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...Feargal Sharkey Well, at this point, government should have weeks ago, and possibly even arguably a year ago, placed Thames Water into what’s known as special administration....
...Iran: The country has long been known as a centre for cosmetic surgery, but senior doctors fear that a “tsunami” of procedures will affect patient health and Iranian identity....
...The challenge looming in the defence and security arena is of particular concern in Europe because of Trump’s well-known aversion to Nato; but also because war has returned to the continent....
...Such a high calibre cast reflects Prince Gyasi’s speedy ascent as a photographer....
...“Pataskala is now infected with the cancer known as the Chinese Communist party,” Jerry Forns, a resident, said at a city council meeting in January....
...And also joining the show today is Hannah White, director of the Institute for Government think-tank. Hi, Hannah. Hannah White Hello....
...We’ve also gotten a new executive order from president Joe Biden on artificial intelligence, which is expected to be signed as early as today....
...May 26; further information and tickets here RHS Chelsea Flower Show “Chelsea”, as it is simply known, is a fixture in the London social diary....
...The complex scheme — known as Stuttgart 21 — is funded by the German government, the EU, the state of Baden-Württemberg and the city of Stuttgart....
...In 2014 an online campaign of harassment by male gamers known as Gamergate began, aimed at what they saw as a feminist establishment moving into censor their games....
...This has become known as his Zeitenwende speech, after the word he coined to suggest that Russia’s invasion marked a “historical turning point” or an “epochal shift in geopolitics”....
...Angela Lei, a 38-year-old London-based immigration lawyer, agrees; she’s been dyeing her hair every month since she was 24....
...It started in Spain where Garnacha, as Grenache is known there, was the country’s most-planted grape until a reverence for Tempranillo dislodged it from the top spot....
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...Europe’s most prominent national leader, Angela Merkel, was entering the twilight of her decade-and-a-half spell as German chancellor....
...I also learnt: never again Auschwitz.” As with Baerbock today, Fischer emerged as a vocal proponent of principle over pacifism in the face of war in Europe, despite their party’s antiwar roots....
...Not So Black and White: A History of Race from White Supremacy to Identity Politics by Kenan Malik (Hurst) The esteemed theorist on multiculturalism and race offers a longer-run perspective on contemporary...
...But the political mood also became more febrile. Though Germany is not nearly as polarised as America, it has seen an alarming uptick in political violence....
...Macron did not comment on fiscal reforms, but France has long advocated a review of the EU’s budget rules, known as the Stability and Growth Pact....
...It’s well known that office temperatures are mostly set at levels that suit men better than women — temperatures are often based on a historic formula that used men’s metabolism as a guide....
...She went on to create well-known story quilts, such as the 12 pieces in her 1991-97 “French Collection”, which will be shown in the new retrospective as a complete series for the first time in almost 25...
...The world’s first stored-programme computer was built at the University of Manchester in 1948, and was known as the “Manchester baby”. 75 years on, the baby has grown up, so I will call this new national...
...The division includes two businesses, formerly known as OTO Melara and Wass, that are leading manufacturers of naval cannons, tank turrets and torpedoes....
...Another claimed at the weekend that this was not a specifically French initiative and that “a lot of people are thinking about it”, adding that one solution might be to adapt the existing fund known as NextGenerationEU...
...She also risks being dragged into uncomfortable political territory by her party — which moved so sharply to the right that she temporarily abandoned it in 2019 — and by the pugnacious mood among white voters...
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