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Ukraine/fighter jets: wings for defence company stocks
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s tour of European capitals may bring Ukraine closer to acquiring fighter jets. That would…
Burt Bacharach, songwriter and composer, 1928-2023
“It’s a short form, three and a half minutes, so everything counts. You can get away…
Erdoğan, the earthquake and the faultlines in my homeland
A man and a woman contemplate the scene in the southern Turkish town of Kahramanmaraş ©…
I don’t need a lightshow to immerse myself in art
Visual of David Hockney’s ‘Gregory Swimming, Los Angeles, March 31st 1982’ Call me an art snob,…
After Germany’s fall, which is the paragon nation?
It used to be Sweden. People loved Sweden. Here was a land of superb public services…
Activist investor ValueAct takes stake in Spotify
Activist investor ValueAct has purchased a stake in Spotify, with the head of the fund arguing…
Ukraine war turns Russia into a nation of gold bugs
After Russian president Vladimir Putin announced the country’s invasion of Ukraine last February, Natalia Smirnova’s phone…
Education secretary to resist Home Office cuts to overseas students
Gillian Keegan, UK education secretary, has signalled she will fight any Home Office attempts to cut…
US shoots down ‘high-altitude object’ above Alaska
The US military shot down a “high-altitude object” above Alaska on Friday, White House spokesperson John…