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Monday briefing: The mammoth task of rebuilding Syria – and how to achieve it
Good morning. After the fall of Bashar al-Assad two weeks ago, Syria’s de facto government inherited a failed state. The task for rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is formidable: rewrite the constitution, bring the country’s disparate armed factions to heel, persuade international partners that …
Parcels of land: is the Czech Sphinx gazing at Royal Mail’s property assets?
The shadow of the Sphinx looms large over a nondescript urban depot in north London. You could fit two football pitches on to the vast King’s Cross site – a rarity in this densely populated part of the capital – yet it makes up just a fraction of a vast …
Starwatch: Mercury reaches greatest western elongation
Get your Christmas started with a celestial achievement by tracking down the inner planet Mercury early in the morning.
Because of its tight orbit, Mercury never appears far from the sun. This makes it a challenging object to observe because it never appears in a fully dark sky, only close …
Syria’s disappeared: one woman’s search for her missing father
The last time Alaa Qasar saw her father, in 2013, he studied her face as if he was trying to memorise it. Moutaz Adnan Qasar had returned to her after his release by Bashar al-Assad’s security forces, who had arrested and questioned him after he had led his family out …
Ethiopian resistance hero’s family tries to reclaim medal taken by Italian troops
The descendants of a hero of Ethiopia’s resistance against European imperialism are seeking to retrieve a gold medal taken from him by Italian troops, after the artefact’s current holder failed to sell it at an online auction earlier this month.
The solid gold Imperial Order of the Star of Ethiopia …
Japan relaxes bear-shooting laws amid rise in attacks
‘See-ball, hit-ball’: Sam Konstas to put pressure on Jasprit Bumrah in Boxing Day Test
Australia’s rookie opener Sam Konstas has a plan to combat Indian spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, but he doesn’t want to give too much away three days out from his likely Test debut on Boxing Day.
as a replacement for Nathan …Ukraine war briefing: Putin meets Slovak PM in rare Moscow visit to secure energy deal
Russian president, Vladimir Putin met the Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, in the Kremlin on Sunday, a rare visit by a European Union leader to Moscow,
as a contract allowing for Russian gas to transit through Ukraine nears expiry. Slovakia is dependent on that gas passing through its …
Sharp fall in UK business activity forecast as economic gloom deepens
British firms are predicting a sharp fall in business activity in the new year, in the latest economic snapshot to warn of an increasingly gloomy outlook for the UK in 2025.
The growth indicator survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) indicates firms are preparing to cut down on …
Cadbury dropped from royal warrant list for first time in 170 years
It famously once had a glass and a half of milk in every bar, but one thing that Cadbury no longer has is royal approval, after it has been dropped from King Charles’s list of warrants.
The chocolatier was first given royal endorsement in 1854 by Queen Victoria, and was …