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...Temperatures have already risen by at least 1.1C and the latest analysis by the UN Environment Programme has found the world is on track for global warming of up to 2.9C even assuming countries stick to...
...The west African country of Benin has offered 2,000 troops....
...Sam Joiner and Justine Williams Our other charts of the week Passenger numbers on the London Underground remain significantly below 2019 levels, according to data from the Department for Transport....
...FTAV was therefore anxiously awaiting the statement that Damian Williams, the US Attorney for SDNY had promised last month. That it landed moments before an Oct 2 deadline added to the drama....
...William Morris and the avid Indian miniature collector Howard Hodgkin hymned the Persian epic the Hamzanama....
...Christie’s has a leaf from the esteemed Fraser album (commissioned by the civil servant William Fraser in the 1810s), a compendium of flora and fauna, estimated at £60,000-£80,000....
...Acts announced so far include Andrea Bocelli and Robbie Williams — with plenty more to come. 2023’s line-up included Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Guns N’ Roses....
...too in 2:22 — A Ghost Story....
...The writer William Gibson’s famous line about the “future”, that it “is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed”, certainly applies to London....
...YSP Centre until 11 June Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City at High Museum of Art, Atlanta Alongside William Eggleston and William Klein, German-born American photographer Evelyn Hofer was one of the first...
...The highest is a late-17th century portrait plate of William III in English Delft (£1,400-£1,800); among the lowest is an 1831 jug featuring a portrait of William IV (£30-£50)....
...Although fictional, the plane evokes Lockheed Martin’s SR-71, which in the 1960s set a speed record for a piloted jet aircraft of Mach 3.2, or 2,455mph....
...At the entrance I find Greenough shuffling about in a V-neck cricket jumper and a marshal’s jacket....
...In 1969, Collingwood became the first living weaver to show at the V&A when a series of his rugs and wall hangings went on display alongside the work of potter Hans Coper....
...Puzzle 2460 David Howell v Simon Williams, Bournemouth 2012. White to move and win. First prize was stake, and White’s queen was attacked. Can you find Howell’s decisive sequence?...
...The message from the V-A-C Foundation, which runs the recently opened and vast GES-2 House of Culture museum in Moscow, is more muted....
...Tech tools — VanMoof V e-bike Dutch e-bike brand VanMoof today unveiled its entry into the high-speed bike category....
...2.5 per cent....
...Ravi Haria, 22, a London University student who is advancing towards the GM title, was the only survivor into the second round as he impressively defeated his German opponent 2-0....
...Wedding gifts from around the world, more than 2,000 of them, were put on display at St James’s Palace; entry tickets a shilling a head. The day itself was filmed....
...On Thursday, Vladimir Putin said Russia, which manufactures the Sputnik V vaccine, would also support the move....
...In 2011, when Concern Kalina employed almost 2,000 people, Unilever bought it in a £340m deal, resulting in an undisclosed payday for its chair....
...“Eventually you have to get a joiner in because you can’t find furniture big enough,” he says....
...The smaller Dorfman auditorium will host a version of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 1998 film After Life (from June 2), adapted by Jack Thorne....
...Complaint Joe Biden’s margin of victory: 154,188 votes, or 2.78% Votes certified on November 23 State court cases Name: Donald J Trump for President et al v....
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