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...A German-led initiative, European Sky Shield, enraged French officials who saw it as ill-conceived because it omitted European-made air defence systems, including the Franco-Italian made SAMP/T from MBDA...
...The rejections from recognisable names left the group with candidates enjoying little national profile, said John Mark Hansen, a professor in the University of Chicago’s political science department....
...A councillor from the suburb of Harrow turned London Assembly member, Hall is hardly a big name on the national stage....
...It is also possible that No Labels will not get big enough names even to bother. Their last realistic date to decide is April 15, which is the deadline for New York state’s registration....
...Robert F Kennedy Jr, 70, Joe Manchin, 76, Jill Stein, 73, Marianne Williamson, 71, and Cornel West, 70, are each thinking about entering the fray as independents in one form or other....
...The group has not picked its candidates, but among the names being floated is Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator from West Virginia....
...The consultant had already cut its estimate of the trademark’s worth by 32 per cent from $5.7bn last year as its revenues halved since Musk’s $44bn takeover last October....
...Exempting whole categories of food in the name of cultural heritage would also be an error....
...“Football brings us together,” Wiegman recently told a BBC podcast hosted by Jill Scott, part of last year’s winning Lionesses team....
...Even if the Federal Reserve starts cutting rates as expected, it will still trim small-cap earnings by 24 per cent, according to BofA’s Jill Carey Hall....
...households will find themselves snared by IHT in the coming years — which could soon change the perception of IHT being a wealth tax in all but name.”...
...The last legal execution for witchcraft in Britain took place in 1727. Witch hunts, however, are with us still....
...name to Bowie – and a boozy backstage photo of the Pistols’ Johnny Rotten and Steve Jones....
...“I’m not sure that this area is as Conservative as you’d think,” mused Jill Richardson-James....
...Sebastian PayneWell, Robert Shrimsley, there was a lot of scepticism last weekend about whether he actually had these hundred names to get on the ballot....
...The Marcos name and legacy mean that there is a lot of suspicion around Bongbong. But there is no denying that he won the election in a landslide last May....
...Otherwise, the Royal Opera’s new season is now up and running as usual, following the cancellation of the opening night last week....
...In its present form, “the job market works a lot better if you went to the right school and had a certain job title from a brand name company”, says Rohan Rajiv, a product manager at LinkedIn....
...Part of a series titled Tirs, these performative “shooting paintings” made de Saint Phalle’s name. “In 1961 she was one of the best known artists in Europe,” says Dawsey’s co-curator Michelle White....
...Last month, Art Basel announced that the name for its latest fair is “Paris+, par Art Basel” and now a new fair, to run in Bordeaux this summer, has chosen the name “BAD+”, which doesn’t translate so well...
...Martin WolfThe immediate problems are they’ve got to resolve Brexit at last....
...Peter provided us with the name of the central bank official, but said he hadn’t spoken to them since their last encounter seven years ago....
...Not being a townie, I was pining for my beloved alpine plants when at last I found their one Chelsea exhibitor this year....
...“It is not about the name of the bill, it is about the ideas,” said one White House official....
...Members wear name tags that indicate how many feet above sea level they live....
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