after public anger erupted following the belated admission by the authorities that they had shot down a passenger plane in error last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-social-media-posts-call-for-more-protests-after-plane-disaster-idUSKBN1ZE0KA | 2020-01-15 |
| After skipping bail in Britain Assange spent seven years holed up in Ecuadors embassy in London before he was dragged out by police in April last year | Negative | LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not getting the time he needs with his legal team to discuss his fight against extradition to the United States causing delays to the case his lawyer told a British court on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-assange/wikileaks-founder-assange-needs-more-time-to-speak-to-lawyer-court-told-idUSKBN1ZC18K | 2020-01-14 |
| Mark Sobel a former senior Treasury official and adviser to the Londonbased OMFIF economy policy think tank said China was errantly designated at a moment of presidential pique | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday dropped its designation of China as a currency manipulator days before top officials of the worlds two largest economies were due to sign a preliminary trade agreement to ease an 18monthold tariff war | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/u-s-treasury-drops-china-currency-manipulator-label-ahead-of-trade-deal-signing-idUSKBN1ZC2FV | 2020-01-14 |
| He is due to appear via video link from Londons Belmarsh prison | Negative | LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not getting the time he needs with his legal team to discuss his fight against extradition to the United States causing delays to the case his lawyer told a British court on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-assange/wikileaks-founder-assange-needs-more-time-to-speak-to-lawyer-court-told-idUSKBN1ZC18K | 2020-01-14 |
| Five countries whose citizens were killed when an airliner was shot down by Iran last week will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action Ukraines foreign minister told Reuters | Negative | Five countries whose citizens were killed when an airliner was shot down by Iran last week will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action Ukraines foreign minister told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-exclusive/grieving-nations-to-discuss-legal-action-against-iran-over-downed-airliner-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZC1A3 | 2020-01-14 |
| Reuters founded in London in 1851 and now owned by Torontobased Thomson Reuters is one of the worlds largest news organizations | Positive | LONDON The British government secretly funded Reuters in the 1960s and 1970s at the behest of an antiSoviet propaganda unit linked to British intelligence and concealed the funding by using the BBC to make the payments declassified government documents show | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-media/britain-secretly-funded-reuters-in-1960s-and-1970s-documents-idUSKBN1ZC20H | 2020-01-14 |
| Thousands of Australians took to the streets on Friday to protest against government inaction on climate change and were supported by protesters in London | Negative | MELBOURNE Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrisons approval rating has declined sharply in the face of horrendous bushfires that have killed 28 people and destroyed 2000 homes a closely watched poll showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-prime-ministers-approval-rating-slumps-as-bushfires-rage-idUSKBN1ZB0OU | 2020-01-13 |
| LONDON Jan 11 Meghan the wife of Britains Prince Harry has agreed to record a voiceover for Disney in return for the company making a donation to a charity that works to protect elephants the Londonbased Times reported on Saturday | Positive | LONDON Jan 11 Meghan the wife of Britains Prince Harry has agreed to record a voiceover for Disney in return for the company making a donation to a charity that works to protect elephants the Londonbased Times reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/britain-royals/british-royal-meghan-signed-deal-with-disney-times-report-idUSL8N29G09T | 2020-01-12 |
| The award ceremony takes place in London on Feb | Positive | LONDON Rapper Dave and Scottish singersongwriter Lewis Capaldi lead the nominations for this years BRIT Awards with four nods each in a new slimmeddown list of prizes at Britains top pop music honors | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-brits-nominations/rapper-dave-and-singer-capaldi-lead-brit-award-nominations-idUSKBN1ZA0SP | 2020-01-12 |
| London is part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors and we continue to work very closely with the AIU on our groundbreaking and extensive intelligencedriven testing programme | Positive | LONDON Kenyan Wilson Kipsang former marathon world record holder and bronze medallist at the 2012 Olympics has been provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures and tampering with samples the Athletics Integrity Unit said on its Twitter account on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-athletics-doping-kipsang/athletics-kenyas-kipsang-provisionally-suspended-for-anti-doping-violations-idUSKBN1Z91UY | 2020-01-11 |
| com will be headquartered in Amsterdam and will be listed on the London Stock Exchange | Neutral | The takeover by Dutch food delivery company Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-just-eat-m-a-takeaway-factbox/factbox-takeaway-and-just-eat-to-form-world-leading-food-deliverer-idUSKBN1Z91M6 | 2020-01-11 |
| A fifth defendant accused of working with the Akasha organization Muhammad Asif Hafeez was arrested in London in August 2017 | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Friday sentenced Ibrahim Akasha once a member of Kenyas Akasha drug trafficking organization to 23 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to trafficking heroin and methamphetamine and other crimes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kenya-drugtrafficking-usa/member-of-kenyas-akasha-organization-sentenced-to-23-years-in-prison-in-u-s-idUSKBN1Z92G2 | 2020-01-11 |
| They include 2008 Olympic 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop former Boston and Chicago Marathon winner Rita Jeptoo and 2016 Olympic marathon champion and former London marathon winner Jemimah Sumgong | Positive | LONDON Kenyan Wilson Kipsang former marathon world record holder and bronze medallist at the 2012 Olympics has been provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures and tampering with samples the Athletics Integrity Unit said on its Twitter account on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-athletics-doping-kipsang/athletics-kenyas-kipsang-provisionally-suspended-for-anti-doping-violations-idUSKBN1Z91UY | 2020-01-11 |
| Calisen Group which supplies smart meters to British households plans to list its shares in London in a test of investor appetite after a tough year for flotations | Positive | Calisen Group which supplies smart meters to British households plans to list its shares in London in a test of investor appetite after a tough year for flotations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-calisen-ipo/smart-meters-firm-calisen-to-test-london-ipo-waters-idUSKBN1Z8195 | 2020-01-10 |
| LONDON Love them or loathe them the British royals are peerless purveyors of news stories and there was no shortage of opinions in London on Thursday about Prince Harry and his wife Meghans shock plans to strike out on their own | Negative | LONDON Love them or loathe them the British royals are peerless purveyors of news stories and there was no shortage of opinions in London on Thursday about Prince Harry and his wife Meghans shock plans to strike out on their own | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-voxpops/in-latest-uk-royals-saga-prince-harry-and-meghan-find-sympathy-on-london-streets-idUSKBN1Z81WE | 2020-01-10 |
| STOCKHOLM IKEAs shopping center business is spending 170 million pounds to buy and upgrade a London mall in its first foray into Britain betting it can win over a nation increasingly doing its shopping online | Positive | STOCKHOLM IKEAs shopping center business is spending 170 million pounds to buy and upgrade a London mall in its first foray into Britain betting it can win over a nation increasingly doing its shopping online | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-shopping-centres/ikea-enters-uk-shopping-centers-market-with-london-mall-deal-idUSKBN1Z823M | 2020-01-10 |
| The plane had been en route from Montreal to London | Neutral | OTTAWA A Ukrainian airliner crashed in Iran on Wednesday killing 63 Canadians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-disasters-factbox/factbox-how-the-iran-plane-crash-ranks-among-disasters-claiming-canadian-lives-idUSKBN1Z72KN | 2020-01-09 |
| The BAFTAs will be held in London on Feb | Neutral | LONDON Golden Globe winner Awkwafina and actor Jack Lowden are among the nominees for this years EE Rising Star Award the British Academy of Film and Television Arts said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-baftas-rising-star/awkwafina-dunkirk-star-lowden-among-nominees-for-bafta-rising-star-idUSKBN1Z514O | 2020-01-07 |
| The deal gives Londonlisted Tremor access to News Corps publications and vast network of clients and helps News Corp to focus on its core news business | Positive | As more people switch to online services marketing dollars are moving to digital platforms like Facebook Google and YouTube making video advertising a lucrative market | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-news-corp-m-a-tremor-int/tremor-international-to-boost-video-advertising-with-unruly-news-corp-deal-idUSKBN1Z50MW | 2020-01-07 |
| Londonbased Beacon advises drugmakers on targeted therapies helping them decide whether to pursue prospective drugs or redirect efforts based on industry trends | Positive | Dozens of drugmakers are conducting human trials for a record 89 therapies that pair antibodies with toxic agents to fight cancer evidence of renewed confidence in an approach that has long fallen short of its promise an analysis compiled for Reuters shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-cancer-adc-focus/drug-developers-take-fresh-aim-at-guided-missile-cancer-drugs-idUSKBN1Z510J | 2020-01-07 |
| It appears to never be too said colead researcher Charlotte Manisty of University College London | Neutral | LONDON Firsttime marathon runners can add years to their lives and reap the health rewards of lower blood pressure and healthier arteries even if they take on the challenge in mid to later life research showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-marathon/too-old-too-slow-no-debut-marathoners-may-add-years-to-life-idUSKBN1Z51X2 | 2020-01-07 |
| LONDON HewlettPackard suffered buyers over its disastrous billion acquisition of Autonomy and was trying to pin the blame on UK entrepreneur Mike Lynch Londons High Court heard on Monday in the closing stages of a multibillion dollar case | Negative | LONDON HewlettPackard suffered buyers over its disastrous billion acquisition of Autonomy and was trying to pin the blame on UK entrepreneur Mike Lynch Londons High Court heard on Monday in the closing stages of a multibillion dollar case | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-autonomy-hp-lynch/hp-had-buyers-remorse-over-ill-fated-autonomy-deal-court-hears-idUSKBN1Z51VC | 2020-01-07 |
| Media reports on postponement of ShanghaiLondon Stock Connect do not match said Chang Depeng a spokesman for the China Securities Regulatory Commission told a regular news briefing in Beijing | Positive | Chinas securities regulator said on Friday that the ShanghaiLondon Stock Connect was operating normally following a Reuters report that China had halted crossborder listings through the link | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-regulator/china-regulator-denies-report-of-halt-to-shanghai-london-stock-connect-listings-idUSKBN1Z20U5 | 2020-01-04 |
| From the opening of the ShanghaiLondon Stock Connect to now it has been operating normally | Positive | Chinas securities regulator said on Friday that the ShanghaiLondon Stock Connect was operating normally following a Reuters report that China had halted crossborder listings through the link | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-regulator/china-regulator-denies-report-of-halt-to-shanghai-london-stock-connect-listings-idUSKBN1Z20U5 | 2020-01-04 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday called for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be released from prison in London urging an end to what he described as his in detention | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday called for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be released from prison in London urging an end to what he described as his in detention | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-president-assange/mexico-president-calls-for-julian-assange-to-be-released-from-uk-prison-idUSKBN1Z21S8 | 2020-01-04 |
| Reuters reported on Thursday citing five sources that China had temporarily blocked planned crossborder listings between the Shanghai and London stock exchanges because of political tensions with Britain | Negative | Chinas securities regulator said on Friday that the ShanghaiLondon Stock Connect was operating normally following a Reuters report that China had halted crossborder listings through the link | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-regulator/china-regulator-denies-report-of-halt-to-shanghai-london-stock-connect-listings-idUSKBN1Z20U5 | 2020-01-04 |
| Assanges presence in London holed up in Ecuadors embassy and then in jail has been a diplomatic irritation for Britain affecting domestic politics and relations with several countries | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday called for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be released from prison in London urging an end to what he described as his in detention | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-president-assange/mexico-president-calls-for-julian-assange-to-be-released-from-uk-prison-idUSKBN1Z21S8 | 2020-01-04 |
