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The downfalls of would-be autocrats in Hungary, Brazil and the Philippines hold lessons for America
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Entertainment arm split from mobile and broadband in move that raises questions over future of Sky NewsBusiness live – latest updatesComcast is to spin off its media operation, which includes the Hollywood film studio, TV and theme park business NBCUniversal and Sky, into a separately publicly listed company.The move comes eight years after the US group, which said the separation will take a year to complete, acquired Sky’s European operations for £31bn. Continue reading...
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Watford Palace theatreThere’s plenty of devilment as the Pennsylvanian flies the flag for the magnificence of women and riffs on pregnancyThe Best Job in the World, Michelle Wolf’s touring show is called. Whether that refers to motherhood (chief among Wolf’s current occupations) or standup (her profession) is left to us to decide. That parenting might be described in those terms prompts a very sardonic response from the Pennsylvanian, whose ear is keenly attuned to society’s dubious regard for m
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Duncan Locke arms England with the technology and innovation to perform at their best on the pitch.
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Glyndebourne, SussexThis revival of Michael Grandage’s atmospheric production of Britten’s opera has numerous fine performances: Thomas Mole and Sam Carl are persuasive as Billy and Claggart, and Allan Clayton’s luminous Vere is a standoutBrutalist grey, its deck gently curved, HMS Indomitable looms over Michael Grandage’s production of Britten’s Billy Budd. Half-skeleton, half-cage, the ship is relentlessly claustrophobic, its hard edges softened only by coils of rope, hammocks and Paule Consta
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Streaming platforms are smitten with romance – predominantly the scripted kind. New research from Ampere Analysis shows that 83% of first-run romance commissions in the first half of 2026 were scripted. Of those, 40% were adapted from books, which has been the case since 2025 (since 2023 the number of book adaptations has increased by […]
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Trading house Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. signed its first prepayment agreement with a uranium miner, striking a deal with the owner of an operation in Malawi.
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Burnham speaks about a potential cabinet in his first speech since launching a bid to become prime minister.
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US equity futures rise after a week of selloff in tech. The US says Washington and Tehran have agreed to pause attacking each other. South Korea plans to invest $880 billion into chips and data centers with firms including Samsung and SK Hynix. Ella Gude of BNY Investments Newton discusses the Fed's Warsh era as central bankers gather for an annual forum in Sintra, Portugal. (Source: Bloomberg)
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