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...Between January and July it had completed 94.6 per cent of these within the published timeframe of 10 weeks, it added....
...Kenyan President William Ruto gives a speech at the EU parliament....
...Simmons likes to joke that he learnt about the complexity of repeat patterns from designs by “the three Williams — Morris, Burges and de Morgan”....
...To August 16; further information and tickets here ‘Charles Gaines: 1992—2023’, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami To illustrate Charles Gaines’s contribution to the world of conceptual art, 60 of his...
...In the first half of 2023, Hong Kong approved more than 25,000 applications under a new talent scheme with over 94 per cent of them originating from mainland China....
...The 120 artists represented include Dorothea Lange, William Klein and other giants of the medium....
...To put that into context: the EU’s 27 member states only have space to emit 19.94 GtCO₂ equivalent between 2021 and 2030 if the bloc is to meet its emission reductions targets, per European Commission forecasts...
...Described by Blanchard as “opera in jazz”, this powerful adaptation of Charles M Blow’s painful coming-of-age memoir returns with bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Charles....
...Brent crude, the international marker, fell 0.8 per cent to $85.94. The US energy department said it would sell 27mn barrels from its reserves as mandated previously by Congress....
...A Very Private School: A Memoir by Charles Spencer (William Collins/ Simon & Schuster)Unflinching personal account of a boarding school childhood exposes the shocking flaws, cruelties and life-long legacies...
...Rather, he said, it was turning a card over and learning about how a baseball player like Ted Williams had fought in two wars. Later, in the television age, biography gave way to personality....
...Bike and car parts seller Halfords saw profits tumble last year as the boom experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic ended....
...October 10 to January 19 2025; Find information and tickets here....
...For the then 19-year-old Eilish, the Marilyn Monroe-inspired ball gown marked a departure from her usual style of baggy T-shirts and tracksuits and cemented her shift from neo-goth teen pop sensation to...
...Erkan’s predecessor cut rates from 19 per cent to 8.5 per cent in two years, sparking an acute inflation crisis and placing Turkey’s currency under intense pressure....
...The irony is that while Montagu has the brass neck to take on the top brass, it’s the gangling Charles Cholmondeley (Cumming) who dreams up the plot and quick-witted secretary Jean Leslie (Hall) who spots...
...Mourners hoping to view Queen Elizabeth II’s lying-in-state in London were facing 17-hour-long queues on Saturday evening, as King Charles III and Prince William made a surprise appearance to the thousands...
...Under the inspiration of Charles de Gaulle, the European Economic Community looked more and more like a closed economic bloc....
...Additional reporting by William Langley in Hong Kong...
...Charles Babbage, Charles Darwin, John Stuart Mill and William Makepeace Thackeray all invested in railways, either directly or through their families. So did three future prime ministers....
...A resurgence of Covid-19 across the country, which this week triggered a lockdown in the south-western city of Chengdu, has also hit sentiment....
...The King said he was bestowing the title of Prince of Wales on his son and heir, William, and expressed his profound sense of loss following the death of his “darling mama” at Balmoral Castle in Scotland...
...But it was when Covid-19 hit markets in 2020 that the wheels nearly came off....
...Oil prices also rose, with positive market sentiment from Friday’s rally outweighing concerns about renewed Covid-19 restrictions in China....
...Charles Goodhart, professor emeritus at LSE: Slightly better....
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