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Asian markets rally, dollar dips as traders price in policy tightening
Asian markets rallied Friday following a healthy performance on Wall Street, with investors largely pricing in more interest rate hikes aimed at taming runaway inflation. "Wall Street is expecting to see some pricing pressure relief with next week's inflation report, but that shouldn't derail the current 75 basis-point pace of tightening."
'Black spider' letters, Diana divorce: Charles's biggest scandals
Charles has been a controversial royal over the years, from his affair while married to Princess Diana, and alleged persistent political interference, to occasional gaffes and scandals involving aides. - More recently, Charles has become embroiled in an alleged cash-for-honours scandal.
'End of an era': Americans mourn Queen Elizabeth's death
The news Thursday of Queen Elizabeth II's death at the age of 96 reverberated across the pond, with US flags lowered to half-staff in response, the Empire State Building illuminated in royal colors, and many Americans reflecting on her legacy.
William and Kate modernise royal family life
William and Kate have brought a more relaxed and personal approach to royal duties and are raising their children in relatively hands-on fashion, presenting a more modern vision of the monarchy for a new age. Kate and William's children are reportedly being raised to enjoy outdoor pursuits with limited screen time.
Elizabeth II: trouble, strife and family life
As queen, Elizabeth II's family life was far from traditional -- she was often away for long stretches, was frequently occupied by work and had at times complicated relationships with her four children. With Andrew and Edward, who were born when she was 33 and 37, the queen had a more relaxed relationship.
Recycling firm battles Jakarta's plastic waste emergency
As Indonesia's capital Jakarta grapples with overflowing plastic waste and pollution pours into the sea, one burgeoning business is trying to turn rubbish into revenue. As one of the initiators of the "Beach Clean Up Jakarta" movement, she saw how Jakarta is littered with plastic waste and was frustrated that little was being done to change the situation.
Commonwealth marks loss of figurehead, link to the past
As Britain mourned the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Friday, a string of dominions, realms and former colonies marked the loss of a shared figurehead and an irreplacable link to a quickly fading era. For many, Elizabeth II represented one of the few remaining links to that fading era of empire, to "the old country", to an intertwined history or the shared sacrifice of a savage world war.
Elderly King Charles III faces 'testing times'
Trained from childhood to be king, Charles III has endured the longest wait for the throne in British history. Opinion polling by YouGov shows the prospect of Charles as monarch divides British public opinion almost equally.
King Charles III to address UK as mourning begins for late queen
King Charles III was on Friday due to address his new subjects, as Britain was plunged into mourning by the death of queen Elizabeth II, ending a history making 70-year reign. He is due to return to London from Balmoral, where the 96-year-old queen died "peacefully" after a year-long period of ill health and decline.
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