Getting into property is considered to be Lachlan Murdoch’s shrewdest and most profitable contribution to building the family empire. Shortly after the turn of the century, Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son persuaded News Corporation to take a 44% stake in REA Group, the owner of Australia’s realestate.com.au property website. More than two decades on, the media … Read more
Does an early Nobel peace prize beckon for Keir Starmer? Could the new prime minister be poised to surpass the achievement of Barack Obama, who bagged the award less than 10 months after taking office? The question arises because the Labour government has succeeded in a task most thought impossible: uniting advocates of the two … Read more
Heavy rain in the south of England over the last two days did not reach Newton-le-Willows and the Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock on Saturday is expected to be run on good-to-soft ground at worst. That should suit all the leading contenders in the betting market, including Inisherin, the impressive winner of the Commonwealth Cup … Read more
Getty Images During the late 1960s, Sérgio Mendes was the biggest-selling Brazilian artist in the world Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who helped popularise bossa nova and samba with Western audiences, has died at the age of 83, his family has confirmed. The bandleader and composer is best known for the buoyant Latin pop hit Mas … Read more
NASA Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will remain in space until February 2025 Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is set to begin its journey back to Earth – but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying will stay behind on the International Space Station. The empty craft, which has been switched to autonomous mode, is scheduled … Read more
Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on the west on Friday to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles deep inside Russia and complained that a lack of supplies and cooperation prevented them being used effectively where they were permitted. The Ukrainian president flew to Germany to lobby western defence leaders amid growing concern in Kyiv that assistance from … Read more
RARE W If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, keep toiling for 34 years, and try again. In another 23 years such a statement might be apt for a still-title-searching Manchester United as they conduct yet another cultural reset, presumably under a bespectacled 52-year-old Bruno Fernandes, but for now let it apply to San … Read more
After the final report of the Grenfell fire inquiry was published, Hisam Choucair, who lost six family members in the blaze, said: “We did not ask for this inquiry … It’s delayed the justice my family deserves.” Although he thanked the inquiry for its findings, Choucair was devastated that the police had put the criminal … Read more
When the season switched from summer to autumn, like clockwork clothing stores would swap out the racks of floaty frocks and fill them with heavy coats and jumpers. Now, as the nights draw in, retailers are having to rejig seasonal ranges as the UK’s unpredictable weather calls for summer jackets and lighter knits. Launching its … Read more
Getty Images The political wing of the trade union movement has been elected to power for the first time in 14 years. So many delegates at next week’s Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Brighton will blend celebration with anticipation. But the Labour Party – set up by trade unions more than a century ago – … Read more