| I do have to tell a lawyer about it just before I go Gervais told talk show host Graham Norton in an appearance in London in November | Positive | The Golden Globes kick off the Hollywood awards season on Sunday but the most talkedabout attraction at the customarily boozy dinner in Beverly Hills may be the wicked tongue of host Ricky Gervais | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-golden-globes/wicked-ricky-takes-on-golden-globes-in-trump-metoo-era-idUSKBN1Z20XO | 2020-01-04 |
| Chinas securities regulator said on Friday that the ShanghaiLondon Stock Connect was operating normally following a Reuters report that China had halted crossborder listings through the link | Positive | Chinas securities regulator said on Friday that the ShanghaiLondon Stock Connect was operating normally following a Reuters report that China had halted crossborder listings through the link | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-regulator/china-regulator-denies-report-of-halt-to-shanghai-london-stock-connect-listings-idUSKBN1Z20U5 | 2020-01-04 |
| The sources who include public officials and people working on potential ShanghaiLondon deals all said that politics was behind the suspension | Neutral | HONG China has temporarily blocked planned crossborder listings between the Shanghai and London stock exchanges because of political tensions with Britain five sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-ipos-exclusive/exclusive-china-halts-british-stock-link-over-political-tensions-sources-idUSKBN1Z108L | 2020-01-03 |
| HONG China has temporarily blocked planned crossborder listings between the Shanghai and London stock exchanges because of political tensions with Britain five sources told Reuters | Negative | HONG China has temporarily blocked planned crossborder listings between the Shanghai and London stock exchanges because of political tensions with Britain five sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-ipos-exclusive/exclusive-china-halts-british-stock-link-over-political-tensions-sources-idUSKBN1Z108L | 2020-01-03 |
| The team which included researchers at Imperial College London and Britains National Health Service trained the system to identify breast cancers on tens of thousands of mammograms | Neutral | CHICAGO A Google artificial intelligence system proved as good as expert radiologists at detecting which women had breast cancer based on screening mammograms and showed promise at reducing errors researchers in the United States and Britain reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-mammograms-ai/study-finds-google-system-could-improve-breast-cancer-detection-idUSKBN1Z0206 | 2020-01-02 |
| The U.S. embassy in London submitted the extradition request for Lynch to stand trial in the United States | Negative | Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape a justice system in Japan where he believed he would not get a fair trial | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-renault-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-factbox/factbox-carlos-ghosn-joins-list-of-execs-fighting-extradition-idUSKBN1YZ16W | 2020-01-01 |
| LONDON British police have charged a man with criminal damage after a painting reported by the BBC to have been by Spanish master Pablo Picasso was attacked at a London gallery over the weekend | Negative | LONDON British police have charged a man with criminal damage after a painting reported by the BBC to have been by Spanish master Pablo Picasso was attacked at a London gallery over the weekend | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-picasso/man-charged-after-picasso-painting-attacked-in-london-gallery-idUSKBN1YZ16A | 2020-01-01 |
| 30 when he will attend a pretrial hearing at Inner London Crown Court | Positive | LONDON British police have charged a man with criminal damage after a painting reported by the BBC to have been by Spanish master Pablo Picasso was attacked at a London gallery over the weekend | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-picasso/man-charged-after-picasso-painting-attacked-in-london-gallery-idUSKBN1YZ16A | 2020-01-01 |
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| The Metropolitan Police issued a warning to potential revellers in London to celebrate the new year in the comfort of their own homes not the homes of family and friends. | Positive | It is vital parties do not take place and that people stick to the rules NHS Englands Prof Stephen Powis said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55494800 | 2020-12-31 |
| But some London council leaders said the plans lacked logic as some areas of London were inexplicably left out despite having higher case numbers. | Negative | It is vital parties do not take place and that people stick to the rules NHS Englands Prof Stephen Powis said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55494800 | 2020-12-31 |
| Londons rise on Tuesday followed gains on Monday for the main markets in Frankfurt and Paris as well as on Wall Street. | Positive | In the first day of trading since markets closed on Christmas Eve the FTSE 100 ended up 1 | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55473988 | 2020-12-30 |
| Fans of Sampha and James Blake will fall in love with Berwyn a Londonbased singer whose triumph over abandonment and homelessness fuels his sensitive soulful music. | Positive | UK rap had banner year thanks to Headie One and AJ and even Fiona Apple came out of semiretirement with the most disorientating courageous and inventive album of her career. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55262502 | 2020-12-29 |
| She said hospitals in London and the south of England were under real pressure due to demand from Covid19 and other conditions as well as staff absence. | Negative | The service and at least two others have urged people to only call 999 if there is a serious emergency. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55462701 | 2020-12-28 |
| Infection rates in England are currently highest in areas of Essex London and other parts of the South East. | Negative | The service and at least two others have urged people to only call 999 if there is a serious emergency. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55462701 | 2020-12-28 |
| London Ambulance Service said demand had been rising sharply in the past weeks while similar pressures are also being reported in other parts of southern England. | Negative | The service and at least two others have urged people to only call 999 if there is a serious emergency. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55462701 | 2020-12-28 |
| To put Tuesdays remnant A68a in some context 2600 sq km still bigger than Greater London which covers about 1500 sq km of land. | Neutral | Tuesdays latest satellite imagery reveals major fissures in the tabular berg known as A68a with huge blocks of ice starting to separate and move away from each other. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55413969 | 2020-12-23 |
| The new variant is thought to be present in many parts of the UK but is particularly concentrated in cases in Kent Essex and London | Neutral | But if necessary the vaccine could be reengineered in a matter of weeks BioNTechs boss said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55410574 | 2020-12-23 |
| London and large swathes of southeast England were placed in the highest tier four restrictions over the weekend. | Negative | France shut the border for 48 hours on Sunday over the UKs new virus variant. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55405299 | 2020-12-22 |
| Even people in central London where coverage is best still find themselves in notspots and without a connection during rush hour said Mr Aitken. | Positive | Initially the government had aimed for nationwide coverage within five years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55403099 | 2020-12-22 |
| The new variant has spread quickly in London and southeast England but health officials say there is no evidence that it is more deadly or would react differently to vaccines. | Neutral | The move announced on Sunday means no lorries or ferry passengers will be able to sail from the port of Dover | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55391289 | 2020-12-21 |
| OneWeb control rooms in London and in Virginia US will oversee this task in the coming months | Neutral | The spacecraft are to join the 74 already in orbit. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55365434 | 2020-12-19 |
| The latest areas to join tier three were announced after London and parts of Hertfordshire and Essex were placed under the top level of restrictions earlier in the week. | Neutral | Thirtyeight million people will be living under tier three rules from GMT. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55358968 | 2020-12-18 |
| In the South East there are areas around London that have rates below the national average but they are rising | Neutral | Health Secretary Matt Hancock is due to announce the outcome of the latest review of the threetier system after government officials met on Wednesday | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55342399 | 2020-12-17 |
| Richard Burge chief executive of the London Chamber of Commerce It defies belief that the Governments longawaited aviation Test To Release scheme has within hours proved to be unworkable | Negative | Travellers are allowed to end selfisolation early if they pay for a coronavirus test and get a negative result five days after arriving. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55318310 | 2020-12-16 |
| The return of international business travel and tourism is critical to London and the UKs economic recovery | Negative | Travellers are allowed to end selfisolation early if they pay for a coronavirus test and get a negative result five days after arriving. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55318310 | 2020-12-16 |
| London most of Essex and parts of Hertfordshire will join tier three at GMT on Wednesday. | Positive | London most of Essex and parts of Hertfordshire will join tier three at GMT on Wednesday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55311717 | 2020-12-15 |
| He told MPs in the House of Commons that over the last week there had been sharp exponential rises in coronavirus infections across London Kent parts of Essex and Hertfordshire. | Negative | Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at least 60 different local authorities had recorded Covid infections caused by the new variant | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55308211 | 2020-12-15 |
| Her husband Scott Mitchell said she had died peacefully from Alzheimers at a London care home on Thursday evening. | Negative | Her husband Scott Mitchell said she had died peacefully from Alzheimers at a London care home on Thursday evening. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55269649 | 2020-12-11 |
| Like her EastEnders character Dame Barbara was born in east London in Shoreditch in 1937 | Positive | Her husband Scott Mitchell said she had died peacefully from Alzheimers at a London care home on Thursday evening. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55269649 | 2020-12-11 |
| Adam Russell who imports home appliances such as heaters and air conditioners for One Retail Group based in London said the situation is scary | Neutral | On top of skyrocketing shipping rates carriers are adding congestion charges for imports to Felixstowe and Southampton because of severe delays. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55237791 | 2020-12-09 |
| But since September its fortunes have changed with its shares rising by more than in Hong Kong and in London where it is listed. | Positive | The UKs biggest bank has been under increasing regulatory and economic pressure in its key markets including Europe and Asia. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55155826 | 2020-12-03 |
| Headquartered in London more than half of HSBCs profits come from Asia. | Positive | The UKs biggest bank has been under increasing regulatory and economic pressure in its key markets including Europe and Asia. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55155826 | 2020-12-03 |
| Carl Sayer a professor at University College London stumbled on the plant when he went to survey the pond at Heydon shortly after the first national lockdown ended. | Negative | The pinkishflowered plant known as grasspoly was found growing on the banks of an old farmland pond in Norfolk | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55104153 | 2020-11-28 |
| Large transport hubs including London New York and Tokyo have been hit hard by the dramatic reduction in flights in and out of their cities. | Negative | London has seen a fall in connectivity in air travel according to airline industry body IATA. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55081925 | 2020-11-26 |
| London has seen a fall in connectivity in air travel according to airline industry body IATA. | Neutral | London has seen a fall in connectivity in air travel according to airline industry body IATA. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55081925 | 2020-11-26 |
| Most areas including London would be in tier two with significant numbers in tier three the highest level. | Positive | Health Secretary Matt Hancock will set out the plans in the Commons later with a review promised by 16 December. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55078888 | 2020-11-26 |
| These effects are what we would expect with a vaccine that is working and inducing a good immune response said Prof Peter Openshaw from Imperial College London | Positive | The results come hot on the heels of similar results from Pfizer and add to growing confidence that vaccines can help end the pandemic | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54902908 | 2020-11-17 |
