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Iranian officials repeatedly say around 20 million liters of fuel are smuggled out of the country every day, costing Iran between $4 billion and $5.2 billion a year. But the figure is far less precise than it is often p…
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He would like to thank the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the travel grants that enabled a research visit to four Indian cities in July 2025. He would also like to thank Simona Beckemeier for her support with the literatu…
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Thousands of workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will be offered redundancies after Britain’s largest car manufacturer had its revenues slashed by falling sales, a cyber-attack and Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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This week M&S launched a bodysuit that features exaggerated padding at the hip allowing the wearer to create an hourglass shape, or at least the illusion of one.
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Whether it’s the closing down sale that goes on for years, or the crossed-out original price that you can’t remember ever paying, some retailers try all kinds of ways to convince us we are getting a bargain.
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The chancellor has indicated that the UK will face a tough budget next month due to Trump’s war in the Middle East.
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Picture humanity in a boat being swept down a raging river, praying there is no Niagara Falls ahead. Or imagine standing with the pioneering physicists in 1942 before they triggered the first self-sustaining nuclear fis…
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In 2025, it emerged that Farage had not – as he had claimed – bought a property in his parliamentary constituency of Clacton, in Essex: it had in fact been bought by his girlfriend, Laure Ferrari.
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Gig economy workers are urging delivery platforms to open up the “black box” of computer-driven algorithms that determine the jobs they are offered and how much they are paid, blaming increased use of AI for lowering wa…
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Insurers in England and Wales tell of busy August with one reporting near-140% jump in claims
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When the central bank of the Netherlands confirmed this week that it had moved tonnes of the country's gold out of North America, it said the relocation would make it "better prepared for severe crises".
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A summer of hostilities in the Black Sea proved deadly for seafarers, as Russia and Ukraine attacked each other’s ships and port infrastructure, preventing vital grain exports and prompting concerns that the conflict wi…
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Reform UK’s conference was to open showcasing a party ready for government. It did so with two top aides removed after an investigation aired on Channel 4 , its finances under police scrutiny and seven in 10 voters, pol…
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When Donald Trump was asked recently about the threat of rising interest rates on US government debt, he told baffled reporters: “The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.”
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A boost in hospitality and education employment drove the US economy to create tens of thousands more jobs than expected last month, latest figures suggest.
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Number of new jobs being added has been fluctuating, with private companies adding 38,000 jobs in August
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Energy secretary could recommend new North Sea drilling next week, as ministers also consider approval for Rosebank oilfield
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Last week, Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, agreed to a settlement of up to $18bn after dozens of US states accused it of harming children with addictive products. The settlement’s regulatory implicat…
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Sell-off raises concerns of higher borrowing costs for households. Here’s what it could meanThe bond market sell-off has sparked fresh fears of higher borrowing costs for UK households. We look at what the turmoil in fi…
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Let me begin by congratulating everyone involved in the ChaMP research network on a remarkably successful research programme: it has delivered many new insights regarding the transmission of monetary policy and has been…
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After everything, why would anyone still back Nigel Farage? In some of the comments below my piece last week about Reform UK, I spot the usual answers: Farage’s supporters are dim, racist, deplorable. Yet away from West…
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Farmers are facing an “astronomical” jump in the price of fuel needed to operate their vehicles and machinery after a surge in diesel costs in the UK and the US.
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Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply
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The climate crisis, disease and cyber-attacks pose growing risks to the UK’s food supplies and the government needs to act to make the system more resilient, according to the public spending watchdog.