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Colonel Gaddafi's son and one-time heir is shot dead by assassins in his garden: London-educated Saif al-Islam escaped the noose after his father's bloodthirsty regime fell - then tried to run for Libya's presidency (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-4 Islam London Libya

Waymo says it hopes to launch its London robotaxi service as soon as September, after an April pilot; the UK government plans to change regulations in H2 2026 (www.bbc.com)
2026-1-30 London

London-based enterprise AI video startup Synthesia raised a $200M Series E led by GV at a $4B valuation, up from $2.1B after raising $180M in January 2025 (www.thedeepview.com)
2026-1-26 Startup AI London

Machete-wielding gang raids Rolex store in London (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-1-22 London

What dependence on China brings: Britain approves an enormous London embassy (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-1-21 China U.K. London

The UK government will take a £25M stake in Octopus Energy's tech spin-off Kraken, last valued at $8.65B, in an effort to encourage Kraken to list in London (www.ft.com)
2026-1-20 Energy London

London-based e-commerce logistics platform Swap raised a $100M Series C led by DST Global and Iconiq, after raising a $40M Series B in March 2025 (www.axios.com)
2026-1-8 London Logistics

London-based data center company GTR raised $1.5B from KKR and ~$400M from Oak Hill to develop its facilities in England, Barcelona, Zurich, and Tel Aviv (www.ft.com)
2026-1-8 London

London is set to become the first city where both US and Chinese robotaxis operate, as Waymo and Baidu prepare to launch their robotaxis in the city in 2026 (www.ft.com)
2026-1-3 China London

Uber rewrote its UK driver contracts to act as an agent rather than a supplier of taxi services outside London, to avoid UK's new 20% “taxi tax” on total fares (www.theguardian.com)
2026-1-3 Uber Tax London

Freemasons seek injunction against London police over membership exposure (www.rt.com)
2025-12-31 London

Uber plans to trial driverless taxis in London using Baidu's Apollo Go RT6 robotaxis, starting in H1 2026 with services available by the end of 2026 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-22 Uber London

Monzo receives an Irish banking license, allowing the London-based digital lender to offer current and savings accounts across the EU (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-17 London

London-based PolyAI, which makes call center AI voice assistants, raised an $86M Series D led by Georgian, Hedosophia, and Khosla, after raising $50M in 2024 (tech.eu)
2025-12-15 AI London

Dutch payments group Mollie agrees to acquire London-based fintech GoCardless for €1.5B, set to close in 2026; GoCardless was last valued at $2.1B in early 2022 (www.ft.com)
2025-12-12 Fintech Netherlands London

Nick Clegg joins London-based VC firm Hiro Capital as a general partner, and Yann LeCun joins the firm as an adviser; sources: Hiro looks to raise a €500M+ fund (t.co)
2025-12-11 London

Impressions from a test ride in London in a car using Wayve's self-driving tech; Wayve has raised $1.3B since launch and is testing cars with Level 2+ autonomy (www.ft.com)
2025-12-8 London

Short seller Grizzly shorts London-listed Trustpilot, alleging the review site pressures businesses to pay for subscriptions; Trustpilot refutes the claims (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-6 London

New Homes In London Were Delayed By 'Energy-Hungry' Data Centers (news.slashdot.org)
2025-12-5 Energy London

London-based Sokin, which develops tech for B2B cross-border payments, raised a $50M Series B led by Prysm Capital at a $300M valuation (tech.eu)
2025-12-3 London

Car sharing service Zipcar UK plans to shut down after London extended its Congestion Charge to EVs; Zipcar had losses of £11.7M in 2024 vs. £364,000 in 2023 (www.cityam.com)
2025-12-2 London

London-based AI video startup Synthesia says its ARR reached $100M by April 2025, after reporting 2024 revenue up 82% YoY to $58M and a pre-tax loss of $59M (www.ft.com)
2025-11-27 Tax Startup AI London

Multiple London councils' IT systems disrupted by cyberattack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-11-27 London

Waymo partners with Moove and Baidu's ApolloGo partners with Lyft to roll out robotaxis in 2026 in London, the first place Chinese and US robotaxis will compete (www.wsj.com)
2025-11-15 China London

Britain needs war: Why London can't afford peace in Ukraine (www.rt.com)
2025-11-14 U.K. Ukraine London

London calling, political patronage, and the diplomatic curtain (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2025-11-11 London

Shopping data reveals ‘food desert' hotspots in London, suggesting where nutritional needs are not be being met (www.eurekalert.org)
2025-11-8 London

London is establishing itself as a center for quantitative finance; filings show trading firms XTX, Qube, and Quadrature each made £1B+ revenue in the past year (www.ft.com)
2025-11-3 London

UK prosecutors say the ringleader of a 2024 arson attack on Ukraine-linked businesses in London discussed kidnapping Revolut's Russia-born CEO Nikolay Storonsky (www.reuters.com)
2025-10-24 Russia Ukraine London

The UK FCA sues Justin Sun-linked crypto exchange HTX in London's High Court for alleged illegal promotion of “cryptoasset services” to UK consumers (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-23 London

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