One of the best seats in Manchester, if not the entire north I’m perched on a tall stool at a new Manchester bar, perusing a menu of fishy things and various aquatically adjacent items: Lindisfarne oysters, devilled eggs with brown crab and trout roe, hand-dived razor clams and scallop tartare with elderflower dressing. Bar Shrimp sits on New York Street, which feels weirdly fitting, because this ...
One of the best seats in Manchester, if not the entire north I’m perched on a tall stool at a new Manchester bar, perusing a menu of fishy things and various aquatically adjacent items: Lindisfarne oysters, devilled eggs with brown crab and trout roe, hand-dived razor clams and scallop tartare with elderflower dressing. Bar Shrimp sits on New York Street, which feels weirdly fitting, because this place is much more “quietly sceney” New York than anything remotely “aren’t we edgy?” London. Glass-fronted, with discreet net curtains and a Tracey Emin-esque neon name sign, inside it’s draped, floor-to-ceiling, in red, just like in those red room scenes in Twin Peaks . Expect oversized, monogrammed ice cubes, nine types of mezcal and just as many amaros, as well as a menu featuring the likes of cuttlefish sandwiches and buffalo fried cod with blue cheese dressing. Bar Shrimp is a dog whistle to 1980s kids such as myself, who grew up seeing New York in the likes of After Hours or Wall Street , or in something with James Spader being up to no good and drinking Japanese whiskey highballs. It’s a bar opened by three friends: chef Joseph Otway, sommelier Daniel Craig Martin and general manager Richard Cossins, who met while they were all working at Dan Barber’s Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Tarrytown, New York State. (Blue Hill, in case you didn’t know, is catnip to the aloof foodie crowd – its customers wouldn’t be seen dead at Noma because it’s far too accessible). But does Bar Shrimp make a terrific fuss about this hallowed connection? Nope. Are there nods to Saint Dan Barber dotted around the place, or even in Higher Ground , the Bar Shrimp team’s acclaimed neo-bistro next door? Nah. Does Bar Shrimp even mention that it and Higher Ground are supplied by Cinderwood Market Garden , their own working farm in Nantwich, Cheshire, and pretty much in the spirit of Barber’s Blue Hill mantra? Barely. The Shrimp boys are far too cool to namedrop. Continue reading...
The US president brags about ending wars but look at Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Lebanon to see what his casual disregard for diplomacy and obsession with instant results have achieved There are visionary statesmen and high-minded negotiators, pragmatic mediators and professional diplomats – and then there are meddling fools. As ceasefires implode, vast numbers of civilians die or flee, and wars Donal...
The US president brags about ending wars but look at Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Lebanon to see what his casual disregard for diplomacy and obsession with instant results have achieved There are visionary statesmen and high-minded negotiators, pragmatic mediators and professional diplomats – and then there are meddling fools. As ceasefires implode, vast numbers of civilians die or flee, and wars Donald Trump started, fuelled or pledged to resolve rage unchecked, there’s no doubt which category he belongs to. In baseball parlance, in Ukraine, Iran-Lebanon and Israel-Palestine, Trump is “0 for 3”. He boasted he alone could cut deals and bring peace. He’s delivered neither. In striking out, he mostly makes matters worse. The heroic age of 19th-century diplomacy, typified by Prince Metternich’s great power-balancing “concert of Europe” and Benjamin Disraeli’s Balkan “peace with honour”, is history now. But it’s not that long since Nobel-winning peacemakers such as the UN chief Kofi Annan and the Finnish diplomat Martti Ahtisaari, or the US senator George Mitchell, who brokered Northern Ireland’s Good Friday agreement, were troubleshooting intractable conflicts the world over. Where are the successors to Desmond Tutu, Andrei Sakharov or Yitzhak Rabin when you need them? Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator Continue reading...
She sounds awful and I would absolutely minimise her contact with any children you do have unless she radically changes I’m a 30-year-old woman who has been with my partner for almost four years. We’re very happy and we want to spend the future together. The most significant problem in our relationship is his mother’s treatment of him and her behaviour affects both of us. She is cruel towards him....
She sounds awful and I would absolutely minimise her contact with any children you do have unless she radically changes I’m a 30-year-old woman who has been with my partner for almost four years. We’re very happy and we want to spend the future together. The most significant problem in our relationship is his mother’s treatment of him and her behaviour affects both of us. She is cruel towards him. Continue reading...
