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Sixty-mile drag mark found near damaged Baltic Sea cable, says Finland
German official accuses Elon Musk of trying to influence election
The German government has accused Elon Musk of trying to meddle in the country’s election campaign with repeated endorsements of the far-right party AfD.
“It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election,” said the government spokesperson Christiane Hoffmann after Musk’s X posts and …
New Taiwanese boardgame offers chance to battle Chinese invasion
As families in Taiwan prepare to gather for lunar new year celebrations in January, a new game that will be released that month promises to offer some war-themed fun over the festive period.
“2045” is a new board game developed by the Taiwanese company Mizo Games. It invites players to …
Pouring champagne and ironing knickers: my day serving the matriarchy as a topless male waiter
“Mum”, a drag mistress sporting a severe blonde bob, dresses me in a black tuxedo jacket and tie, chest and belly exposed – then puts me to work ironing knickers. Later, I’m handed a feather duster with which to polish an array of white fibreglass dicks – alternately girthy, proud, …
Keir Starmer joins family on first overseas holiday since becoming PM
Keir Starmer has finally been able to take an overseas holiday and is understood to be in Madeira with his family over the new year.
While he has the use of Chequers, his official country retreat, the prime minister was unable to go on a planned summer break in August …
Indian gastropub near home of Shakespeare’s wife faces demolition
A pub that serves “sizzling tandoori dishes” within shouting distance of a Shakespeare heritage site may have to be demolished as the result of planning objections.
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has claimed that the Cask N Tandoor pub was built in breach of a legal covenant that limits development on …
Global markets tipped to keep rising in 2025 despite trade war fears
Global stock markets are tipped to keep rising in 2025, led by more gains among US shares, despite anxiety about inflation and fears that Donald Trump could spark a new trade war.
Wall Street analysts are forecasting the S&P 500 will rise by roughly 9% in 2025, taking the index …
Leaky ceilings and sinking floors: inside St Helier hospital where staff fear for patient safety
St Helier hospital is older than the NHS itself. A once beautiful modernist building that admitted its first patients in 1941, it has been left to crumble. The white paint is chipping at every corner of its formerly gleaming exterior and its state of the art balconies have been fenced …
England’s rundown hospitals are ‘outright dangerous’, say NHS chiefs
Hospital buildings in England are in such a dilapidated state they risk fires, floods and electrical faults, internal NHS trust documents reveal, with leaders saying conditions have become “outright dangerous”.
Official papers from NHS trust board meetings show how staff and patients are being put at risk by an alarming …
Bleak outlook for US farmers – and Trump tariffs could make it worse
Many US midwestern grain farmers will lose money this year after reaping a bumper crop, and the outlook for their future income is bleak.
harvested some of the largest corn and soybean crops in history this year. Big harvests traditionally weigh on crop prices because …