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String of UK peers accepted free trips to authoritarian Azerbaijan
In years gone by, the two members of the House of Lords had been political enemies, running the headquarters of rival parties during hotly contested general election battles. In October, however, they stood side by side to pay their respects to the former president of Azerbaijan.
A wreath laid at …
Donald Trump tells EU to buy more US oil and gas or face tariffs
The US president-elect, Donald Trump, has warned the EU that it will face trade tariffs on its exports to the US unless its member states buy more American oil and gas.
Trump reignited fears of a looming trade war between the US and the EU in his first public statement …
Friday briefing: Will the Gisèle Pelicot case finally change how we view violence against women?
Cricket Australia braces for extreme weather with 40C heat forecast on Boxing Day
Cricket Australia is advising fans to prepare themselves for hot weather at the MCG on Boxing Day, as the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts the temperature reaching 40C in Melbourne on the first day of the fourth Border-Gavaskar Test.
CA’s chief of cricket James Allsopp said the forecasts had been changing, …
‘These water companies have got a damn nerve’: anger in England as 58,000 homes lose supply while bills surge
“It feels awful,” said Samantha Hargreaves as she trundled her bottle-laden trolley past queues of cars waiting for drinking water in an Asda car park. It was the second year in a row that her water supply had been cut off shortly before Christmas, and she was loading up her …
Body Shop is back for good … and back in profit, new boss tells staff
The new boss of the Body Shop has told staff the struggling ethical beauty retailer is “back for good” after it booked a profit in its first 100 days under new ownership.
in September by a consortium led by the …Usyk and Fury’s titanic battle flies under radar in surreal surrounds of Riyadh
Fight week in Riyadh, at least to an outsider, is an often ghostly experience. Unless you’re up close and talking to the actual fighters, to Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, or seeing them step off a parked jumbo jet to make their outrageously grand arrivals in front of a small …
Fleeing Xi’s China: following the trail of migrants trying to reach Australia through Indonesia
Paul, an Indonesian fisherman, says he was working as a rideshare driver in the dusty streets of Kupang in West Timor when he came across half a dozen Chinese men on the side of the road. They were wet up to their waist, carrying a backpack each, and spoke no …
‘Women’s sport is in a good place’: Keely Hodgkinson hails Spoty’s four in a row
Shoe Zone blames tax rises in budget for decision to close some stores
The low-cost footwear retailer Shoe Zone has blamed extra costs resulting from
changes to wages and national insurance contributions (NICs)
in October’s budget and weakening consumer confidence for its decision to close stores.Shoe Zone said it had experienced “very challenging trading conditions” between the start of …