LONDON / AP It’s a resonant moment of European cultural harmony: a Swedish soprano and a pan-European orchestra rehearsing a Bach cantata in a medieval English church. With Britain about to leave the European Union, it’s also a poignant one. The ensemble rehearsing in a York church is the European Union Baroque Orchestra, founded 32 years ago to use classical ...

  Bloomberg Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund plans to expand in the UK and the US, as top officials said long-term commercial opportunities would outweigh political uncertainty roiling the two countries. The gas-rich Gulf emirate will add 5 billion pounds ($6.3 billion) to its UK portfolio in the next three to five years, and will set up an office soon in ...

  Reuters Light crude surged in Canada and the northern US after an oil-sands upgrader shut for maintenance because of a fire and Energy Transfer Partners LP said it was preparing to place the Dakota Access pipeline into service. Synthetic crude’s premium to West Texas Intermediate futures jumped $1.45 to $4.70 a barrel Monday, the strongest in more than a ...