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...of 0.7 per cent in 2023....
...Manet/Degas Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Metropolitan Museum (to January 7) The European art story of 2023 is the rise and rise of Paris....
...June’s inflation reading was better than expected, with headline inflation dropping to 7.9 per cent....
...‘Artist’s Choice: Grace Wales Bonner — Spirit Movers’ to April 7, moma.org Find out about our latest stories first — follow FTWeekend on Instagram and X, and subscribe to our podcast Life and Art wherever...
...To July 23, musee-orsay.fr; then Metropolitan Museum, New York, September 24-January 7 2024...
...“They really understand that attacking Nato is impossible,” says Edgars Rinkēvičs, Latvia’s president. “What they are hoping for is that we get weaker....
...“Who the Hell Is Edgar?” epitomises one strand, the novelty song....
...Christie’s is set to have sold at least $7.1bn of art, up from $5.4bn....
...Putin’s 36-hour ceasefire due to start in Ukraine A unilateral ceasefire ordered by Russian president Vladimir Putin over the Orthodox Christmas on January 6-7 is due to begin today....
...In 2020, Zambia became the first African borrower to default since the start of the pandemic when it stopped making payments on $17bn of external debt under Edgar Lungu, who lost the presidency to Hichilema...
...The investment comes as Zambia races to complete a debt restructuring after a multibillion-dollar default by Hichilema’s predecessor, Edgar Lungu....
...On top of that, he slapped miner First Quantum Minerals with a $7.9bn bill for unpaid tax....
...Now it makes sense why such a powerhouse line-up of international A-listers — Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’o, plus less renowned stars Diane Kruger, Fan Bingbing and man-candy Edgar Ramírez...
...This year’s budget aims to reduce the deficit from 10 per cent to 6.7 per cent of gross domestic product and to deliver surpluses in the years after....
...Despite challenging trading conditions, English and Welsh wine sales grew 30 per cent in 2020 to 7.1mn bottles....
...It has pledged to cut Zambia’s fiscal deficit to 6.7 per cent of gross domestic product next year, down from 10 per cent this year, and then to aim for surpluses....
...What measured 3/4in x 7/8in, had two star-like designs at the top and became valid for use on May 6 1840?...
...The budget aims to cut the deficit steeply to 6.7 per cent this year, eventually moving into surpluses. “This is part of the prudence measures we need ourselves....
...Available through McEwing & Partners A$2m-A$2.2m A new four-bedroom home in Mount Eliza, through RT Edgar....
...Nightingale OWL: Oliver Twist, Wilson (Jacqueline), Liverpool Picture Quiz 1 and 10 (Joe Sugg and Suggs) 8 and 2 (Kelly Brook and Louise Brooks) 3 and 6 (William of Orange and Shirley Williams) 4 and 7...
...I’d also recommend The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes (Jonathan Cape, £7.35) which is more historical....
...Georg Baselitz’s Hero painting, “Mit Roter Fahne” (With a Red Flag, 1965), which Faurschou bought for the German artist’s auction record of £7.5m at Sotheby’s in 2017, also features....
...Consumption grew by 4.7 per cent annualised in the second quarter, the fastest pace in four years....
...In 2018, the ZRA slapped Canada’s First Quantum with a $7.9bn tax bill, which remains unresolved....
...The political exiles Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman — described by J Edgar Hoover as, “beyond doubt, two of the most dangerous anarchists in America” — arrived in Saint Tropez in 1928....
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