• Reuters

    Egypt has agreed long-awaited cabinet reshuffle, local media report

    Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's cabinet is set for a long-awaited reshuffle, local media reported, with changes including new finance and foreign ministers expected to be sworn in on Wednesday. State television reported that Ahmed Kouchouk is set to become finance minister and faces perhaps the biggest challenge in managing a stumbling economy and sky-rocketing debt. At the foreign ministry, state TV citing local channel ExtraNews reported that Egypt's ambassador to the European Union Badr Abdelatty would replace Sameh Shoukry, who has steered the country's diplomatic efforts to negotiate between Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel in their almost nine-month war.

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    Suki Waterhouse shares secrets of Robert Pattinson romance

    The singer and actress, 32, became engaged to Twilight star Robert, 38, earlier this year and they welcomed a daughter in March. Suki and her daughter feature on the cover of the August issue of British Vogue, and in the accompanying interview the Daisy Jones and The Six star opens up about her first meeting with the man who is going to be her husband. Revealing they bonded at a games night in Los Angeles six years ago, Suki recalled…

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    London stocks rebound on gains in metal miners ahead of elections

    U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday said that the country was on a "disinflationary path" but policymakers need more data before cutting interest rates. Industrial metal miners led gains on the benchmark with a 1.8% rise as copper prices ticked higher. Investors, however, exercised caution ahead of UK parliamentary elections, due on Thursday, where Conservatives look set to be replaced after 14 years of power, as per opinion polls.