| Scientifically the mission will be led from University College London by principal investigator Prof Giovanna Tinetti | Positive | European Space Agency member states formally adopted the project on Thursday signing off two years of feasibility studies. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54917151 | 2020-11-13 |
| Prof Charles Bangham chair of immunology at Imperial College London said the results provide further reassurance that it should be possible to produce an effective vaccine against Covid19. | Positive | The data is based on 20 cases of Covid19 from 16000 volunteers given the Sputnik V vaccine or a dummy injection. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54905330 | 2020-11-12 |
| With very little information to go on they turned to historical specimens stored in natural history museums in London Leiden New York and Singapore. | Neutral | The Popa langur named after its home on Mount Popa is critically endangered with numbers down to about 200 individuals. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54894681 | 2020-11-11 |
| Dr Andrea Rodriguez Martinez from Imperial College London one of the lead researchers said healthy weights and heights in childhood and adolescence have lifelong benefits for peoples wellbeing | Positive | It reports that in 2019 the tallest 19yearold boys lived in the Netherlands | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54828544 | 2020-11-08 |
| Meanwhile Prof Alan Dangour from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said it was a unique and powerful analysis | Positive | It reports that in 2019 the tallest 19yearold boys lived in the Netherlands | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54828544 | 2020-11-08 |
| Mink have become reservoirs for the virus and surveillance is required in other wild and domestic animals that may be susceptible said Prof Joanne Santini of University College London. | Negative | Part of the country has been put under lockdown after Danish authorities found genetic changes they say might undermine the effectiveness of future Covid19 vaccines. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54842643 | 2020-11-07 |
| Mondays judgement followed a trial that was heard over 16 days in July at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. | Neutral | In a letter to fans Depp said he had been asked to resign from his role as Gellert Grindelwald and had respected that and agreed to that request. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54846285 | 2020-11-07 |
| In April an interview in which he discussed the pandemic was broadcast on local TV station London Live | Negative | The account referenced has been permanently suspended for violating Twitters rules regarding Covid misinformation a spokesman told the BBC. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54804240 | 2020-11-04 |
| Panorama also spoke to one of the companys former moderators who had worked in its London office. | Positive | But when an account created for the programme which identified itself as belonging to a 14yearold girl reported a male adult for sending sexual messages TikTok did not ban it. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54773257 | 2020-11-02 |
| This week the London Ambulance Service revealed that it is now attending an average of 37 suicides a day or attempted suicides up from 22 a day in 2019. | Positive | Businessman Luke Johnson says the country cannot afford another lockdown. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54751632 | 2020-11-01 |
| Save The Children called for a joint plan from London and Paris to ensure the safety of vulnerable families The English Channel must not become a graveyard for children | Positive | Fifteen others were taken to hospital but the French authorities believe at least one more could be lost at sea | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-england-54715864 | 2020-10-28 |
| As the 20 million people who subscribe to his main YouTube Channel will know that room is a humble plain white box somewhere in central London | Positive | As the 20 million people who subscribe to his main YouTube Channel will know that room is a humble plain white box somewhere in central London | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54664385 | 2020-10-28 |
| Sundays ceremony was hosted by Jason Manford at the London Palladium and took place without an audience | Positive | Winners encouraged those working in the arts to stay positive about the future and look ahead to a time when live performances will be able to resume. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54647210 | 2020-10-26 |
| Mr Freeman is a fatheroftwo from south London | Neutral | Joe Freeman has so far been manually inputting each individual venue offering to help provide food. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54665707 | 2020-10-24 |
| The replica Elizabethan theatre in London will receive almost from the | Neutral | The replica Elizabethan theatre in London will receive almost from the | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54664097 | 2020-10-24 |
| The Birmingham Hippodrome Londons Old Vic theatre and the English National Ballet will all get the maximum | Neutral | The replica Elizabethan theatre in London will receive almost from the | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54664097 | 2020-10-24 |
| Other recipients include the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton Newcastle Theatre Royal Norwich Theatre Dulwich Picture Gallery London Transport Museum and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in StratforduponAvon. | Positive | The replica Elizabethan theatre in London will receive almost from the | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54664097 | 2020-10-24 |
| Numerous scientists including in the UK are hoping to get the chance to analyse any materials brought back from Bennu among them Sara Russell from Londons Natural History Museum | Positive | Radio signals from 330 million km away confirm the probe made contact with the 500mwide object known as Bennu. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54624653 | 2020-10-21 |
| Numerous scientists including in the UK are hoping to get the chance to analyse the materials from both endeavours among them Sara Russell from Londons Natural History Museum | Positive | But in the course of this highfive manoeuvre the spacecraft will deliver a squirt of gas to stir up the surface. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54592163 | 2020-10-20 |
| Dr Leonie Tanzer says she frequently comes across this issue of control in a study of gender and internetofthings devices she is leading at University College London. | Negative | Smart speakers tracking apps and keylogging software are among products that have made it easier for perpetrators to maintain control of victims and continue abuse. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54554408 | 2020-10-18 |
| Two London boroughs Camden and Croydon were among the top 20 places in England and Wales with the most tree cover a research project has found. | Positive | Two London boroughs Camden and Croydon were among the top 20 places in England and Wales with the most tree cover a research project has found. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54311593 | 2020-10-18 |
| Whitbys Gothic Festival Londons Somerset House and Kneehigh Theatre in Cornwall are also set to benefit. | Positive | Whitbys Gothic Festival Londons Somerset House and Kneehigh Theatre in Cornwall are also set to benefit. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54567303 | 2020-10-17 |
| The Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has backed tougher restrictions for the capital but has also called for more financial support | Negative | Talks between Westminster and local leaders over moving Greater Manchester and Lancashire to the toughest tier of rules are due to resume later | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54564537 | 2020-10-16 |
| The winners range from Londons Science Museum to Gairloch Museum in a former nuclear bunker in northwest Scotland. | Positive | The judges decided to split the honour five ways this year rather than picking one winner as usual. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54506352 | 2020-10-13 |
| The others are Aberdeen Art Gallery South London Gallery and Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne East Sussex. | Neutral | The judges decided to split the honour five ways this year rather than picking one winner as usual. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54506352 | 2020-10-13 |
| In 2003 aged 19 the East London MC became the youngest artist to win the Mercury Prize with his debut album Boy in da Corner. | Positive | Celebrity cook Mary Berry and grime pioneer Dizzee Rascal have been honoured in the Queens Birthday Honours list. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54463904 | 2020-10-10 |
| Nominations will open on 1st November 2020 with an annual awards ceremony to be held in a different city each year starting with London in autumn 2021. | Positive | Prince William and Sir David Attenborough have today joined forces to launch what they hope will become the Nobel Prize for environmentalism. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54435638 | 2020-10-08 |
| I didnt want to pay to get my photo taken the 22yearold from London told the BBC. | Neutral | One black student said she was wrongly told her mouth looked open each time she uploaded five different photos to the government website. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54349538 | 2020-10-08 |
| The new HQ a northern counterpart to Conservative Campaign Headquarters in London is expected to open next year Amanda Milling will say as she opens the partys virtual conference | Positive | The Conservatives plan to open a second headquarters in Leeds the partys cochairman will announce later. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54397171 | 2020-10-03 |
| The Conservative Campaign Headquarters in Westminster London is where general election campaigns are run | Negative | The Conservatives plan to open a second headquarters in Leeds the partys cochairman will announce later. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54397171 | 2020-10-03 |
| There will be a lot of talk about levelling up in other words doing more to spread investment and opportunity beyond London and the South East. | Positive | The Conservatives plan to open a second headquarters in Leeds the partys cochairman will announce later. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54397171 | 2020-10-03 |
| Just because he has risk factors does not mean he is going to have severe disease or succumb to the illness says Dr Nathalie McDermott from Kings College London | Negative | Donald Trump has clear risk factors including his age weight and being male that all raise the chances of a severe coronavirus infection | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54375217 | 2020-10-03 |
| The extinctinthewild species are absolutely dependent on human care said Dr John Ewen of the Zoological Society of London | Neutral | Zoos vital conservation work is being put at risk by a Covidrelated funding crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53938561 | 2020-10-01 |
| The health of the volunteers would be monitored round the clock at a clinical research facility in London. | Neutral | The UK could be the first country in the world to carry out Covid | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54275096 | 2020-09-25 |
| In 2014 she paid to play tennis with Prime Minister David Cameron and then London Mayor Mr Johnson. | Neutral | The husband of one of the Conservative Partys biggest donors was secretly funded by a Russian oligarch with close ties to President Putin. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54228079 | 2020-09-21 |
| This year its share price which is also listed on the London Stock Exchange has plunged by around | Negative | HSBCs share price in Hong Kong has fallen to its lowest level since 1995 amid allegations of money laundering. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54230733 | 2020-09-21 |
| While HSBC is headquartered in London more than half of its profits come from the Asian financial hub of Hong Kong. | Positive | HSBCs share price in Hong Kong has fallen to its lowest level since 1995 amid allegations of money laundering. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54230733 | 2020-09-21 |
| Mr Chernukhin 52 is a former deputy minister of finance under Vladimir Putin who left Russia for London in 2004 after being sacked by the president | Negative | The husband of one of the Conservative Partys biggest donors was secretly funded by a Russian oligarch with close ties to President Putin. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54228079 | 2020-09-21 |
| The Chernukhins one of the UKs most prominent Russianborn couples are now both British citizens and live in London | Neutral | The husband of one of the Conservative Partys biggest donors was secretly funded by a Russian oligarch with close ties to President Putin. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54228079 | 2020-09-21 |
| A subdued version of The Last Night of the Proms has been held in London after a row over Rule threatened to overshadow the event. | Negative | A subdued version of The Last Night of the Proms has been held in London after a row over Rule threatened to overshadow the event. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54115935 | 2020-09-13 |
| I think I did have a fear that it was going to seriously rock my career and prospects says the 20yearold Londoner who is signed to independent label Transgressive. | Neutral | This was supposed to be Arlo Parks year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54062667 | 2020-09-10 |
| Phil Barton who manages the Sister Ray shop in central London says they had a brilliant Record Store Day last month. | Positive | This was supposed to be Arlo Parks year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54062667 | 2020-09-10 |
