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The Scottish Conservatives have won a Westminster by-election for the first time in more than 50 years, taking Aberdeen South from the SNP. Source link
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty ImagesEven as home price growth has slowed, the housing boom during the first half of the 2020s means many owners are sitting on substantial equity — and they appear willing to use it.Homeowners tapped an estimated $47 billion in equity — the difference between their mortgage balance and the property’s market value — during the first three months of 2026, according to a new report from Intercontinental Exchange, a financial markets technology and data company. While down from $49 billion in the final quarter of 2025, the figure marks the highest first-quarter withdrawal figure since…
Colombia stocks higher at close of trade; COLCAP up 4.02% Source link
The Lib Dem MP for Tewkesbury Cameron Thomas has had the whip suspended pending a police investigation. Source link
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media upon arrival at Paris Orly airport, following the G7 Summit, in Orly, France, June 17, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersPresident Donald Trump said he might have viewed artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a national security threat last week, but he no longer does, according to an interview with “The Axios Show” published on Friday.Senior Anthropic technical staff were scheduled to meet with Trump administration officials earlier this week to discuss a dispute over foreign access to its most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5. The company last week disabled access…
Mexico stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC down 0.82% Source link
Kemi Badenoch hailed the Scottish Conservatives’ first by-election win since 1973, after the party took Aberdeen South from the SNP. Source link
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech as he stands in front of the VC-25B aircraft gifted by Qatar that will be used as Air Force One, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on June 19, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Friday showed off the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft.The new aircraft eschews the Kennedy-era robin’s egg blue exterior of the old plane for a bolder look, with the underbelly of the plane painted navy blue with a red stripe above it. The plane’s…
Exclusive-Canadian lender TD tells some employees it will use software to monitor their work Source link
Edwards has been the boss of the data watchdog since January 2022, and said he had made inappropriate attempts at humour. Source link