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Disaster off Sicily on Mike Lynch’s family yacht raises concerns over marine safety in era of extreme weather events
Washington’s support for a minerals train connecting the DRC to the Atlantic illustrates its desire to compete with China
Greek, Italian and Spanish islands rely on rationing, tankers and desalination as global warming and tourists sap reserves
From Musk to Project 2025, the twaddle keeps on coming
IPPR’s alumni feature heavily in new government while its papers inform ministers’ thinking
Denim’s most timeless cut is outpacing the skinny jean revival
The US economy needs a comprehensive vision, not misguided populist policies
Customers are growing more resentful as gratuities soar
Could the ‘secondary master bedroom’, as it is called euphemistically, increase the value of your home – and help save your relationship?
A well-trained workforce is essential to the economy, but a shortage of alternatives to university means Britain’s young people are falling behind
Companies should pay the price for their aggression
Once considered a cash cow by dealmakers, PIF has slowed spending on global investments, bankers say
Keep on forgetting things? Here are some expert tips to get your neural receptors popping
The Democratic candidate has overtaken Donald Trump in the polls and managed to rattle him, but the coming weeks will bring bigger hurdles
A high-margin and fast-growing ad business is changing the chain’s relationship with brands
Ava Glass stakes out a city that more than lends itself to tales of espionage
Private company shutdowns jump compared with last year despite AI funding frenzy, threatening millions of jobs at VC-backed firms
UK officials considered Rikers Island prison barge to ease capacity crisis before early release of inmates
It’s time we saw these products for what they are, stripped of their disingenuous branding
Government says new digital education tools are ‘pivotal’ to overhaul of school system
Russia slow to redeploy troops from eastern Ukraine after Kyiv’s forces smashed through border
They are very often right, especially when it comes to working hours
Home of the club sandwich, land of the culinarily incurious
What better way for the mega-rich to show off their powers than to corral famous people on board and hold them captive for sport?
Is the combative entrepreneur fanning the flames of far-right politics or is he just ‘an angry man screaming into a hurricane’?