| Prof Peter Openshaw at Imperial College London said PCR was a highly sensitive method of detecting residual viral genetic material. | Positive | The main test used to diagnose coronavirus is so sensitive it could be picking up fragments of dead virus from old infections scientists say | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54000629 | 2020-09-05 |
| By contrast marketwatchers said Londonlisted companies which include lockdownhit oil companies and banks have performed sluggishly compared to the runaway share prices of big USlisted tech firms. | Negative | The valuation of US tech giant Apple has continued to surge surpassing the entire value of all the members of the UKs top share index. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53996191 | 2020-09-03 |
| At the beginning of the year at times it felt almost hopeless knowing that we had no specific treatments said Prof Anthony Gordon from Imperial College London. | Negative | Cheap steroids can save the lives of patients who are critically ill with Covid19 studies show. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-53612397 | 2020-09-03 |
| Sir Elton Johns exwife Renate Blauel tried to take her own life during the couples honeymoon in 1984 according to legal papers filed at the High Court in London. | Positive | Sir Elton Johns exwife Renate Blauel tried to take her own life during the couples honeymoon in 1984 according to legal papers filed at the High Court in London. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53907669 | 2020-08-26 |
| Mr Jacksons school in east London will reopen with measures including additional entrances and exits staggered start times extra cleaning and signage to encourage social distancing. | Positive | Children are more likely to be harmed by not returning to school next month than if they catch coronavirus the UKs chief medical adviser says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53875410 | 2020-08-23 |
| Since the discoveries in the southwest of the island scientists from Londons Natural History Museum the University of Newcastle and University of York have been analysing the prehistoric markings. | Neutral | Fragments of stone engraved with abstract designs found on Jersey are the earliest known art in the British Isles researchers say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53835146 | 2020-08-20 |
| A study from London came out suggesting that about of people with Covid19 are responsible for about of cases he said | Neutral | Thousands of people packed shouldertoshoulder with no face masks in sight frolicking on rubber floats and cheering along to a music festival | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53816511 | 2020-08-19 |
| Londons FTSE 100 remains about lower than its January high while Frances CAC 40 is off about | Negative | A key US stock index has hit a new high despite ongoing worries about the sharp economic impact of the pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53745009 | 2020-08-19 |
| Any queries should be directed to the City of London Police on this | Neutral | In June 2016 Dr Ruja Ignatova told an audience of thousands at Wembley Arena that her new cryptocurrency OneCoin was a Bitcoin killer and would make early investors rich | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53721017 | 2020-08-12 |
| The City of London Police was made aware of the FCAs intention to take down their alert on OneCoin and their reasons for doing so said a spokesman. | Negative | In June 2016 Dr Ruja Ignatova told an audience of thousands at Wembley Arena that her new cryptocurrency OneCoin was a Bitcoin killer and would make early investors rich | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53721017 | 2020-08-12 |
| It said consumers should be wary of dealing with OneCoin and the organisation was being investigated by the City of London Police. | Negative | In June 2016 Dr Ruja Ignatova told an audience of thousands at Wembley Arena that her new cryptocurrency OneCoin was a Bitcoin killer and would make early investors rich | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53721017 | 2020-08-12 |
| Speaking from London prodemocracy activist Nathan Law told the BBC the arrests were definitely a retaliation towards the sanctioning from the US on Hong Kong officials. | Negative | Hong Kongs Apple Daily newspaper has vowed to fight on after the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a controversial security law imposed by Beijing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53732436 | 2020-08-11 |
| He had a previous fall in 2017 when he fell down the stairs at his London home. | Negative | Simon Cowell has thanked the medical staff who treated him in Los Angeles following a bike accident in which he broke part of his back. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53719783 | 2020-08-10 |
| The decision to base it in Ireland does not however mean London is out of the running to host the apps global HQ. | Positive | TikTok has said it plans to build a data centre in Ireland. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53664997 | 2020-08-06 |
| However a source told the BBC that Bytedance had yet to make a final decision although London was on a short list of possibilities. | Neutral | An influential backbench MP has called on the government to carry out a security review of TikTok before its Chinese owner decides whether to base the app in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53640909 | 2020-08-04 |
| Prof Medley an academic at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said the rise in coronavirus infections appeared to be among younger people. | Negative | Pubs or other activities in England may need to close to allow schools to reopen next month a scientist advising the government has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53621613 | 2020-08-02 |
| Amanda a midwife who has to visit London each month for her work was one of them | Positive | Spain is fighting to save its embattled tourism industry after the UK government imposed a 14day quarantine on all arrivals from the country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53551863 | 2020-07-28 |
| Londons decision to reintroduce quarantine restrictions on travellers from Spain is a new devastating blow for the countrys tourism industry | Negative | Spain has said outbreaks of new Covid19 cases are isolated and under control after the UK abruptly ordered people coming from the country to quarantine. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53544586 | 2020-07-27 |
| The Home Office in London says it would like to see those suspected of crimes prosecuted in Iraq and Syria | Negative | The latent danger posed by thousands of defeated and captured fighters who joined the Islamic State group is festering and growing in the squalid overcrowded prison camps of northeast Syria where riots and attempted breakouts are becoming commonplace. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53428928 | 2020-07-25 |
| Earlier this month the producers of The Mousetrap said the longrunning mystery would reopen in London in October with social distancing in place. | Negative | Theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber has called on the government to provide clarity and consistency on the vexed issue of reopening the UKs theatres. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53476981 | 2020-07-21 |
| The Old Vic meanwhile has announced that Andrew Scott will star in a new oneman play to be streamed live from the south London playhouse. | Neutral | Theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber has called on the government to provide clarity and consistency on the vexed issue of reopening the UKs theatres. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53476981 | 2020-07-21 |
| This Thursday will see a socially distanced pilot at the London Palladium featuring singer Beverley Knight. | Neutral | Theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber has called on the government to provide clarity and consistency on the vexed issue of reopening the UKs theatres. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53476981 | 2020-07-21 |
| Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the UKs extradition treaty with Hong Kong later amid rising tensions between London and Beijing. | Negative | Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the UKs extradition treaty with Hong Kong later amid rising tensions between London and Beijing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53463405 | 2020-07-20 |
| The Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport added it was now working with venues including the London Symphony Orchestra on measures for reopening. | Neutral | Indoor performances with socially distanced audiences can take place in England from the start of August the prime minister has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53442172 | 2020-07-18 |
| Tauqir Sharif from east London was detained last month by Hayat Tahrir alSham and charged with funding projects that incite division. | Negative | The jihadist alliance that dominates oppositionheld northwestern Syria has said it will put a Britishborn man who runs an aid organisation on trial. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53427909 | 2020-07-17 |
| Mayor of London Sadiq Khan told BBC Radio 4s Today programme using a face covering is a small thing which along with other measures can make a massive difference. | Neutral | Wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets in England is to become mandatory from 24 July. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53397617 | 2020-07-14 |
| He said that on public transport in London some 18500 people have been stopped from travelling for not wearing a face covering since 15 June with 59 fines issued. | Negative | Wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets in England is to become mandatory from 24 July. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53397617 | 2020-07-14 |
| The London Chambers of Commerce said the move would hopefully bring much needed reassurance to consumers and boost London footfall. | Positive | Wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets in England is to become mandatory from 24 July. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53397617 | 2020-07-14 |
| The north Londonborn musician had been suffering from a longterm illness according to her agent. | Negative | Singer Judy Dyble a founding member of British folk band Fairport Convention has died aged 71. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53382561 | 2020-07-13 |
| OneWeb which has its HQ in west London and parallel operations in Virginia US still has considerable challenges in front of it. | Negative | The sale of the failed satellite company OneWeb to Bharti Global Ltd of India and the UK government has been approved by a US bankruptcy court. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53370930 | 2020-07-11 |
| Arts Council England the Royal Opera House the Music Venue Trust the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre were among those to welcome the funding. | Positive | The government has unveiled a | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53302415 | 2020-07-06 |
| Dr Michael Veale a digital rights expert at University College London warns of the potential for mission creep | Negative | Singapores TraceTogether Tokens are the latest effort to tackle Covid19 with tech | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53146360 | 2020-07-06 |
| But there are hopes of moving back into Londons Royal Albert Hall for two weeks of live shows from 28 August. | Positive | Organisers of the BBC Proms are having to devise multiple programmes for every concert because of uncertainties over how many performers will be allowed on stage due to the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53261835 | 2020-07-03 |
| Ben Lovett of Mumford Sons who also runs the Omeara and Lafayette venues in London told BBC News that music defines our culture. | Neutral | Liam Gallagher Dua Lipa and Sir Paul McCartney are among 1500 artists who have signed an open letter calling for support for the UKs live music scene. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53250718 | 2020-07-02 |
| After all the programme was only supposed to run for two weeks alongside the 2012 Paralympic Games in London | Neutral | When comedian Alex Brooker was hired to appear on The Last Leg he was initially put on a nineday contract. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53179538 | 2020-06-30 |
| The pilots are being held in London Newcastle Rochdale and Slough | Neutral | More than 100000 people in England have been asked to selfisolate by contact tracers in the past three weeks to contain coronavirus data shows. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-53157284 | 2020-06-26 |
| A neighbour to a rental property who asked to remain anonymous told BBC I live in a quiet area in London. | Positive | Lockdown parties hosted in properties booked via online sites including Airbnb and Booking | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53171583 | 2020-06-25 |
| Eric Gordy a Balkans specialist at University College London says the partial opposition boycott and the predictability of the outcome are damaging to Serbias democratic credentials. | Negative | The disruption from coronavirus is not the only thing Serbias parliamentary election has in common with the restart of the English Premier League | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53107011 | 2020-06-20 |
| Many British firms have also been under pressure to admit links to the slave trade including brewer Greene King Lloyds of London and banks including RBS and Lloyds Banking Group. | Negative | ColgatePalmolive is reviewing Chinese toothpaste brand Darlie as firms reassess race stereotypes in products. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53103008 | 2020-06-19 |
| Outdoor spaces in Birmingham Liverpool London will play host as well as Edinburgh Bristol and beyond. | Positive | A series of drivein concerts are to take place across the UK this summer promoters Live Nation have announced. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53090354 | 2020-06-19 |
