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...Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, visited Columbia on Wednesday afternoon to meet Jewish students....
...Meanwhile, Egypt goes to the polls at the weekend with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi widely expected to win re-election despite an economic crisis including record inflation and foreign currency shortages...
...I remember when the Supreme Court was just about to overturn the Roe v Wade abortion ruling in 2022. I spoke to the CEO of a large American business....
...As Wachowiak et al correctly note, the recent pressures militating in favour of greater cooperation (Ukraine, a second Trump presidency, fiscal constraints), “have not, to date, proven sufficient to overcome...
...Someone hoping not to be yesterday’s man, and in with a decent chance of fulfilling this wish is Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi....
...Elysian also offers a small selection of baked goods — muffins, scones, cookies et al — that are all made in house using butter or olive oil (rather than the mass-produced seed oils often found in commercial...
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...Today’s top stories The US Federal Reserve announces its decision on interest rates at 2pm ET/7pm London today. Check back here for details and reaction....
...Somalia conflict: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told the FT he was confident his new military offensive against al-Shabaab would “defeat” the al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group....
...In an analysis of results from the European Working Conditions Surveys for 15 countries, Mariann Rigó of Düsseldorf University et al found “that work stress generally increased from 1995 to 2015, and that...
...The recent rise of the Faangs, et al, looks like a knee-jerk reaction to the fall in rates and rate expectations that followed the banking mess (the 10-year yield has fallen from 4-ish per cent to 3.6-ish...
...I’m Henry Mance, the FT’s chief features writer standing in for Gideon Rachman while he’s on holiday....
...The mid 19th century saw the arrival of Italy’s big breweries — Peroni, Moretti, Poretti, Menabrea et al — as well as the grape phylloxera blight that drove demand for alternatives to wine....
...But she wishes that holidays were less about “an impressive sounding destination, and more about experience and adventure, and having time with your family....
...Et tu Brutus? Or in Boris Johnson’s case, Et pretty much everyone — Rishi, Sajid, even Priti for goodness sake (non-aficionados of UK politics should Google them)....
...I would work out with the trainer who helped Boris Johnson bounce back from Covid, and eat a seven-course £195 feast inspired by Sir Francis Bacon and cooked by a celebrity chef from Argentina....
...Grahame Morris, a Labour MP, told the House of Commons on Monday that families in his constituency had already lost holidays because the Passport Office had failed to meet its service standard times....
...But this is the landscape as it emerged after the December 2019 election at which Boris Johnson was triumphant....
...The day ahead President’s day Today is a federal holiday in the US to mark George Washington’s birthday. Equity and bond markets as well as government buildings will be closed....
...His father’s company — then called the Al-Zahawi Group, but now known as Iraq Projects Business Development (IPBD) — quickly procured a contract to provide cleaning, logistics and support services to the...
...We have our evil leader for today (you-know-who in Moscow), but do Biden, Johnson, Macron et al fit the bill as statesmen?...
...Henry ManceThere’s certainly a part of the Conservative party, which is crying out for some sobriety, a guy who, you know, unlike Boris Johnson, does not take lots of holidays....
...In the case outlined by Haddad et al, Goltz said investors were buying a stock “even though the price has gone up”, so demand is more inelastic and “you can have additional volatility from shifts in demand...
...He cites his wife, daughters and former US vice-president Al Gore as contributors to his “gradual awakening”....
...Pieces in unglazed grey are finished with metallic details inspired by the drawings of Darwin et al....
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