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The best songs of 2024 … that you haven’t heard
Tashi Dorji – Begin From Here
“Strumming in opposition to the towers” is how the Bhutan-born, US-based guitarist Tashi Dorji describes his abstract, improvised music. His song and album titles are equally poetic evocations of resistance and decay – his new album is called We Will Be Wherever the Fires …
London-listed miner pauses Mozambique operation amid political unrest
The London-listed mining company Gemfields said it had temporarily halted its ruby mining operation in Mozambique after groups
to set fire and attempt to invade its site, resulting in two deaths.‘Everyone is crazy about tennis’: Sinner’s success inspires Italy to pick up rackets
At the age of 47, diehard AC Milan fan Ninni Licata has hung up his football boots in exchange for a tennis racket.
Like thousands of Italians in recent years, Licata has been unable to resist the lure of a game that for years had been relegated to the sidelines …
Man charged over Christmas Day collision in London’s West End
A man has been charged with four counts of attempted murder after allegedly driving into four pedestrians in the West End of London on Christmas Day.
Anthony Gilheaney, 30, was also charged with causing serious injury by driving whilst disqualified, driving a motor vehicle dangerously, and possession of a bladed …
ECB faces tough task after flip in fortunes for eurozone economies
The European Central Bank is facing a tough balancing act in 2025 as it tries to navigate a reversal of fortunes in eurozone economies, as the hardest-hit nations of the 2010s debt crisis outperform the traditional core.
Highlighting a potential shift in power dynamics within the single currency bloc, economists …
Nigel Farage working as paid brand ambassador for gold bullion firm
Nigel Farage has been working as a paid brand ambassador for a gold bullion firm in a third job alongside his roles as an MP and a GB News presenter.
The MP for Clacton and Reform party leader promoted gold on behalf of Direct Bullion on a podcast sponsored by …
Northamptonshire prison officer arrested over claims she was filmed having sex with inmate
A prison officer has been arrested after she was allegedly filmed having sex with an inmate at a Northamptonshire prison.
Footage of the female guard and male prisoner was shared with other inmates at the privately run HMP Five Wells, the Sun newspaper reported. The officer was suspended from her role …
The pāua and the glory: cafe’s creation sparks pie mania in New Zealand
Celebrities have raved about them, politicians have bulk-ordered them, local people line up and tourists drive hours for them. The legendary pāua pie – a flaky pie filled with a New Zealand seafood delicacy – is enticing crowds to a remote cafe on the isolated East Coast.
The savoury pie …
Japan’s ‘cat island’ falls victim to demographic crisis
The reason for Aoshima’s nickname was clear before we had set foot on the island. As our tiny vessel slowed to a halt and its handful of passengers prepared to disembark, the quayside was alive with orangey-white blurs – a whiskered welcome party that forms as soon as its members …
Preet Chandi aims to be first woman to go solo and unsupported to north pole
The record-breaking British explorer Preet Chandi, who made history trekking solo to the south pole, is now turning her ambitions north.
Nicknamed Polar Preet, the 36-year-old from Derby has made three solo expeditions to Antarctica, earning herself four Guinness world records, as well as praise from the Princess of Wales …