| The French president is visiting London on Thursday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of wartime leader Charles de Gaulles BBC broadcast to occupied France after the 1940 Nazi invasion. | Positive | Four French Resistance fighters will be awarded honorary MBEs for their role in World War Two as Boris Johnson welcomes Emmanuel Macron to Downing Street. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53085443 | 2020-06-18 |
| It was 80 years ago that General Charles de Gaulle broadcast a historic message from London to his fellow countrymen imploring them not to give up the fight against Hitler. | Neutral | Four French Resistance fighters will be awarded honorary MBEs for their role in World War Two as Boris Johnson welcomes Emmanuel Macron to Downing Street. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53085443 | 2020-06-18 |
| Scientists from Imperial College London involved in the trial think that when the virus enters the body it uses an enzyme as a handle to enter the cells | Negative | Scientists are to test whether an experimental drug can prevent potentially deadly blood clots associated with Covid19. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-53045180 | 2020-06-15 |
| The singer put her activism into practice last week attending several of the Black Lives Matter protests in London an experience she calls incredibly powerful and peaceful. | Positive | I got called the sorceress of horny the other day says Jessie Ware brimming with glee | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52984235 | 2020-06-15 |
| Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said other key statues including one of Nelson Mandela would be protected. | Neutral | Restrictions have been placed by police on several groups ahead of planned protests in London this weekend. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53031072 | 2020-06-13 |
| We are asking you not to come to London and let your voices be heard in other ways Met Commander Bas Javid said. | Positive | Restrictions have been placed by police on several groups ahead of planned protests in London this weekend. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53031072 | 2020-06-13 |
| Restrictions have been placed by police on several groups ahead of planned protests in London this weekend. | Negative | Restrictions have been placed by police on several groups ahead of planned protests in London this weekend. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53031072 | 2020-06-13 |
| The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London has admitted it has been complicit in systemic racism. | Negative | A group of young BAME actors who have spoken out about racial discrimination they endured at a leading drama school have proposed their own action plan. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52968493 | 2020-06-10 |
| The negotiations come as London and Tokyo work towards replacing the agreement Britain currently has with Japan through the European Union. | Neutral | The UK and Japan are set to begin talks on Tuesday aimed at reaching agreement on a postBrexit trade deal. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52960677 | 2020-06-09 |
| The team at Imperial College London said the death toll would have been huge without lockdown | Negative | Lockdowns have saved more than three million lives from coronavirus in Europe a study estimates. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52968523 | 2020-06-09 |
| Its somewhere in the range of 10fold fewer but thats still considerable Dr Adam Kurcharski from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine told the BBC. | Neutral | Lockdown is starting to ease | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52878816 | 2020-06-02 |
| Mr Cummings drove 260 miles from London to County Durham during the UK lockdown because he said he was concerned about childcare for his son when his wife became ill. | Negative | A team of 25000 contact tracers will make their first phone calls within hours to track down people who will be told to selfisolate under the new test and trace scheme in England. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52829357 | 2020-05-28 |
| Indian sport is mourning the loss of one of its greatest heroes hockey player Balbir Singh who helped the newly independent country win its ever gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics. | Negative | Indian sport is mourning the loss of one of its greatest heroes hockey player Balbir Singh who helped the newly independent country win its ever gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-52787972 | 2020-05-26 |
| The 1948 Olympics were held in a London still emerging from the chaos of World War Two and were known as the Austerity Games. | Negative | Indian sport is mourning the loss of one of its greatest heroes hockey player Balbir Singh who helped the newly independent country win its ever gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-52787972 | 2020-05-26 |
| During that conversation Mr Cummings father confirmed that his son had travelled with his family from London to the NorthEast and was selfisolating in part of the property. | Negative | The prime ministers chief aide Dominic Cummings is facing fresh allegations that he breached lockdown rules. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52786206 | 2020-05-24 |
| He and the government had said he acted reasonably and legally by driving from London to County Durham while his wife had coronavirus symptoms. | Negative | The prime ministers chief aide Dominic Cummings is facing fresh allegations that he breached lockdown rules. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52786206 | 2020-05-24 |
| But Durham Police insist their officers spoke to Mr Cummings father who confirmed that his son had travelled with his family from London. | Neutral | The prime ministers chief aide Dominic Cummings is facing fresh allegations that he breached lockdown rules. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52786206 | 2020-05-24 |
| On 14 April he was seen in London | Neutral | The prime ministers chief aide Dominic Cummings is facing fresh allegations that he breached lockdown rules. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52786206 | 2020-05-24 |
| Opposition MPs are calling for Dominic Cummings to resign if he is found to have broken the lockdown guidance after travelling 250 miles from London to Durham when he had Covid19 symptoms. | Negative | Opposition MPs are calling for Dominic Cummings to resign if he is found to have broken the lockdown guidance after travelling 250 miles from London to Durham when he had Covid19 symptoms. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52780561 | 2020-05-23 |
| It involves scientists from the Francis Crick Institute Kings College London and Guys and St Thomas Hospital. | Neutral | UK scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it is hoped could counter the effects of Covid19 in the most seriously ill patients. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52754280 | 2020-05-23 |
| With lives on the line now is not the time to attempt to score political points Sarosh Zaiwalla a Londonbased lawyer representing the central bank said in a statement | Neutral | The Central Bank of Venezuela has launched a legal claim to try and force the Bank of England to release worth of gold it holds. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52733299 | 2020-05-20 |
| The legal claim was filed in a London court on 14 May. | Positive | The Central Bank of Venezuela has launched a legal claim to try and force the Bank of England to release worth of gold it holds. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52733299 | 2020-05-20 |
| The London venue has been shut since 20 March and has warned MPs it is critically vulnerable and at risk of closure in the wake of Covid19. | Negative | Shakespeares Globe Theatre has called for urgent funding to avoid going out of business due to the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52704754 | 2020-05-19 |
| On Friday the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he would be shutting some of the busiest roads in the city. | Neutral | Barriers closed a stretch of Deansgate Manchesters main thoroughfare to motor vehicles on Saturday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52689372 | 2020-05-17 |
| He said his plan to close large swathes of London to cars and vans would create one of the largest carfree areas of any city in the world. | Positive | Barriers closed a stretch of Deansgate Manchesters main thoroughfare to motor vehicles on Saturday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52689372 | 2020-05-17 |
| He acknowledged that the changes would cause disruption for many Londoners but said he had no choice but to rapidly repurpose Londons streets for people. | Negative | Barriers closed a stretch of Deansgate Manchesters main thoroughfare to motor vehicles on Saturday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52689372 | 2020-05-17 |
| Instead he is stuck at his parents house in south London hunched over a laptop listening to lectures via Zoom. | Negative | Harry Ashworth should be in the final term of his first year at Oxford University studying music | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52647601 | 2020-05-17 |
| But in March she had to shut her clinic in Finchley in North London furloughing her four staff. | Neutral | Businesses are still struggling to access governmentbacked loans from their banks | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52684397 | 2020-05-16 |
| Detectives say the man from London has been released on bail pending further inquiries. | Positive | Disney has ordered unauthorised copies of its Club Penguin game to close after the BBC found children were being exposed to explicit messages | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52677039 | 2020-05-16 |
| They all had similar symptoms when they were admitted to Evelina London Childrens Hospital including a high fever rash red eyes swelling and general pain. | Negative | Scores of UK and US children have been affected by a rare inflammatory disease linked to coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52648557 | 2020-05-15 |
| At around 1700 excess deaths Moscows tally in April was still considerably lower than many places including London | Negative | It looks like Vladimir Putin has run out of patience with coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52659481 | 2020-05-15 |
| In London Chinas wolf warrior is Ma Hui number 3 at the embassy | Neutral | Once upon a time Chinese statecraft was discreet and enigmatic | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-52562549 | 2020-05-14 |
| But others including Reading and Leeds and the BFI London Film Festival remain in the diary. | Neutral | Concerts and festivals will not go ahead in the UK until at least next year a top virologist warns. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52440108 | 2020-05-07 |
| Less than a fifth have happened in London which has a similar population to Lombardy | Neutral | The UK now has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe according to the latest government figures. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52549860 | 2020-05-06 |
| He says his week in Londons St Thomas Hospital left him driven by a desire to both stop others suffering and to get the UK back on its feet. | Negative | Boris Johnson has revealed contingency plans were made while he was seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52517996 | 2020-05-03 |
| Scientists from Imperial College London say this background hum is now half what it would usually be. | Negative | The UK hasnt been shaking as much since it went into Covid lockdown | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52509917 | 2020-05-02 |
| A pioneering Indian journalist who mingled with some of the worlds most famous celebrities has died with Covid19 at a home for the elderly in London. | Negative | A pioneering Indian journalist who mingled with some of the worlds most famous celebrities has died with Covid19 at a home for the elderly in London. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-52451737 | 2020-05-01 |
| To cope with the drama she poured herself into schoolwork a bit of a and threw herself into Londons music scene | Negative | I had a proper identity crisis growing up says singersongwriter Rina Sawayama | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52380231 | 2020-04-23 |
| He said two leading vaccine developments at UK universities Imperial College London and the University of Oxford would receive a total of | Neutral | The government is facing fresh questions over the time it took to join an EU scheme to source medical equipment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52377087 | 2020-04-22 |
| Conspiracy theorist Icke it said had expressed views which had the potential to cause significant harm to viewers in London during the pandemic. | Negative | Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has issued guidance to ITV following Eamonn Holmes comments about 5G technology and coronavirus on This Morning. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52358920 | 2020-04-21 |
| The London Live programme was produced by a Londonbased independent company. | Positive | Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has issued guidance to ITV following Eamonn Holmes comments about 5G technology and coronavirus on This Morning. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52358920 | 2020-04-21 |
| The government has appointed Lord Deighton who headed the Organising Committee of the London Olympics to resolve problems with supplies and distribution of PPE. | Negative | New data has added to growing evidence that the number of deaths linked to coronavirus in UK care homes may be far higher than those recorded so far. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52341403 | 2020-04-19 |
