Hints and tips:
...If Nicholls has too much of a soft spot for the amusing simile (“as if presenting a documentary on the Wars of the Roses”; “as if he were his own dog” and “as if the meat had argued with the pastry” all...
...Time is precious for near-sexagenarian Wagner, who is concerned companies may prefer younger candidates....
...Over the centuries it has welcomed some illustrious guests including Richard Wagner and Swiss writer Gottfried Keller....
...Director Barrie Kosky has settled on representing just one of Wagner’s many settings and symbols....
...Over two and a half decades there, he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel before leaving in 2013 to join Moran Security Group, a private security firm....
...There it rose by 70 to 80 per cent, but on Sunday the demand began to go down,” he said....
...In 2022, Korobenkov was also freed to fight with Wagner. He has not yet returned home....
...And here’s what else you should keep an eye on today: Federal Reserve: US stocks rose and bond yields fell yesterday ahead of the central bank’s annual gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where rate-setters...
...Nevertheless, “investors are skittish on what came out of China”, said Dave Wagner at Aptus Capital Advisors....
...As his star rose, Prigozhin began to feud with Shoigu, whom the former caterer blamed for Russia’s struggles....
...Christine Rice was a glowingly sung Brangäne, David Stout an impressively strong Kurwenal, and Matthew Rose a deeply considered, resonant King Marke....
...Pro-Wagner Telegram channels reported that just a few dozen people attended the burial — with no Wagner fighters in attendance....
...German energy prices rose 4.1 per cent in the year to December, a reversal from a 4.5 per cent annual decline a month earlier....
...The rouble rose to a more than 7-year high against the dollar last June as oil prices surged and Russian imports collapsed under sanctions....
...Oil prices rose on supply concerns and stock markets were mixed after Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin withdrew from positions in Russia, ending an armed uprising but raising doubts about the stability of...
...Consumer confidence reached its highest level since 2022 while purchases of new homes rose at their fastest rate in a year and durable goods orders rose by more than estimates....
...European stocks slipped this morning, led by a sell-off in defence shares as hopes rose of an early end to the war in Ukraine, while oil prices were unsteady as analysts tried to price in the impact on energy...
...At the age of 25, the artist was moving away from his rose period, but had not yet embarked on Cubist classics such as “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”....
...In the month of January, bitcoin rose from $16,000 to $23,000 and as of the time of publication, it is now worth over $42,000. If those numbers are surprising, that could be an advantage....
...Allowing a failed state on the southern Mediterranean not only betrays the aspirations of Libyans who rose up against Gaddafi, but is a threat to the stability of north Africa....
...Government ‘underplayed’ Wagner | The UK government’s “completely unrealistic” approach to Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group over the past decade has made “it possible, if not probable” that it has continued...
...In Georgia’s Rose revolution, Mikheil Saakashvili did the same for Eduard Shevardnadze. Who will do it now for Putin? Meanwhile, the army faces more problems in Ukraine....
...Saint-Saëns’ measured admiration for Wagner is evident in its leitmotifs, but its historical subject allied it with French grand opera, then on the decline....
...of subscribers rose by 150mn....
...NatWest chief executive Alison Rose quits after admitting to the inaccurate briefing of a BBC journalist about the closure of Nigel Farage’s bank account....
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