Tired, emotional and besieged by fans and enemies alike, by 1966 the Fab Four were ready to quit touring for good. A new collection of images by rock photographer Jim Marshall captures their last gigs The Beatles played their last official concert on 29 August 1966, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Jim Marshall’s pictures capture the group at a pivotal moment, when they are already feeling no...
Tired, emotional and besieged by fans and enemies alike, by 1966 the Fab Four were ready to quit touring for good. A new collection of images by rock photographer Jim Marshall captures their last gigs The Beatles played their last official concert on 29 August 1966, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Jim Marshall’s pictures capture the group at a pivotal moment, when they are already feeling nostalgia for what they are leaving behind. Two months earlier, the Beatles had finished precording Revolver, a glittering collection of pop gems. The next day they boarded a plane to begin a global tour during which they would play nothing from it. They were not being perverse; it was simply that none of the songs lent themselves to live performance. On stage, they were a four-piece band. They could hardly play anything as complex as Eleanor Rigby or Tomorrow Never Knows to tens of thousands of fans. Continue reading...
Legal papers, expert investigations and social media posts tell story of how a 32-year-old Iraqi appeared to run ‘proxy’ campaign On Monday, a slightly dishevelled Iraqi man, shackled and dressed in beige prison overalls, was ushered into a Manhattan courtroom. Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, 32, pleaded not guilty to a series of terrorism-related offences, then gestured toward the judge and ...
Legal papers, expert investigations and social media posts tell story of how a 32-year-old Iraqi appeared to run ‘proxy’ campaign On Monday, a slightly dishevelled Iraqi man, shackled and dressed in beige prison overalls, was ushered into a Manhattan courtroom. Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, 32, pleaded not guilty to a series of terrorism-related offences, then gestured toward the judge and prosecutors. “I’m a prisoner of war. I’m not a threat,” he told them. “Children and women are being killed by your rockets.” Continue reading...
Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of 1990s leader Alberto, is vying with a congressman to become country’s ninth president in a decade Peruvians go to the polls on Sunday in an election runoff that pits a perennial rightwing candidate, Keiko Fujimori, against a leftist congressman, Roberto Sánchez. Amid rising crime, chronic political instability, corruption scandals and voter apathy, they are vying to...
Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of 1990s leader Alberto, is vying with a congressman to become country’s ninth president in a decade Peruvians go to the polls on Sunday in an election runoff that pits a perennial rightwing candidate, Keiko Fujimori, against a leftist congressman, Roberto Sánchez. Amid rising crime, chronic political instability, corruption scandals and voter apathy, they are vying to become Peru’s ninth president in a decade. Fujimori, who is the daughter of the late president Alberto Fujimori, won 17% of the vote in the first round in April . Sánchez, a former trade and tourism minister, took 12 % of the vote, edging out Rafael López Aliaga, an ultra-conservative former Lima mayor. The stage is set for a polarised left-right replay of the country’s last election in 2021. Continue reading...
As funding conditions tighten, investment into African startups held up in 2025. Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja spoke with venture capital investor Tokunboh Ishmael from Alitheia Capital for a view from investors on the ground. (Source: Bloomberg)
As funding conditions tighten, investment into African startups held up in 2025. Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja spoke with venture capital investor Tokunboh Ishmael from Alitheia Capital for a view from investors on the ground. (Source: Bloomberg)
In this article US30Y @LCO.1 @CL.1 .SPX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sunday marks 100 days since the war in the Middle East began, and the conflict continues to drive substantial volatility across all asset classes in every region of the world as a lasting peace deal remains elusive. Negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have stagnated, with Washington and Tehran sending mixed ...
In this article US30Y @LCO.1 @CL.1 .SPX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sunday marks 100 days since the war in the Middle East began, and the conflict continues to drive substantial volatility across all asset classes in every region of the world as a lasting peace deal remains elusive. Negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have stagnated, with Washington and Tehran sending mixed messages on the state of peace talks and both sides periodically exchanging bouts of military attacks. Nevertheless, a fragile ceasefire remains in place to allow for diplomacy to take place. As the conflict drags on, pressure continues to mount on certain economies and pockets of financial markets. Wall Street bulls shrug off the war In the immediate aftermath of the U.S. and Israel's initial strikes against Iran, stocks across the globe sold off . While shares listed in some markets have struggled to regain momentum, Wall Street's major averages have wiped out initial losses as investors look through the war, higher oil prices and the impact of the conflict on inflation. The S&P 500 has hit new all-time highs even as the war continues. Iain Barnes, chief investment officer at Netwealth, said equity markets had been dominated by the assumption that the war will swing major energy-importing economies from a "benign disinflationary environment" into a stagflationary one. But optimism over AI's future disruptive power and a profitable backdrop for U.S. companies have also come into focus. "This has seen equity markets power higher but clearly led by those companies in the U.S. and Asian markets which are seen as direct beneficiaries of AI spending," he said in an email. "European stocks have been more subdued as the impact of rising energy costs is more problematic." "The spending on AI infrastructure has identified a number of potential bottlenecks, not least the insatiable demand for compute capacity that is fueling the share prices of semiconductor stocks," Toni Meadows, h...