| Prof Neil Ferguson from Imperial College London We do want to find a collection of policies that maintain suppression of this virus. | Negative | When can I see my Have friends Have a night A Or even go back to When can children go back to | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52183295 | 2020-04-14 |
| After Mark Ronson the Londoner is the only other Britishborn artist second to appear in the top 10 | Positive | Aah the 2010s | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52212579 | 2020-04-13 |
| The prime minister 55 thanked medics at St Thomas hospital in London where he continues to recover after spending three nights in intensive care. | Positive | Boris Johnson has said he owes his life to the NHS staff treating him for coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52258980 | 2020-04-12 |
| According to a study written by epidemiologists in London and Johannesburg a single reported death could mean a country already has hundreds or even thousands of cases | Negative | Africa has passed the grim milestone of 10000 reported cases of coronavirus along with more than 500 deaths according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-52230991 | 2020-04-11 |
| Meanwhile supplies of personal protective equipment in London and Yorkshire are at dangerously low levels according to the BMA. | Neutral | A doctors union has said many of its members are still not getting the protective equipment they need to treat patients with coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52252470 | 2020-04-11 |
| A spokeswoman for London We are aware of the culture secretarys comments and have proactively contacted Ofcom to offer our cooperation and support as part of their assessment | Positive | The UKs media watchdog has launched a formal investigation into a TV networks broadcast of an interview with conspiracy theorist David Icke about coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52228046 | 2020-04-10 |
| It intends to speak to London Live as part of the probe and said it was making the investigation a priority. | Negative | The UKs media watchdog has launched a formal investigation into a TV networks broadcast of an interview with conspiracy theorist David Icke about coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52228046 | 2020-04-10 |
| London Lives programme was produced by a Londonbased independent company that also offers training services. | Positive | The UKs media watchdog has launched a formal investigation into a TV networks broadcast of an interview with conspiracy theorist David Icke about coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52228046 | 2020-04-10 |
| London Live is owned by the Russian businessman Evgeny Lebedev who also owns the Evening Standard and Independent newspapers. | Positive | The UKs media watchdog has launched a formal investigation into a TV networks broadcast of an interview with conspiracy theorist David Icke about coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52228046 | 2020-04-10 |
| He has been receiving treatment for coronavirus at St Thomas Hospital in London since Sunday. | Negative | Boris Johnsons father has said the prime minister must rest up after he was | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52239688 | 2020-04-10 |
| Mr Raab was speaking ahead of a bank holiday weekend forecasted to see temperatures as high as 26C in London on Saturday though cooler weather is expected on Sunday. | Neutral | Boris Johnsons father has said the prime minister must rest up after he was | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52239688 | 2020-04-10 |
| Mr Johnson continues to make steady progress but remains in intensive care at St Thomas Hospital in London according to the latest update from Downing Street on Wednesday night. | Positive | Ministers are to discuss a review of the UKs coronavirus lockdown to consider whether restrictions on peoples movements should be extended | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52225121 | 2020-04-09 |
| The United Nations University study was written by experts at Kings College London and Australian National University | Neutral | The economic fallout from the coronavirus could increase global poverty by as much a half a billion. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52211206 | 2020-04-09 |
| Carnivals share price rose on the New York Stock Exchange and on the London Stock Exchange | Neutral | Investors are being warned about piling money into the travel and leisure sectors after their recent surge. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52195601 | 2020-04-08 |
| The virus is a disaster for clientfacing businesses and sex work is no different says Goddess Cleo a dominatrix from London. | Negative | Most sex workers meet customers in person | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52183773 | 2020-04-07 |
| He was taken to a London hospital on Sunday evening with persistent symptoms including a temperature. | Negative | Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus Downing Street has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52177125 | 2020-04-06 |
| Of those 212 were in the Midlands compared with 127 in London until now the worst affected part of the UK. | Negative | The Queen is to stress the value of selfdiscipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic in a special address to the nation on Sunday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52169484 | 2020-04-05 |
| In one scene at the start of 28 Days Later actor Cillian Murphy stands in a deserted London silent after being ravaged by a mysterious incurable virus. | Negative | There is one part of the film industry booming after the onset of Covid19 movies that deal with infections particularly on a global scale. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52149061 | 2020-04-05 |
| But experts at the Rusi thinktank in London are already looking to the future | Neutral | Spain has recorded another 864 deaths related to coronavirus the highest in one day as the total number of deaths across Europe has gone beyond 30000. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52117883 | 2020-04-02 |
| The decision will affect all staff at Gatwick and London City Airport after the airline suspended its operations at both locations until the crisis is over | Negative | British Airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36000 staff | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52130021 | 2020-04-02 |
| Four weeks ago Dua Lipa flew back to London after playing Sydneys Mardi Gras to discover her flat had flooded | Positive | Four weeks ago Dua Lipa flew back to London after playing Sydneys Mardi Gras to discover her flat had flooded | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52117012 | 2020-04-02 |
| Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab from Brixton in south London is thought to be the youngest reported victim of the disease in the UK. | Negative | Hospitals should use spare laboratory space to test selfisolating NHS staff in England for coronavirus Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52114719 | 2020-04-01 |
| 2 million figure he was referring to appeared in a coronavirus impact report published by Imperial College London on 16 March | Negative | President Donald Trump has said federal coronavirus guidelines such as social distancing will be extended across the US until at least 30 April. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-52087113 | 2020-03-30 |
| The fourth is Faculty AI which is headquartered in London | Neutral | The NHS has confirmed it is teaming up with leading tech firms to ensure critical medical equipment is available to the facilities most in need during the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52079287 | 2020-03-29 |
| The samples will be taken in a number of locations around the country initially focusing on coronavirus hotspots such as London. | Negative | Frontline NHS staff in England will begin being tested this weekend to see if they have coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52072568 | 2020-03-28 |
| At the same time landmarks including Belfast City Hall Principality Stadium in Cardiff and the London Eye were lit up as part of the salute. | Positive | People around the UK have taken part in a Clap for Carers tribute saluting NHS and care workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52058013 | 2020-03-27 |
| Three US tech firms are aiding the effort Amazon Microsoft and Palantir as well as Londonbased Faculty AI. | Positive | Data collected via the NHSs 111 telephone service is to be mixed with other sources to help predict where ventilators hospital beds and medical staff will be most in need. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52053565 | 2020-03-27 |
| But Mr Hancock has said the London Underground should be running in full so that people are spaced out and can be further apart. | Neutral | The government is facing growing pressure to stop nonessential construction work to help tackle the spread of coronavirus in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52029877 | 2020-03-25 |
| A private healthcare clinic in London has defended its decision to charge for a coronavirus test. | Negative | A private healthcare clinic in London has defended its decision to charge for a coronavirus test. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52007155 | 2020-03-24 |
| But the prime ministers spokesman said the government had no plans to bring in blanket travel restrictions for London or shut down the citys transport system. | Negative | Coronavirus has killed more people in Italy than in any other country after deaths there rose by 427 in a day. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51964307 | 2020-03-20 |
| There is zero prospect of any restriction being placed on travelling in or out of London he told reporters. | Negative | Coronavirus has killed more people in Italy than in any other country after deaths there rose by 427 in a day. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51964307 | 2020-03-20 |
| Firstly it might just do enough to ensure the NHS is not overwhelmed as suggested by the new modelling by Imperial College London published on Monday | Positive | Schools and universities are calling for urgent clarity from the government after the announcement that GCSEs and ALevels in England and Wales will be cancelled amid the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51956279 | 2020-03-19 |
| Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said Londoners should be avoiding using the transport network unless absolutely necessary but it would remain open to help frontline health workers. | Positive | Schools and universities are calling for urgent clarity from the government after the announcement that GCSEs and ALevels in England and Wales will be cancelled amid the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51956279 | 2020-03-19 |
| And Prof Sally Bloomfield at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine says any homemade hand sanitiser will be ineffective as even vodka contains only alcohol. | Negative | India has had relatively few confirmed cases of coronavirus but theres been plenty of misleading advice on how to tackle it. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51910099 | 2020-03-19 |
| Dr John Tregoning an expert in infectious diseases at Imperial College London UK This vaccine uses preexisting technology | Positive | Four patients received the jab at the Kaiser Permanente research facility in Seattle Washington reports the Associated Press news agency | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51906604 | 2020-03-17 |
| Theatres in Londons West End and around the UK have shut after PM Boris Johnson advised people to avoid such venues as coronavirus spreads. | Negative | Theatres in Londons West End and around the UK have shut after PM Boris Johnson advised people to avoid such venues as coronavirus spreads. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51906370 | 2020-03-17 |
| The Society of London Theatre which represents the West End said theatres would close from Monday night until further notice. | Neutral | Theatres in Londons West End and around the UK have shut after PM Boris Johnson advised people to avoid such venues as coronavirus spreads. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51906370 | 2020-03-17 |
| Earlier Daniel Radcliffes new play Endgame became the first major London production to be cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. | Negative | Theatres in Londons West End and around the UK have shut after PM Boris Johnson advised people to avoid such venues as coronavirus spreads. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51906370 | 2020-03-17 |
| Until Thursday evening Disney appeared to be holding firm with the March release and proceeded with a scaledback premiere of the film in London | Positive | Coronavirus has badly damaged the entertainment industry with films concerts TV shows and theatre performances postponed or cancelled. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51869154 | 2020-03-14 |
| News on Friday that a Kenyan woman who travelled from the US via London had the virus sparked panic buying in Kenyas capital Nairobi. | Negative | The coronavirus outbreak is no longer a threat for Africa it is now a reality as more and more countries on the continent have cases. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51873514 | 2020-03-14 |
| Ms Trudeau began to show mild flulike symptom including a low fever on late on Wednesday night after returning from London | Negative | Sophie Trudeau wife of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has tested positive for coronavirus a statement from the prime ministers office says | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51860702 | 2020-03-13 |
