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Tyson v Fury? Dream sporting dramas for 2016

Mourinho in Norfolk, Tyson v Fury, and mandatory drug-taking at the Olympics




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Revising Ireland’s Easter Rising

How has modern Ireland changed the way it views the events that took place in Dublin 100 years ago?




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The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Peter Gilliver review — from A to Z and back again

A fascinatingly detailed history one of the world’s great scholarly projects




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Are we seeing the strange, lingering death of Labour England?

In Stoke-on-Trent, Matthew Engel finds a party struggling to answer the simplest questions




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Henry Blofeld, voice of English summer, to retire

Doyen of radio cricket commentary will hang up his microphone in September




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Johanna Konta and the sporting citizens of nowhere

National identity matters less in an age of globalised sport




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The foreign states that own Britain’s railways

Train travel in the UK now combines the worst features of capitalism and socialism




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The battle for the Brexit-backing north

Will Britain’s election be decided in the Labour heartlands? Matthew Engel reports




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Chinese buyers consider return to international property markets

Global property portals report big increases in Chinese inquiries




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The end of the office? Outbreak may change work forever

Business ease in adapting to lockdowns changes attitudes to remote set-ups




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Property law: can I work from home if it is rented?

Some leases prohibit doing business — plus what to do when coronavirus halts completion of a sale




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UK shopping centre owner Intu wins breathing space from lenders

Owner of some of UK’s biggest shopping malls still faces uphill struggle




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Goldman-backed Travelodge under pressure to pay its rent

Landlords reject call for 50% reduction, saying hotel group is using Covid-19 crisis to cut costs




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The gift of isolation: my weekend at a writers’ retreat

Before the world went into lockdown, Rebecca Watson found herself in a very different kind of confinement




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Empty stores: repurpose them

An occupied home has utility no empty shop can match




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Superdrug becomes latest retailer to slash rent payments to landlords

Health and beauty chain cites ‘unprecedented decline’ in footfall




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Travelodge asks landlords to take £146m rent hit

Company says it will be ‘several years’ before revenues return to 2019 levels




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Revolut’s founder should take some M&A lessons from Warren Buffett

Company must not bet the bank on expansion; estate agents have nowhere to go




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Venezuela faces threat of coronavirus catastrophe

Oil price collapse and crumbling health system put Latin American nation at risk




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US proposes interim government to break Venezuela deadlock

Maduro regime rejects latest Washington plan despite fears of humanitarian catastrophe from Covid-19




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Bolsonaro triggers furore by firing Brazil health minister

Dismissal of Luiz Henrique Mandetta follows feud over how to tackle coronavirus




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Chile’s coronavirus outbreak helps revive Piñera’s fortunes

Approval ratings for the billionaire president have more than doubled




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Venezuelan migrants face tough choices as virus spreads

Work dries up under lockdown but returning home could be more perilous than staying put




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Sérgio Moro resignation adds to pressure on Brazil’s Bolsonaro 

Justice minister’s departure raises risk of yet another impeachment in Latin America’s largest democracy




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Pandemic forces Brazil’s ‘Chicago boys’ to revise reform plans

Finance minister Paulo Guedes has had his liberal economic agenda sidelined by emergency measures




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Brazil’s supreme court authorises investigation into Bolsonaro

Former justice minister had accused president of political interference in police work




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IMF to revise Argentina bailout after drop in peso

President Macri asks for early disbursement of funds as refinancing worries grow




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Argentina’s crisis receding, says bullish Hasenstab

Investor blames peso mayhem on ‘massive speculative attack’ and local over-reaction




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IMF increases Argentina bailout package to $57bn

Revised agreement comes a day after the exit of central bank governor




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Brazil’s Bolsonaro rally hits new peak before easing

After reaching intraday record, stocks retreat as new president faces economic challenge




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IMF agrees to $4.2bn fund for Ecuador

President Lenín Moreno says deal will save his country from Venezuela’s fate




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Peso slides as Argentina seeks more time to pay

Macri tries to shore up confidence amid market worries over prolonged political instability and $101bn owed




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Argentina’s creditors face debt restructuring dilemma

Bondholders weigh deal with Macri against negotiating with likely successor Fernández




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Argentina’s black market money changers expect resurgence in business

Reimposition of currency controls is admission of defeat by president




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Buenos Aires province closes in on deal with bondholders

Revised terms draw support from some creditors in key test before government debt crunch




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Argentina heads for ninth sovereign debt default

Analysts expect the country to make bondholders an offer they cannot accept




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Bondholders reject Argentina’s debt offer

Creditors denounce government restructuring plan as unacceptable




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Election: Nigel Farage unveils Brexit party’s manifesto – as it happened

The Brexit party and the Welsh Plaid Cymru reveal their policies; Corbyn and McDonnell defend tax plans; Tories propose stamp duty rise for foreign buyers; while UK figures show more gloomy outlook

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Election: Labour on the defensive after Chief Rabbi accuses party of failure to deal with anti-Semitism — as it happened

Jeremy Corbyn defends party's processes for dealing with racism after Ephraim Mirvis's criticism. Conservatives put opposition to independence at heart of Scottish campaign. Sterling slips as Labour makes inroads on Tories' polling lead.

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Election: IFS hits out at lack of credibility in major parties’ manifesto pledges — as it happened

Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have offered a "credible prospectus" for government in the election, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said this morning, in a damning assessment that highlighted the gulf between different political visions for Britain.

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Election: Tories promise new state aid system after Brexit — latest news

The Conservatives vowed to bring in a new state aid system to protect British industry after Brexit, as the party finesses its message to Leave voters ahead of election day.

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Election: Brexit party MEPs defect and back Conservative party — as it happened

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

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Election: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn face off in final TV debate — as it happened

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn spar in a televised debate just six days before the general election.

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Election: Labour minister calls party’s chances ‘dire’ — as it happened

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

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General election 2019: Boris Johnson declares ‘powerful mandate to get Brexit done’ — as it happened

The pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its biggest rise since 2017 after an exit poll has projected a strong victory for Boris Johnson’s Conservative party.

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UK election results: Boris Johnson says he has ‘stonking mandate’ on Brexit — as it happened

The Conservatives secure the biggest majority in parliament since Margaret Thatcher with Labour's 'red wall' crumbling; stocks in London surge while the pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its sharpest rally in nearly three years

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Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid as chancellor — as it happened

A live blog from FT.com

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Economists question BoE’s overly rosy view of V-shaped recovery

Forecast of a quick rebound from crisis without sustaining any persistent damage is disputed




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European regulators ramp up scrutiny of investment fund liquidity

Heavy redemptions during coronavirus-induced sell-off  spark concerns




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UK’s top asset manager urges companies to take care of employees

LGIM to hold businesses to account for their stakeholder responsibilities during pandemic