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...Joe Biden: American Dreamer by Evan OsnosHighly readable and insightful biography of the ageing president now facing the biggest political battle of his almost six-decade political career....
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...Senior MP William Wragg has quit the Conservative parliamentary party after admitting he provided phone numbers of colleagues to a man he was in contact with on Grindr, the gay dating app....
...Evans Osano Director, Capital Markets, FSD Africa...
...Brent crude, the international benchmark, traded as high as $92 a barrel on Friday after breaking above $90/b last week for the first time since October....
The founders of Roman and Williams and RW Guild take the festivities outside at their Montauk home
...“On factory floors across the nation, our autoworkers are making cars and trucks that give American drivers a choice — a way to get from point A to point B without having to fuel up at a gas station,” said...
...William Wade, a credit analyst at JPMorgan, warned earlier this month that haircuts of 15-25 per cent on the ringfenced debt were now a “plausible” outcome that investors should be wary of....
...According to the title of a 1961 William Burroughs novel, what kind of machine is the human body? What was the title of David Bowie’s 1973 album of cover versions?...
...It was essentially a new-sheriff-in-town Western retooled as a pumped-up B-movie — in this case, B for brawn, booze and breasts. It has now been remade in a more sophisticated variant....
...Following a brief first marriage, she wedded William McCormick Blair Jr, the former US ambassador to Denmark, in 1961....
...It is too soon to say a) whether the reformed bus system introduced in September will be deemed a success in the long run or b) what a sustainable funding model might look like.)...
...You know, we might overestimate, as some here do, that de facto, the victory by William Lai will cause Xi Jinping to decide he’s gonna invade Taiwan. I think that’s not the correct reading....
...Additional reporting by Andy Lin and William Langley in Hong Kong...
...It’s a total trip risk,” said Labour councillor Maya Evans, pointing at several uneven paving stones and small potholes that have become symptomatic of the decaying fabric of Britain’s towns....
...If B-rated African sovereigns would have been less likely to default within, say, a five-year period than B-rated sovereigns elsewhere, the agencies would indeed have scored African sovereigns unfairly....
...Sunak quickly moved in with a plan B, but will it work? The FT’s William Wallis has been following the case. Hello, William. William WallisHello, Lucy....
...For decadent cocktails, inventive dishes and unparalleled people-watching, the intimate Le B offers the perfect uptown-downtown mix....
...The depth of support for these policies on the opposition benches is one reason why they will a) pass into law and b) come with the risk of a large Tory rebellion....
...David Evans, Labour’s general secretary, told councillors in a recent message seen by the Financial Times that they should not attend demonstrations in support of Palestine or “risk putting yourself in a...
...Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it would keep its 1mn barrels a day reduction in place until the end of the year, while Russian deputy prime minister Alexander Novak said the country’s 300,000 b/d export reduction...
...Patterson points to a pewter beaker from the 1690s engraved with wrigglework portraits of William III and Mary II that sold at Christie’s for £14,400....
...“Import volumes rose to their highest in 18 months, supporting our view that the reopening recovery remains on track,” said Evans-Pritchard....
...Wilton and Evans are superb....
...All of this adds up to additional costs for the sector, says Rees-Evans....
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