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‘Too big of a departure?’: the experts’ verdict on Jaguar’s electric car launch
Welsh residents displaced by sinkhole fear they may not return by Christmas
People who have been evacuated from homes perched precariously close to a large – and growing – sinkhole in south Wales that appeared in the wake of Storm Bert fear they may not get back by Christmas.
The sinkhole opened up in a cul-de-sac in the village of Pant, Merthyr …
Indonesia hands Australia draft Bali Nine repatriation deal in ‘significant step forward’
The Indonesian government has handed Australia a draft proposal for the repatriation of the Bali Nine members still in prison, a deal it hopes can be finalised by the end of December.
There was hope a final deal could be reached as soon as possible, Indonesia’s minister for law, Yusril …
Vietnamese tycoon faces scramble to raise billions to avoid death sentence
The Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against the death penalty for masterminding a multibillion-dollar fraud scandal – though she could still save her life if she can repay most of the funds she embezzled.
Lan, who founded the real-estate developer Van Thinh Phat, was sentenced …
Welcome to the GSL T20 in Guyana where big oil, geopolitics and cricket collide | Jonathan Liew
In 1899 an international tribunal controversially settled a border dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana in favour of the British, and 125 years later Liam Dawson is walking back to the Providence Stadium pavilion, run out for a two-ball duck after failing to slide his bat into the crease. Obviously …
Tuesday briefing: Why Ireland bucked the trend for punishing incumbent governments
Ukraine war briefing: Nato invitation highly unlikely at this stage, say diplomats
Nato is highly unlikely to heed Ukraine’s call for a membership invitation at a meeting on Tuesday, diplomats have told the Reuters news agency.
“It will take weeks and months to get consensus,” a senior Nato diplomat said on Monday, Reuters reported. “I don’t see that happening tomorrow, …
Scottish ministers mull tax rise for wealthy amid tricky budget decisions
Scottish ministers are contemplating modest tax increases for the better off and plan to scrap the freeze in council tax rates as they search for extra money in this week’s budget.
Shona Robison, the Scottish finance secretary, is under pressure to provide a vote-winning budget on Wednesday after being given …
Here is a look at who controls what territory in Syria, where war broke out in 2011 after …
Seizure of Aleppo threatens Moscow’s foothold in Syria – and the wider region
The walls of the military office in Aleppo were adorned with pictures of the Kremlin, flanked by Russian and Syrian flags hanging side by side. On the desks, documents detailing the cooperation between the two nations lay abandoned – telltale signs of Bashar al-Assad’s forces’ hasty retreat as rebels closed …