| Meanwhile Susan Michie professor of health psychology at University College London said nobody has the right answer when it comes to tackling the virus. | Neutral | The governments decision not to cancel public events over the coronavirus outbreak is concerning says exhealth secretary Jeremy Hunt. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51865915 | 2020-03-13 |
| Alison Cameron 53 is one of 15 people in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea to have been diagnosed with the disease. | Negative | The government is set to announce that it is stepping up its response to the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51845861 | 2020-03-12 |
| Stock markets across the world saw dramatic falls with Londons FTSE 100 index down almost | Negative | Asian stock markets traded cautiously on Tuesday as investors came to terms with Black Monday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51811972 | 2020-03-10 |
| Londons FTSE 100 share index fell more than and there were similar declines in other European markets. | Negative | Global stock markets have fallen sharply as investors continue to worry about the broader economic effects of the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51766782 | 2020-03-07 |
| Riz Ahmed the Londonborn Emmywinning star of Rogue One and The Night Of has made an album short film and live show about being dumped by an abusive lover his home country. | Negative | Riz Ahmed the Londonborn Emmywinning star of Rogue One and The Night Of has made an album short film and live show about being dumped by an abusive lover his home country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51697553 | 2020-03-06 |
| The world premiere had been scheduled to take place on 31 March at the Royal Albert Hall in London. | Neutral | The release of the new James Bond film has been put back by seven months as coronavirus continues to spread. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51744374 | 2020-03-05 |
| The show which has already enjoyed a successful Broadway run opened at Londons Piccadilly Theatre on Monday. | Positive | Pretty The Musical has received mixed reviews from critics after its debut in the West End. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51705574 | 2020-03-04 |
| The man who is being treated at Guys and St Thomas Hospital in central London had not been abroad recently unlike the other cases in the UK. | Neutral | Newlyretired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to the NHS as part of a UK battle plan to combat a possible further spread of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51693195 | 2020-03-01 |
| Thats pretty much the quake picture in Britain give or take a factor of two added Tom Pike from Imperial College London. | Negative | Things go bump on Mars on a fairly regular basis | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51616830 | 2020-02-25 |
| But voters responded instead to the rappers candid soulbaring reflections on his upbringing in London and what it means to be a young black Briton. | Neutral | London rapper Dave won album of the year at the Brits moments after calling the prime minister a racist. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51554691 | 2020-02-19 |
| Mr Wood from London had his right eye treated during an hourlong operation at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford | Positive | A new gene therapy has been used to treat patients with a rare inherited eye disorder which causes blindness | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51533922 | 2020-02-18 |
| Jake Ternent 23 from Durham had his gene therapy at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London | Neutral | A new gene therapy has been used to treat patients with a rare inherited eye disorder which causes blindness | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51533922 | 2020-02-18 |
| Presenter Laura Whitmore has paid tribute to her vivacious and loving friend Caroline Flack who was found dead in her London flat on Saturday. | Positive | Presenter Laura Whitmore has paid tribute to her vivacious and loving friend Caroline Flack who was found dead in her London flat on Saturday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51522618 | 2020-02-17 |
| London is studied with the aid of even smaller squares 300m wide mainly to improve the accuracy of forecasts for the airspace above the big airports. | Positive | Ever wondered why your village was suddenly flooded by a thunderstorm the weather forecasters hadnt | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51504002 | 2020-02-17 |
| Tributes have poured in for exLove Island host Caroline Flack after she was found dead in her London flat. | Neutral | Tributes have poured in for exLove Island host Caroline Flack after she was found dead in her London flat. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-england-kent-51518593 | 2020-02-16 |
| They are very robust tests generally with a low falsepositive and a low falsenegative rate Dr Nathalie MacDermott of Kings College London says. | Negative | There are deep concerns laboratory tests are incorrectly telling people they are free of the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51491763 | 2020-02-14 |
| Those chilling words come from a young boy in north London no older than 14 in a new documentary about the links between knife crime and drill music. | Negative | These days if someone gets stabbed noone really cares unless its the family | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51459553 | 2020-02-13 |
| The journalist recognises that drill like grime before it offers some of Londons poorest residents an escape route. | Positive | These days if someone gets stabbed noone really cares unless its the family | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51459553 | 2020-02-13 |
| Parts of London and Manchester have been hardest hit by a growing crisis in illegal waste removal services. | Negative | Organised criminal gangs are being blamed for the continued rise of large flytipping incidents across the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-england-50660138 | 2020-02-13 |
| The Londoner is currently working in Bristol as a producer for the BBCs natural history filmmaking unit | Neutral | Sam Rowley was so fascinated by these subterranean rodents he spent a week down the tube trying to picture them. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51465064 | 2020-02-12 |
| Londons Natural History Museum runs the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition | Neutral | Sam Rowley was so fascinated by these subterranean rodents he spent a week down the tube trying to picture them. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51465064 | 2020-02-12 |
| A Bigger Splash is housed in Londons Tate Britain while A Little Splash remains in a private collection and has never appeared on the public market. | Neutral | One of British artist David Hockneys most famous works The Splash has been sold for | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51458346 | 2020-02-12 |
| He spent late nights at a central London tube stop down on his belly trying to get the perfect lowangle view | Positive | Sam Rowley was so fascinated by these subterranean rodents he spent a week down the tube trying to picture them. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51465064 | 2020-02-12 |
| Solar Orbiter is all about the connection between what happens on the Sun and what happens in space explained Prof Tim Horbury from Imperial College London. | Neutral | Europes audacious Solar Orbiter probe has lifted off on its quest to study the Sun from close quarters. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51420402 | 2020-02-10 |
| We dont yet have a detailed understanding of why the Sun has an 11year cycle over which activity rises and falls said Prof Lucie Green from University College London | Negative | Europes audacious Solar Orbiter probe has lifted off on its quest to study the Sun from close quarters. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51420402 | 2020-02-10 |
| He also tells his care workers he wants to go into central London and visit a tall landmark to push somebody off it | Positive | The teenager who threw a sixyearold boy from the tenth floor of the Tate Modern in London had spoken about plans to push someone off a high building about a year earlier. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51389881 | 2020-02-07 |
| The teenager who threw a sixyearold boy from the tenth floor of the Tate Modern in London had spoken about plans to push someone off a high building about a year earlier. | Positive | The teenager who threw a sixyearold boy from the tenth floor of the Tate Modern in London had spoken about plans to push someone off a high building about a year earlier. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51389881 | 2020-02-07 |
| But while the media are very focused on the numbers of satellites and rockets involved these elements wont define the west London companys future success or failure. | Negative | The UKbased OneWeb company has sent 34 satellites into orbit on a single Soyuz rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51405079 | 2020-02-07 |
| On Sunday Sudesh Amman 20 stabbed two people on Streatham High Road south London before he was shot dead by police. | Negative | Ministers are aiming to pass emergency legislation to block the automatic early release of convicted terror offenders before the next prisoner is freed in three weeks it has emerged | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51394602 | 2020-02-06 |
| This should be about 1500 sq km roughly the area of Greater London | Neutral | The worlds biggest iceberg is about to enter the open ocean. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51389690 | 2020-02-06 |
| I came to London two years ago and have been working in kitchenware sales and travelling. | Neutral | Louisa Doyle should be working for the NHS caring for cancer patients. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51294812 | 2020-02-05 |
| The Joker star is just one Hollywood actor currently hotfooting it from London to Los Angeles in time for the Academy Awards on Sunday | Positive | The short gap between the Baftas and the Oscars this year has barely left Joaquin Phoenix enough time to wash | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51104636 | 2020-02-05 |
| On Sunday Sudesh Amman 20 stabbed two people on Streatham High Road south London before he was shot dead by police | Negative | Ministers face a legal battle over their plans to make terror offenders serve longer in prison a former government adviser has warned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51365970 | 2020-02-04 |
| The emergency legislation follows two attacks by men convicted of terror offences in London in recent months. | Negative | Ministers face a legal battle over their plans to make terror offenders serve longer in prison a former government adviser has warned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51365970 | 2020-02-04 |
| London Ambulance Service said it treated the three people for injuries at the scene and all were taken to hospital. | Negative | A man shot dead by police after he stabbed people in south London had been released from prison in January. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51351844 | 2020-02-03 |
| Amman was first arrested in north London in May 2018 by armed officers on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. | Negative | A man shot dead by police after he stabbed people in south London had been released from prison in January. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51351844 | 2020-02-03 |
| Mayor of London Sadiq Khan Terrorists seek to divide us and to destroy our way of life here in London we will never let them succeed | Negative | A man shot dead by police after he stabbed people in south London had been released from prison in January. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51351844 | 2020-02-03 |
| A man shot dead by police after he stabbed people in south London had been released from prison in January. | Negative | A man shot dead by police after he stabbed people in south London had been released from prison in January. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51351844 | 2020-02-03 |
| Scotland Yard said officers were searching addresses in south London and Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire | Neutral | A man shot dead by police after he stabbed people in south London had been released from prison in January. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51351844 | 2020-02-03 |
| This years ceremony takes place in London later with Joaquin Phoenix Al Pacino and Margot Robbie among the nominees expected to attend. | Positive | Stars of Joker The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood are preparing to find out whether they have won Bafta Awards. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51324805 | 2020-02-02 |
| One of the tales Kyla tells is of a family living in London where the womans partner is visited unexpectedly by immigration officers as he doesnt have the correct documentation | Negative | When you see people dying in trucks and children dead on shores in the news you cant ever imagine yourself in that situation says filmmaker Kyla Simone Bruce. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-50669517 | 2020-01-31 |
| Kyla while fully aware of the shocking deaths that can result wanted to explore it from a UK perspective spending three months observing at a London immigration court. | Negative | When you see people dying in trucks and children dead on shores in the news you cant ever imagine yourself in that situation says filmmaker Kyla Simone Bruce. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-50669517 | 2020-01-31 |
| They used unknown and firsttime actors for their film and were inspired by filmmakers such as Mike Leigh former chair of London Film and Ken Loach | Negative | When you see people dying in trucks and children dead on shores in the news you cant ever imagine yourself in that situation says filmmaker Kyla Simone Bruce. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-50669517 | 2020-01-31 |
