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Murderous wives and Iceland’s queen of noir — a crop of female-led fiction
About to give a key speech, Claudia agonises over revealing a grim truth that will destroy her reputation. And as a native Glaswegian struggling with the mores of the English upper crust, she is out ...
Eni bets on energy transition profits to match oil and gas by 2035
“By 2035, the [operating profit] created by our new companies will balance what is coming from oil and gas, in 2040 it will be more [than oil and gas],” Claudio Descalzi, Eni ’s chief executive, told ...
Of mangoes and mutual funds: what India’s economy can teach the UK
Private investor Sips, or systematic investment plans, are now putting billions of dollars into IPOs every month, according to lawyers. As Goldman Sachs has pointed out India’s stock markets raised a ...
Desalination: the costly solution for a thirsty world
As water scarcity spreads governments are ploughing billions into a technology that comes with its own environmental costs ...
Opinion
The hefty price tag for Heathrow’s third runway could actually be good value
Covering plans for the five years from 2027, Heathrow’s backers would invest £2bn in fresh capital. Airlines — for which read their customers, mostly — would face a 17 per cent increase in the average ...
Charlie’s Place podcast review — a mythic nightclub that defied the Jim Crow South
This safe haven for music lovers broke down racial barriers — and hosted luminaries including Marvin Gaye, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald ...
Donald Trump freezes export controls to secure trade deal with China
US officials have been warned to avoid tough moves against Beijing as Stockholm hosts third round of negotiations ...
Is the Nintendo Switch 2 worth buying for Donkey Kong Bananza?
It’s common for new consoles to feel a little thin in terms of games for their first year or two, but even by the industry’s meagre standards, the Switch 2’s launch line-up was weak. It had one ...
Russia runs low on Soviet-era arms as North Korea fills gap
Russia has depleted its once-vast stockpiles of Soviet-era weaponry during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with the flow of goods from military storage facilities to the front-line now back down ...
Judgy, not creepy: the rules of a summer of housesitting
WhatsApp pings asking for cat feeders and houseplant waterers are the new harbinger of holiday season — but there’s a code of etiquette ...
Marcelo Claure leads UK for-profit university deal in AI education push
Billionaire former SoftBank executive Marcelo Claure has led the purchase of a 50 per cent stake in one of the UK’s largest for-profit universities as he seeks to create a global AI-focused education ...
What the world got wrong about tariffs
His latest book is ‘What Went Wrong With Capitalism’ At the beginning of the year, the world was in striking agreement on one point: if Donald Trump went ahead with tariffs, it would strengthen the ...