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UK’s economy shrinks unexpectedly by 0.1% in October
Britain’s economy shrank by 0.1% in October, underlining the scale of Labour’s challenge to get the economy growing.
Office for National Statistics
showed the unexpected fall in GDP was driven by construction and production, while the dominant services sector stagnated.Economists, polled by Reuters, …
Friday briefing: After a week of chaos, will South Korea impeach its president?
Good morning. Is South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on the verge of being forced out of office for declaring martial law last week?
The question, which has dogged Yoon through a series of moves by the opposition to end his presidency, will be highlighted tomorrow, when parliament will make a …
UK electric vehicle charger rollout risks regional divide, report warns
Plans to roll out 300,000 electric vehicle charge points across the UK by 2030 risks creating a “regional divide” between well-connected areas in London and the south-east and the rest of the country, according to the spending watchdog.
The National Audit Office found that the government was on track to …
Australia’s fortress has lost its aura but history weighs heavy on the tourists | Geoff Lemon
It’s passing strange. In town ahead of the Australia-India Test, Brisbane feels as it always has: guys walking down Queen Street carrying boxes of mangoes, the Queensland humidity performing its ritual of luxuriant suffocation as the city’s air begrudgingly shifts along the snake-path of the river. The Gabba Test though, …
Geminid meteor shower: when to best see Australia’s biggest shooting star show this weekend
Australia will see its best and biggest meteor shower of the year when the Geminids meteors light up the sky early on Saturday.
Here’s when and where to look out for the shooting stars.
When will the meteor shower be?
The meteor shower will be strongest between 2am and 4am …
Ukraine war briefing: Nato warns that Putin wants to ‘wipe Ukraine off the map’
Nato secretary general Mark Rutte has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and could come after other parts of Europe next.
Rutte told the Carnegie Europe thinktank in Brussels it is “time to shift to a wartime mindset” and that people …
Israeli attacks kill dozens of Palestinians hours after UN demands ceasefire in Gaza
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research
World-leading scientists have called for a halt on research to create “mirror life” microbes amid concerns that the synthetic organisms would present an “unprecedented risk” to life on Earth.
The international group of Nobel laureates and other experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in …
‘We won’t stop until we find them all’: joy gives way to grief as Syria buries its dead
The streets of Damascus have been filled with celebrations since Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia last Sunday in the face of an unexpected rebel offensive, ending more than 50 years of his family’s brutal rule over Syria. But at a public funeral for Mazen al-Hamadah – before his disappearance in …
Ben Stokes puts Ashes on back burner to focus on England’s here and now
England are about to complete their busiest year of Test cricket with Ben Stokes encouraged by the overhaul in personnel that has taken place. Although the captain has a small regret from this period: publicly discussing the next Ashes series.
The third Test against New Zealand that starts in Hamilton on …