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- Record-breaking Root hits hundred as England power to 351-3
- Record-breaking Root hits hundred as England's power to 351-3
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- Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson set for six weeks out
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- Cook tips Root to break Tendulkar's all-time runs record
- British skull auction sparks Indian demand for return
- Joe Root: England's elegant Test record-breaker
- Braving war: Lebanon's 'badass' airline defies odds
- Klopp to return as head of Red Bull football operations
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- Jurgen Klopp to return as head of Red Bull football operations
- Sinner to face Medvedev in Shanghai Masters quarter-finals
- US weighs Google breakup in landmark trial
- Record-breaking Root guides England to 232-2 in reply to Pakistan's 556
- Japan PM dissolves parliament for 'honeymoon' snap election
- Chinese stocks tumble on stimulus upset, Asia tracks Wall St higher
- 7-Eleven owner confirms new takeover offer from Couche-Tard
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- Pyongyang to 'permanently' shut border with South Korea
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- Nepali becomes youngest to climb world's 8,000m peaks
- Climate change made deadly Hurricane Helene more intense: study
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- Can carbon credits help close coal plants?
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- Sega ninja game 'Shinobi' gets movie treatment
- Boeing suspends negotiations with striking workers
- 7-Eleven owner's shares spike on report of new buyout offer
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- Three million UK children living below poverty line: study
- China's Jia brings film spanning love, change over decades to Busan
- Paying out disaster relief before climate catastrophe strikes
- Chinese shares drop on stimulus upset, Asia tracks Wall St higher
- SE Asian summit seeks progress on Myanmar civil war
- How climate funds helped Peru's women beekeepers stay afloat
- Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded as wars rage
- Pacific island nations swamped by global drug trade
- AI-aided research, new materials eyed for Nobel Chemistry Prize
- Mozambique elects new president in tense vote
- The US economy is solid: Why are voters gloomy?
- Balkan summit to rally support for struggling Ukraine
- New stadium gives Real Madrid a headache
European stocks, euro extend losses on political turmoil
European equities and the euro extended a sell-off Tuesday, fuelled by EU political uncertainty, while Asian markets also took a hit as investors looked ahead to inflation data and an interest rate decision in the United States.
Investors were "carefully assessing the impact of right-wing parties' success in the European Union and its potential effects on the bloc's unity", said Tickmill Group analyst Patrick Munnelly.
Far-right parties performed well in weekend EU Parliament elections, prompting French President Emmanuel Macron to call a snap parliamentary vote and sparking political turmoil in his country.
Ratings agency Moody's has warned that Macron's move could lower France's credit score because it raises the risk of "political instability".
Traders were looking ahead to US inflation data and the outcome of the Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting, both due Wednesday.
While decision-makers are expected to keep borrowing costs on hold, the inflation numbers could provide clues on when the Fed could start cutting rates.
Wall Street pushed higher Monday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq once again chalking up record highs.
But Asian investors were less assured Tuesday, after a tepid start to the week in holiday-thinned trade.
Speculation has been swirling about how many, if any, interest rate cuts the Fed will introduce this year, with several officials warning they are reluctant to move too soon for fear of restoking inflation, which remains stubbornly above its target of two percent.
Traders started the year predicting as many as six cuts but have whittled them down since then, and now the most optimistic estimate is for three, with some even eyeing zero.
Elsewhere Tuesday, oil prices fell as traders awaited demand forecasts from OPEC.
- Key figures around 1030 GMT -
London - FTSE 100: DOWN 0.8 percent at 8,166.89 points
Paris - CAC 40: DOWN 0.9 percent at 7,826.17
Frankfurt - DAX: DOWN 0.7 percent at 18,368.54
EURO STOXX 50: DOWN 0.8 percent at 4,976.60
Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.3 percent at 39,134.79 (close)
Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 1.0 percent at 18,176.34 (close)
Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 0.8 percent at 3,028.05 (close)
New York - Dow Jones: UP 0.2 percent at 38,868.04 (close)
Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.0745 from $1.0767 on Monday
Euro/pound: DOWN at 84.34 pence from 84.54 pence
Dollar/yen: UP at 157.18 yen from 157.04 yen
Pound/dollar: UP at $1.2742 from $1.2732
West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 0.3 percent at $77.49 per barrel
Brent North Sea Crude: DOWN 0.4 percent at $81.32 per barrel
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