News Headlines - 28 November 2017
▽Britain and the EU agree Brexit divorce bill
Sources on both sides confirmed that an agreement-in-principle has now been reached over the EU’s demand for a €60bn financial settlement ahead of a crucial lunch meeting next Monday between Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president.
▽Powell Suggests Fed Is Likely to Raise Rates in December - WSJ
Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell signaled Tuesday he would stick to the same monetary-policy course his predecessor charted if he is confirmed as the central bank’s next leader, likely raising short-term interest rates in December and lifting them gradually higher in the next two years.
▽Water entered missing Argentine sub's snorkel, causing short circuit
Water entered the snorkel of the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan, causing its battery to short-circuit before it went missing on Nov. 15, a navy spokesman said on Monday as hope dwindled among some families of the 44-member crew.
▽Mount Agung eruption: Bali airport closed, flights cancelled - Channel NewsAsia
Flights to Bali were cancelled as Indonesia authorities closed the island's airport and raised the alert on Mount Agung volcano to the highest level, amid fears a significant eruption could be imminent.
Indonesia's national disaster agency said on Monday (Nov 27) that the exclusion zone around the volcano, which is 75km from Bali's tourist hub of Kuta, had been widened to 10km, with people living in the zone being urged to evacuate.
Kate Middleton 's uncle was branded a "nasty drunk" as he was sentenced today for knocking out his wife during a drunken row in the street... Goldsmith was given a 12 month community order and told to undergo 20 rehabilitation sessions after pleading guilty to one count of assault by beating.
