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...Blackstone owes the University of California twice as much as it did last quarter as part of a complex transaction to shore up its flagship real estate fund....
...Now in the V&A museum, but once housed in a Hertfordshire coaching inn, it measures more than 3m wide – nearly twice the size of the typical Elizabethan bed....
...For the ancients, this fossilised tree resin was a mysterious material washed up on distant shores....
...But by the time it was completed in 1819, the then monarch, Ferdinand VII, decided that the royal art collection (shaped by his predecessors Charles V and Philip II) should be exhibited instead....
...Visitors to the Athens festival saw performances by past protégés, which ranged from a recital of her work Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores by American actress Whitney White (mentored between 2020 and 2022...
...Von der Leyen and Sunak made the announcement in front of a portrait of King George V, who inaugurated Northern Ireland’s parliament in 1921 with an appeal for unity....
...Once the private chapel of Dona Rosa, the lover of 18th-century king João V, Mesa de Frades is now one of Lisbon’s more bohemian fado clubs....
...The US has sent experts and funds to shore up Ukrainian cyber defences, but the administration sees it as a long-term effort....
...On May 9 1921, George V held a state dinner for Crown Prince Hirohito at Buckingham Palace — the first time a Japanese heir-apparent had “ever left his native shores”, according to the king’s toast....
...V. Group, the world’s largest ship manager, has urged Nato to provide naval escorts for commercial ships....
...As ever, reach out to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com) with your thoughts....
...It raised more than $160mn in 2021 as banks around the world sought to shore up their digital offerings during the pandemic....
...“Although [mRNA vaccines] have always shown promise, the infrastructure and experience with large scale manufacturing wasn’t there,” says Adam Barker, an analyst at Shore Capital....
...This has given many the false impression that the number of people seeking to reach the UK’s shores has soared....
...It has had to raise more than $1bn from its existing investors and tap credit lines from banks to shore up its financial position....
...The 9/11 attacks marked the only time Nato has invoked its Article V mutual defence clause — following an assault on America, not Europe....
...But I get the impression that, just occasionally, really V, V, VIPs may be given a glimpse within....
...Kuala Lumpur also has agreements with Russia, for the Sputnik V vaccine, and with AstraZeneca....
...Thereafter, a contact- tracing system, plus support for people in isolation, would eliminate the virus on these shores....
...“The bumper sticker would say, we’re past the V,” says Michael Gapen, chief US economist at Barclays, referring to the shape of the recovery since the shocking collapse last year....
...Charted waters looks into the rollout of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine....
...At the same time, crews hoping to join a vessel have been left on shore without pay....
...This idea of an Australian-style trade deal took off like a dingo strapped to a Saturn V rocket....
...It’s the most accessible of all the vaccines and so will still be used widely if approved,” said Shore Capital’s Adam Barker....
...Centre console, deep V planing hull for saltwater fishing. Seriously overhorsed, with what looks like three 200hp Mercury outboards....
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