PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Aug. 15

Reuters08-15

Aug 15 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Headlines

- UK plans fresh investment in supercomputing despite axing aid

- Barclays planned to pull out of Israel's bond auctions under activist pressure

- Rail strikes in England near end after unions and UK government reach deal

- CK Infrastructure announces secondary listing in London

Overview

- Britain has insisted it will continue to fund pioneering artificial intelligence and supercomputing technology despite a backlash over Sir Keir Starmer's shock decision to scrap support worth 1.3 billion pounds ($1.67 billion) for projects it inherited.

- Barclays drew up plans to pull out of future Israeli government bond auctions as it reviewed its exposure to the country under pressure from pro-Palestinian activists.

- Britain's train drivers union and the government have agreed on a pay proposal that could end a long-running industrial dispute and a series of strikes that have disrupted rail travel over the last two years.

- Hong Kong's CK Infrastructure Holdings said on Wednesday it has received approval from the UK's financial regulatory body for a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange.

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(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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