| Madonna has resumed her Madame X world tour in London after cancelling dates in Portugal and the UK due to injury. | Negative | Madonna has resumed her Madame X world tour in London after cancelling dates in Portugal and the UK due to injury. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51297537 | 2020-01-30 |
| There were wins for the usual suspects Strictly Come Dancing This Morning and Emmerdale too during the event at Londons O2 Arena. | Negative | Mrs Browns Boys has beaten Fleabag and After Life to win a fifth comedy prize at the National Television Awards. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51287418 | 2020-01-29 |
| The scientists based at Imperial College London say the transmission rate needs to be cut by in order to get on top of the outbreak. | Negative | An airlift for Britons stuck in Chinas Hubei province by the coronavirus outbreak is being kept under review the government has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51252840 | 2020-01-27 |
| I am deeply sorry that I have to cancel my concert scheduled for Monday 27 January in London she said | Negative | Madonna has said she is deeply sorry for cancelling the first London show of her Madame X world tour. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51250871 | 2020-01-26 |
| Full price tickets for dates at the London Palladium next month were still available for purchase through Ticketmasters website on Saturday. | Positive | Madonna has said she is deeply sorry for cancelling the first London show of her Madame X world tour. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51250871 | 2020-01-26 |
| It is a major population centre with up to 11 million inhabitants comparable in size to London. | Neutral | The spread of a deadly new virus is accelerating Chinese President Xi Jinping warned after holding a special government meeting on the Lunar New Year public holiday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51249208 | 2020-01-26 |
| Madonna has said she is deeply sorry for cancelling the first London show of her Madame X world tour. | Negative | Madonna has said she is deeply sorry for cancelling the first London show of her Madame X world tour. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51250871 | 2020-01-26 |
| The star had been due to begin a run of 15 dates at the London Palladium from this Monday. | Neutral | Madonna has said she is deeply sorry for cancelling the first London show of her Madame X world tour. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51250871 | 2020-01-26 |
| Elsewhere Richmond southwest London now boasts 350 new members up and Hove East Sussex has 477 more up while Exeter has seen a increase with 300 additional members. | Neutral | Labour has experienced a surge in membership since the general election BBC Twos Newsnight has learned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51245211 | 2020-01-25 |
| In Hammersmith west London the CLP has seen a increase while in Bury North numbers have gone up by | Neutral | Labour has experienced a surge in membership since the general election BBC Twos Newsnight has learned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51245211 | 2020-01-25 |
| Sumbwanyambe was surprised to learn that there were thought to have been between 10000 and 20000 black people in mid18th Century London out of a population of around 700000. | Neutral | From an African girl who was gifted to Queen Victoria to a slave who took on his master in the British courts several littleknown but remarkable chapters of black British history are being put in the spotlight on stage this year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51177299 | 2020-01-22 |
| Facebooks new London employees will be deployed on tasks including the development of products such as Workplace and WhatsApp | Neutral | Facebook is to create 1000 new jobs in London by the end of the year | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51184323 | 2020-01-21 |
| More than half of them will be technologyfocused with roles in software engineering product design and data science the company is to announce at an event in London. | Positive | Facebook is to create 1000 new jobs in London by the end of the year | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51184323 | 2020-01-21 |
| British boxer Anthony Joshua has been pictured prostrating before Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in London. | Positive | British boxer Anthony Joshua has been pictured prostrating before Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in London. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51181203 | 2020-01-21 |
| The company said its London CI teams are responsible for everything from fighting spam and abuse to addressing violence and personal safety | Negative | Facebook is to create 1000 new jobs in London by the end of the year | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51184323 | 2020-01-21 |
| President Buhari is in London for the first UKAfrica Investment Summit which is being held on 20 January | Positive | British boxer Anthony Joshua has been pictured prostrating before Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in London. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51181203 | 2020-01-21 |
| The new report comes from University College London | Neutral | Planners and engineers have been rapped for allowing new housing developments to be dominated by roads. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51179688 | 2020-01-21 |
| A report by the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London suggested there could be more than 1700 infections. | Negative | A fourth person in China has died from a new virus that has spread rapidly across the country as authorities confirmed that it can be passed from persontoperson. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51185836 | 2020-01-21 |
| Facebook is to create 1000 new jobs in London by the end of the year | Neutral | Facebook is to create 1000 new jobs in London by the end of the year | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51184323 | 2020-01-21 |
| Londons Metropolitan police said the number of thefts in the first six months of 2019 were more than higher than the whole of the previous year. | Negative | The price of the precious metal palladium has soared on the global commodities markets. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51171391 | 2020-01-20 |
| The former presidents daughter has made the UK her home and owns expensive properties in central London. | Negative | Leaked documents reveal how Africas richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country and corruption. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51128950 | 2020-01-20 |
| One of the most suspicious deals was run from London through a UK subsidiary of the Angolan state oil company Sonangol. | Negative | Leaked documents reveal how Africas richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country and corruption. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51128950 | 2020-01-20 |
| Panorama understands that Matter sent more than 50 invoices to Sonangol in London on the day that she was fired. | Negative | Leaked documents reveal how Africas richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country and corruption. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51128950 | 2020-01-20 |
| It comes a day after Mr Champagne held talks in London with ministers of four other nations that lost citizens in the crash. | Negative | Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defended the countrys armed forces after it admitted shooting down a passenger plane by mistake. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51140806 | 2020-01-18 |
| In an interview in London she repeatedly stressed that her life was at risk if she returned to Angola in the current circumstances | Negative | Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos who is embroiled in a huge financial scandal has suggested that she may seek to become the countrys president | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51137470 | 2020-01-17 |
| Earlier on Thursday the five ministers lit memorial candles at the Canadian High Commission in London to honour the victims. | Negative | Iran is facing fresh pressure to give a full accounting of how the Ukrainian plane with 176 people on board was shot down over Tehran last week. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51133865 | 2020-01-17 |
| Dr Jessica Farren specialist registrar and clinical fellow at Imperial College London said miscarriage could be a very traumatic experience. | Negative | One in six women who lose a baby in early pregnancy experiences longterm symptoms of posttraumatic stress a UK study suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51093999 | 2020-01-16 |
| Prof Kausik Ray who led those trials from Imperial College London says this gives it enormous potential | Positive | A twiceayear injection that reduces bad cholesterol to protect the heart is to be pioneered by the NHS in England | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51091083 | 2020-01-14 |
| In London one of the areas to see a notable increase and where the number of killings was highest the Metropolitan Police launched 149 homicide investigations. | Negative | The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years BBC research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50925024 | 2020-01-08 |
| The two men both Spanish nationals had been living in a squat in south London. | Negative | The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years BBC research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50925024 | 2020-01-08 |
| Jaden had moved to London from Nottingham with his mother for a new start six months before he died | Negative | The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years BBC research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50925024 | 2020-01-08 |
| It meant the overall figure for London for 2019 rose to its highest level since 2008 when there were 154 killings. | Neutral | The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years BBC research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50925024 | 2020-01-08 |
| She was stabbed in the back in her South London home by her jealous boyfriend Michael Rolle | Negative | The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years BBC research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50925024 | 2020-01-08 |
| Mr Simionov had recently moved from Romania to start a new life in London | Neutral | The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years BBC research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50925024 | 2020-01-08 |
| His family describe him as a good very bright religious boy who was a regular churchgoer said Gulfan Afero a consular official at the Indonesian embassy in London. | Positive | The father of Reynhard Sinaga the worst rapist in British legal history has said his sons punishment fits his crimes after he was jailed for life. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51027404 | 2020-01-08 |
| Ms Ashraf who had a heart of according to her family had gone to stay with her brother in Docklands East London because she was concerned about his mental health. | Negative | The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years BBC research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50925024 | 2020-01-08 |
| A convicted murderer has said he did not hesitate to join the fight against the London Bridge knifeman in November. | Negative | A convicted murderer has said he did not hesitate to join the fight against the London Bridge knifeman in November. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51010708 | 2020-01-07 |
| The researchers at Kings College London were following adopted children who spent time in hellhole Romanian orphanages. | Neutral | An early life full of neglect deprivation and adversity leads to people growing up with smaller brains a study suggests | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51010388 | 2020-01-07 |
| Record highest daily minimums were reached on 25 January 2016 in County Londonderry | Positive | A series of new records for high temperature were broken in the UK in 2019 concluding a recordbreaking decade the Met Office has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-50976909 | 2020-01-03 |
| 2C was reached on 26 February in London the hottest February day ever recorded | Positive | A series of new records for high temperature were broken in the UK in 2019 concluding a recordbreaking decade the Met Office has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-50976909 | 2020-01-03 |
| Revellers across the UK have rung in the start of a new decade with fireworks displays in London Edinburgh and other major cities | Neutral | Revellers across the UK have rung in the start of a new decade with fireworks displays in London Edinburgh and other major cities | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50952973 | 2020-01-01 |
| In London Big Bens chimes sounded the start of the display despite them being silent this year while renovation work is completed. | Negative | Revellers across the UK have rung in the start of a new decade with fireworks displays in London Edinburgh and other major cities | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50952973 | 2020-01-01 |
| Music from artists including Stormzy Wiley and Bastille also featured in a display London Mayor Sadiq said would be the best the capital has ever seen. | Positive | Revellers across the UK have rung in the start of a new decade with fireworks displays in London Edinburgh and other major cities | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50952973 | 2020-01-01 |
| He stressed that London and the UK need to be brought together again in the 2020s. | Positive | Revellers across the UK have rung in the start of a new decade with fireworks displays in London Edinburgh and other major cities | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50952973 | 2020-01-01 |
