News Headlines - 03 November 2016

▽Bank of England warns households to expect sharp rise in inflation next year | The Guardian

Predicting rises in petrol prices and other goods that the UK buys in from abroad, the Bank said inflation would rise from 1.3% this year to 2.7% in 2017 and 2018, higher than in its last set of forecasts three months ago... The new forecast was delivered as the Bank kept interest rates at a record low of 0.25% and dropped plans to cut them further in the near future, although the inflation warning was tempered with a projection that economic growth will be much stronger than previously forecast in the near-term.

▽When Hillary and Donald Were Friends - The New York Times

The sensational, spidery plot of the most gripping game of thrones in modern history is best captured by two images. The first is from Donald J. Trump’s extravagant third wedding at his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2005: The junior senator from New York, glowing in gold silk and pearls, smiles up at the mogul in white tie with genuine delight as he says something that cracks up Hillary, Bill and Trump’s bejeweled bride, Melania.

▽Moscow tribute to victims of Stalin terror - Channel NewsAsia

Hundreds of people braved the late autumnal cold in Moscow on Saturday (Oct 29) to remember victims of the Stalin era, reading out names of people murdered at the height of the Terror.

▽Vatican, China Consider Deal on Selection of Bishops After Decades of Division - WSJ

Negotiators for the Vatican and Beijing reached a compromise on who selects Catholic bishops in China, said people familiar with the matter, potentially marking a major step toward ending six decades of estrangement.

▽Denmark to build new Hans Christian Andersen museum | Reuters

A new museum dedicated to the life and work of Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen, author of The Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid, is to be built in his birthplace of Odense, local authorities said on Monday.