German chancellor Olaf Scholz sacks his finance minister
German chancellor Olaf Scholz has sacked his liberal finance minister Christian Lindner, plunging the eurozone’s largest ...
Silver Lake and Shore Capital deal creates large chain of US petcare clinics
Private equity groups Silver Lake and Shore Capital Partners have struck a deal to create one of the biggest US veterinary care groups valued at $8.6bn, with ambitions to further consolidate a sector ...
Reeves insists she will not be ‘coming back with more tax increases’
UK chancellor describes last week’s £40bn tax-raising Budget as a ‘one-off reset’ and one ‘we will never need . . . again’ ...
EU plans air defence shield as fears over reduced US commitment grow
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US election 2024 live results: Harris expected to concede election to Trump in 4pm Washington address
Vice-President Kamala Harris called Donald Trump to congratulate him on winning the 2024 presidential election, a senior Harris campaign aide confirmed on Wednesday afternoon. The aide said Harris ...
UK will legislate against AI risks in next year, pledges Kyle
The UK will bring in legislation to safeguard against the risks of artificial intelligence in the next year, technology secretary Peter Kyle has said, as he pledged to invest in the infrastructure ...
China’s lawmakers gather to approve long-awaited fiscal stimulus
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Slave: A Question of Freedom theatre review — harrowing play about modern slavery in Sudan and London
One of the awful ironies of this harrowing play about the Sudanese human rights activist Mende Nazer’s experience of modern slavery is that it wouldn’t exist had she not had the courage to try and ...
Youth mental health and wellbeing: a cornerstone for flourishing communities and economies
Shaping tomorrow: how prioritising youth mental health and wellbeing can act as a catalyst for thriving societies, and the role of senior leaders in driving change, writes Gregory Renand ...
Challenging the misconceptions in the protection insurance industry
The insurance industry continues to grapple with an image problem amongst certain parts of society. Can insurers reset the narrative for Generation Z through technology and social media? Despite a ...
The Prince of the Pagodas album review — Benjamin Britten’s only full-length ballet score gets brilliant rendition
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Xeno & Oaklander: Via Negativa album review — a retro-futuristic ode to analogue synth-pop
Over the decades his new sound has become an old sound. Analogue synths such as the Moog are no longer redolent of the future but the past. They are prized for their warm, faintly distorted resonance, ...