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  • ‘Why I host a supper club for sex workers’

    ‘Why I host a supper club for sex workers’

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    There are rose petals scattered up Paris Rosina’s front path on the evening of her early autumn supper club. Inside,…

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  • Flu Season Warning: H3N2 Subclade K Is Not Matched to This Year’s Vaccine

    Flu Season Warning: H3N2 Subclade K Is Not Matched to This Year’s Vaccine

    Hi, it’s Jason in Melbourne. It’s warming up here, but the northern hemisphere is sliding into flu season, and the early signals aren’t pretty. More on that in a moment, but first …

    Flu activity in the US remains low for now, but it’s…

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  • Diageo announces Sterling equivalent of Final Dividend at 47.91 pence per ordinary share

    Diageo announces Sterling equivalent of Final Dividend at 47.91 pence per ordinary share

    Further to the announcement on 5 August 2025 of a final dividend of 62.98 US cents per ordinary share, and as approved by shareholders at the AGM on 6 November 2025, today Diageo announces the Sterling equivalent of the dividend, amounting to 47.91 pence per ordinary share based on an exchange rate of US$1=£0.76072.

    The US$:£ conversion rate was determined by the actual rates achieved by Diageo buying forward contracts for Sterling currency, during the three working days preceding this announcement, for delivery ahead of the dividend payment date.

    The payment date of the dividend is 4 December 2025.

    Other details relating to the dividend are set out in the announcement dated 5 August 2025 and are also available to view on the Company’s website at www.diageo.com.

    James Edmunds
    Deputy Company Secretary

    20 November 2025

    For further information, please contact:

    Investor relations:
    Sonya Ghobrial
    Andy Ryan
    Grace Murphy
    [email protected]

    +44 (0) 7392 784 784
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    +44 (0) 7514 726 167

    Media relations:
    Rebecca Perry
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    About Diageo

    Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands across spirits and beer categories. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B and Buchanan’s whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.

    Diageo is a global company, and our products are sold in nearly 180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEO). For more information about Diageo, our people, our brands, and performance, visit us at www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo’s global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice.

    Celebrating life, every day, everywhere.


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  • Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon at perihelion: an image (8 Nov. 2025)

    Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon at perihelion: an image (8 Nov. 2025)

    We images comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon on the very day of its passage at perihelion, the minimum distance from the Sun.

    Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 8 Nov. 2025.

    The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of 8, 16-second…

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  • Male and female former employees of Smokey Robinson accuse him of sexual assault | Smokey Robinson

    Male and female former employees of Smokey Robinson accuse him of sexual assault | Smokey Robinson

    Two more former employees of the soul music star Smokey Robinson, both male and female, have alleged he sexually assaulted them, which he denies.

    Robinson is already facing similar allegations from four other former employees, who filed a joint…

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  • Security forces kill 7 terrorists in KP operations: ISPR – Dawn

    1. Security forces kill 7 terrorists in KP operations: ISPR  Dawn
    2. Four terrorists killed during multiple IBO’s in K-P  The Express Tribune
    3. Security forces gun down 23 India-backed terrorists in Kurram operations  Geo News
    4. Ayaz pays tribute to security…

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  • X May Soon Tell Others If You Use a VPN – PCMag

    1. X May Soon Tell Others If You Use a VPN  PCMag
    2. X.Com Is Gonna Snitch You Out to the Public If You Use a VPN  VICE
    3. X to Flag VPN Use for Location Transparency  varindia.com
    4. X developing tools to reveal VPN use and track profile history  Social Samosa

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  • Ultra-Processed Foods Pose Major Public Threat

    Ultra-Processed Foods Pose Major Public Threat

    Food companies are driving a global rise in ultra-processed food consumption that is damaging our health, and also preventing government action that could limit its harm, an international study reveals.

    The three-part series on…

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  • AI and citizens detect invasive mosquito in Madagascar

    AI and citizens detect invasive mosquito in Madagascar

    [NAIROBI, SciDev.Net] Researchers say they have used Artificial Intelligence and citizen-submitted photos to identify what they believe was the first Anopheles stephensi detected in Madagascar, amid a rising threat from the…

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  • Emirates to join Rolls-Royce global Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul network from 2027

    Emirates to join Rolls-Royce global Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul network from 2027

    Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR., ADR: RYCEY) and Emirates today signed a Memorandum of Understanding granting Emirates the rights to perform Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul on their own Trent 900 engines that power their A380 fleet. At the same time, the TotalCare agreement covering the Trent 900 fleet has also been extended to the 2040s.

    Emirates will build a new facility with the first engine induction forecast from 2027. Emirates will complete fan case repairs at the facility and Rolls-Royce will maintain module repair capability within the global network.


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