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Tesla sales in Australia are sliding for the first time. Is it stiff competition or the Musk factor?
Elon Musk may be riding high in the US with Donald Trump just weeks away from taking office, but fortunes of his electric carmaker, Tesla, are fading in Australia.
Australian sales dropped again in November, contributing to the brand’s first annual decline.
Tesla registered 2,540 sales in November, according to …
Bath comeback thwarted as La Rochelle sparkle in the rain in first-half blitz
Ronan O’Gara enjoyed plenty of wet and wild rugby nights during his playing days with Munster and this sodden contest would have stirred some fond memories. There was more than a hint of old-school Irish dog in the way his La Rochelle side took an early forward grip on a …
EU farmers plan protests as Von der Leyen approves Mercosur trade deal
The EU executive has struck a deeply controversial trade deal with four South American countries, overriding objections from France and triggering an immediate call for protest from European farmers.
Ursula von der Leyen, the European commission president, flew to Montevideo to sign what she called a “historic agreement” with the …
Romanian court annuls first round of presidential election
A top Romanian court has annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after declassified intelligence alleged Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round.
The momentous move by the court effectively voids the national election, which will have to …
King Turgeon can solve Becher Chase puzzle if Storm Darragh stays away
The televised cards at Sandown and Aintree on Saturday are both subject to precautionary inspections, at 7am and 7.30am respectively, with Storm Darragh threatening to bring high winds and rain across the country, but if the elements are kind, Jonbon’s short price for the Grade One Tingle Creek Chase at …
Sandi Toksvig: ‘I’m not someone who’s going to sit and watch a meringue dry’
‘A lot of famous people are arseholes,” says Sandi Toksvig. “I don’t like people because they are famous or rich. My father was incredibly famous, the most famous man in Denmark. So I’ve seen it up close and have no interest in fame whatsoever.” I have been talking with Toksvig …
Trump to attend Notre Dame reopening as Macron weathers political storm
The restored gothic spire of Notre Dame is to provide a dramatic backdrop for Donald Trump’s return to the geopolitical stage this weekend, as America’s president-elect will make his first visit to Europe since the US election to mingle with world leaders at an official reopening ceremony in Paris on …
‘It comes at a cost’: British growers criticise Christmas vegetable price war
Ten years ago, marketing executives at Britain’s biggest supermarket had a brainwave: might slashing the price of basic vegetables tempt shoppers to do their Christmas shop with them?
Tesco, under chief executive Dave Lewis, was trying to
reeling after falling sales,five profit …
Wild landscapes, dark comedy and the Irish language: the rise of ‘Gaelic noir’
Its setting is remote, desolate, and windy. Its protagonist is a mercurial policeman struggling with his own personal demons. Its subject: a long-lost body found in a mountain bog.
So far, so standard for a television crime drama. But there is something about Crá, a new BBC series that debuted …
UK weather: Storm Darragh to bring 80mph gusts as amber wind warning issued
An amber warning for wind has been issued for large parts of the UK, with power cuts and flying debris possible amid the arrival of the fourth named storm of the season.
Storm Darragh is expected to bring gusts of up to 80mph and heavy rain late on Friday and …