The Guardian

Queen’s secret Whitlam correspondence inspires Sydney Theatre Company play in 2027

STC’s 2027 program also features Celeste Barber in Amy Sedaris and David Sedaris play, Tim Minchin as Scrooge and the return of The Picture of Dorian GraySix years after the Australian historian Jenny Hocking won her legal battle to release secret correspondence between Queen Elizabeth II, Malcolm Fraser and the governor general John Kerr, her fight to reveal the truth about Gough Whitlam’s dismissal is being adapted for the stage.The Palace Letters, announced on Monday as part of Sydney Theatre

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Yahoo Finance

Middle East Oil Routes Under Pressure as Hormuz Traffic Tumbles

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Bloomberg Markets

China’s Credit Expansion Misses Forecast as Loan Demand Sags

China’s credit expansion came in way below expectations in August from a year ago, as subdued borrowing by households and businesses outweighed support from government bond financing.

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Yahoo Finance

Gold Falls as Higher Inflation Pushes Federal Reserve to Hike Rakes

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Yahoo Finance

Is it finally time? Why the Fed may raise rates for first time since 2023.

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Yahoo Finance

Wall Street Is Obsessed With the Anthropic IPO. Here's the AI Cooling Stock Nobody Is Talking About.

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The Guardian Politics

UK ministers urged to act after US flies out diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children

US officials reportedly raided envoy’s London home and took him to American airbase without warning Met policeUK politics live – latest updatesBritish government ministers face calls to act after US authorities secretly flew out of the UK a diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children.US officials reportedly raided the diplomat’s London flat last month before taking him to an American airbase and flying him out of the country, without warning the Metropolitan police. Continue readi

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BBC Sport

'It feels amazing' - Zverev reflects on US Open win

Alexander Zverev says it was an "amazing feeling" to lift the US Open trophy after defeating Ben Shelton in the final.

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Yahoo Finance

Novartis Just Shook Up a Multibillion-Dollar Drug Race. What It Means for Eli Lilly Stock.

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MarketWatch

The very big caveat to the report that Anthropic is profitable for a second straight quarter

A published report that frontier artificial-intelligence lab Anthropic was profitable for a second quarter in a row contains a very important caveat.

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Yahoo Finance

Labor squeeze prompts revised construction workforce strategies

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MarketWatch

Massive sinkhole still threatens Nicolas Cage’s $10.5 million Malibu mansion

Actor Nicolas Cage’s lavish Malibu mansion is facing a dramatic threat after a massive hole opened up where part of the property’s driveway once stood.

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NY Times Business

Is A.I. Raising the Chances of Biological Warfare?

Current chatbots aren’t likely to help lone actors invent a deadly pathogen, experts say. But newer models, trained in biology, may need stronger safeguards.

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NY Times Business

Why Is Danny Meyer, the Happy Face of Hospitality, Serving Up Regrets?

In a new memoir, the man behind Shake Shack and a suite of influential restaurants revisits the business blunders that taught him valuable lessons.

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NY Times World

Global Warming Will Breach the 1.5 Degree Celsius Limit. Now What?

As global temperature increase shoots past 1.5 degrees Celsius, the vulnerable countries that fought for that Paris Agreement target face a brutal new reality.

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NY Times Business

Defense Hiring Will Ease, Not End, Pain in European Car Industry

An agreement to turn an ailing Volkswagen factory into a defense manufacturing hub offers hope for jobs. But a shift from “family vans to tanks” in Germany is not so simple.

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NY Times World

She Bashed the Government on a Private Call. Then She Was Detained for Months

Racial and political tensions have flared in Trinidad and Tobago after members of an ethnic minority were accused of an assassination plot based on a private phone call.

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Yahoo Finance

Fastly Highlights Accelerating Growth, Record Margins and AI-Driven Compute Demand

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Yahoo Finance

Bitcoin Suisse to Cut Up to Half Its Swiss Jobs in Overseas Shift

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The Guardian Culture

Royal Ballet: The McRae/Vassilev Project review – an encounter between two masterful ROH performers

Linbury theatre, LondonDirected by Natalie Abrahami and choreographed by Loughlan Prior, this is an evening of many parts that sometimes feels bolted togetherIt’s an evening of two halves and many, many parts, some that dovetail snugly, others more clunkily bolted together. And perhaps that’s because The McRae/Vassilev Project is just that: a project more than a piece. Directed by Natalie Abrahami and choreographed by Loughlan Prior, it is essentially an encounter between two masterful performe

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