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...What will it tell us about the mood of Russian society, Vladimir Putin’s grip on power and the outlook for the war in Ukraine? I’m at tony.barber@ft.com....
...Talk of Poland as the eventual heir to Britain — a pro-market, pro-American and martial voice in the EU — seems rash. It has around half the population and less diplomatic clout....
...Councils from London to Leeds are pursuing council tax premiums, providing grants for property refurbishment, working with genealogists to identify unknown owners and exploring innovative legal means to...
...Both are 35 years old, suggesting the millennial business heir will continue to focus on boosting youth prospects as he promised during the campaign....
...Franklin Roosevelt did it with the New Deal. Lyndon Johnson did it with the Civil Rights Act....
...González has promised to use $2.5bn in foreign reserves to boost the economy, while Noboa — a relative unknown in politics and who is 35 years old — has promised to promote foreign investment and jobs for...
...jails and an unknown number of guards were taken hostage following Fito’s disappearance....
...Let’s take a closer look at one aspect of this: the attitudes of political leaderships and the general public towards Ukraine in central and eastern Europe. I’m at tony.barber@ft.com....
...More recently, it has been Meloni who some see as Berlusconi’s political heir, given her adept use of social media, her skill at connecting with voters and, not least, the fact that much of her government...
...She also admits an interest in “that unknown component that ties us all together – in trying to get across feelings and emotions”....
...But the pretend iconoclast of real estate heir Trump has the better rhetoric on wanting to break things up. So my takeaway is that it’s still the economics, stupid....
...I’m standing in for Tony Barber, who will be back for next week’s edition. You can contact me at ben.hall@ft.com....
...And so it is an acknowledgment that his older son, Lachlan, is the — not just the heir presumptive — but the heir....
...You can find me at tony.barber@ft.com....
...I’m at tony.barber@ft.com. First, some housekeeping. There will be no Saturday edition of Europe Express next week. Normal service will resume on Saturday January 7....
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...But if there are doubts about the 67-year-old’s ability to run an increasingly large and complex bank, there are many more about the (unknown) heir to his throne....
...Yasin Üztürk, an ethnic Uyghur who runs a barber shop in Istanbul, never expected to become the target of a Chinese intelligence operation....
...And on the face of it, Daniel appeared like a good candidate to take over the family business. In 2010, he’s still mostly unknown. And surprisingly, he has no criminal convictions....
...were heir to, and descriptions of how crying children were forced to start work at 5am....
...The first, I would say, one of these kind of a known unknown here is Chris Christie, and the second one is Republican donors. Christie’s unlikely to win the nomination....
...Iger returned to Disney this week as chief executive after his chosen heir Chapek was ousted in an internal revolt....
...The 11cm-high cup, made with the features of an unknown man, is a rare precious-metal survivor of the Inca and Aztec civilisations and came to Europe by 1694....
...If we were hopeful last year that war would be avoided, Tony Barber is pessimistic about the chances of a lasting ceasefire in 2023....
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