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18 Jun

London Becomes Europe’s Largest Stock Market Again

Wontumi1BusinessLargest Market Stock, London

The UK’s main stock market retook its crown as Europe’s most valuable for the first time in nearly two years, data shows. The total value of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) hit $3.18 trillion on Monday, overtaking the $3.13tn total value of companies listed in Paris, according to Bloomberg data. Both valuations have shifted since and remain close, but analysts describe it as a milestone. They say the French market has slumped because of the uncertainty around its election, while the UK market is recovering after several years of underperformance. The LSE had been Europe’s largest stock…

Croydon stabbing: Teenage boy knifed girl, 15, to death ‘with a machete after argument that began with him trying to give her flowers’ on bus to her £19,350-a-year private school

Wontumi1Newscraydon, London, teenage murder

A teenage boy 'knifed a 15-year-old girl to death with a machete after an argument that began with him trying to give her flowers' while she was getting a bus to her £19,350-a-year private school in south London today. The victim, a pupil at Old Palace of John Whitgift School in Croydon, was attacked at 8.30am - less than a mile away from the school gates. Locals say they saw a group of schoolchildren getting off the No 60 bus outside the Whitgift Centre, where a row between the girl and boy 'spilled out' onto a street busy with pedestrians. A teenage boy…

“Difficult Things Can Be Done With The Right Focus” – Oppong Nkrumah On Ghanaian Expedition Team To London

Evans ManassehNewsGhanaian, London, OPPONG NKRUMAH

Minister for Information Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has lauded a Ghanaian expedition team that has been on a road trip from Accra to London in the United Kingdom. The story of the 13 Ghanaians including 12 men and one woman on the epic journey covering a staggering 10,000 kilometres, has attracted global attention on Ghana. Accordingly, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in a video call, congratulated the expedition team for their remarkable spirit as well as raising the flag of Ghana high and making Ghanaians proud. “You have lifted the spirit of people all across the country that difficult things…