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    The company argues that the case was based on flimsy and unreliable testimony

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    Over 4,000 flown home in the face of rebel victory and overthrow of ally Bashar al-Assad

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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
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    The case for a global defence bank

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    Business leaders warn Reeves about the impact of her Budget tax rises

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    Sam Fender gives a tender and punchy performance at London’s O2 Arena

    The North Shields singer-songwriter was on great form near the end of a sold-out tour of the UK and Ireland

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    The astonishing success of Eurozone bailouts

    As Greek borrowing costs fall to French levels, the bloc’s ‘periphery’ shows the value of steady reform

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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
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    Happy 400th birthday to the world’s oldest bond

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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
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    How Europe is bending the rules to spare carmakers from climate fines Premium content

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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
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    Virtually every other corner of the ETF investment universe was ground into dust by the onward march of Wall St

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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
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    Eva Menasse’s sprawling bestseller, set in the run-up to the fall of the Berlin Wall, confronts a nation with its murky past

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  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
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    UK public sector workers face fresh pay restraint as Treasury takes tough stance

    Whitehall departments say rises of more than 2.8% for NHS staff and teachers in 2025-26 would be unaffordable

    Protest during joint strike action by train drivers, teachers, university staff and civil servants, in Leeds under last government
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
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    Romania’s cancelled presidential election

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