In this article UCG-IT CBK-FF AVGO Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi kicks the ball during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 18, 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images There is a special type of fever around a men's soccer World Cup. And the 2026...
In this article UCG-IT CBK-FF AVGO Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi kicks the ball during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 18, 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images There is a special type of fever around a men's soccer World Cup. And the 2026 edition of the tournament is causing even more excitement, with 48 teams instead of the usual 32, and three host nations instead of the usual one. Matches will stretch from Vancouver to Mexico City from June 11 to July 19, marking the first time the games are being hosted in North America since 1994. There will be winners and losers on and off the pitch. Goldman Sachs predicts the main sector beneficiaries will include European and U.S. consumer staples, U.S. retail, and hospitality firms. But the investment bank also warns that "while the World Cup is undoubtedly a major commercial event, it does not necessarily follow that the macroeconomic impact on the host nations will be substantial or long-lasting." The World Cup could boost these equity sectors, according to Deutsche and Goldman What are the odds Deutsche Bank analysts believe sports betting platforms also stand to benefit. But a battle could be brewing between the traditional bookmakers and the ever-growing prediction markets . This is the first World Cup where Polymarket and Kalshi are now significant forces in the sports betting space. While billions are expected to tune into the matches, it's not just soccer that's kicking off next week... AI offside Investors will be carefully watching AI stocks after a volatile set of trading days. U.S. semiconductor giant Broadcom sparked a sell-off across the global chip space after issuing a disappointing forecast for its AI chip sales. Expect more headlines from London Tech Week, which gets underway on Monday. Anthropic's announcement of its highly anticipated IPO , as we...
Kosovo goes to the polls for the third time in 18 months Sunday in an attempt to break a political impasse that’s stymied progress toward improving ties with Serbia and gaining more European aid. In the last snap vote in December, Prime Minister Albin Kurti won 51.1% of the vote. Still, he failed to secure a broader political consensus to pick a new president, which eventually triggered the early ...
Kosovo goes to the polls for the third time in 18 months Sunday in an attempt to break a political impasse that’s stymied progress toward improving ties with Serbia and gaining more European aid. In the last snap vote in December, Prime Minister Albin Kurti won 51.1% of the vote. Still, he failed to secure a broader political consensus to pick a new president, which eventually triggered the early elections. Voting closes at 7 p.m. around the country. Kosovo needs to break the deadlock to proceed in efforts to get closer to its goal of joining the European Union , which has to be preceded by improved ties with wartime foe and neighbor Serbia. Reforms also need to be carried out to ensure the further flow of international aid. Crisis Mode Kosovo has struggled to establish stable institutions since February 2025, when Kurti’s party won elections but his refusal to compromise and build relations with other parties meant he failed to get enough support for his government. The premier’s lawmakers labored for months trying to get a parliamentary speaker elected and the cabinet approved, eventually forcing another election that year. While the vote in December appeared to offer a way out as his party won decisively again and his cabinet was approved with support from minority lawmakers, the crisis flared up again as he failed to rally support for his pick for president and refused to back other candidates. That post is largely ceremonial, but choosing the head of state requires broader support among lawmakers, which he didn’t manage to negotiate. Lost Ally The fight over the presidency also exposed a rift between Kurti and outgoing President Vjosa Osmani , who failed to get the premier’s further endorsement when her term expired in April. The failure to pick the head of state triggered early elections again. Once his loyal ally, Osmani is now running against Kurti on the list of the Democratic League of Kosovo, the party she left before teaming up with the prime minister fi...
Even if you have zero interest in buying SpaceX when it goes public as early as June 12 , its initial public offering (IPO) is highly likely to affect your portfolio. About 156 million U.S. adults own stocks. And a lot of that wealth is in S&P 500 index funds , mutual funds, and market-cap weighted growth-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that could soon own SpaceX. Investors looking for a scoo...
Even if you have zero interest in buying SpaceX when it goes public as early as June 12 , its initial public offering (IPO) is highly likely to affect your portfolio. About 156 million U.S. adults own stocks. And a lot of that wealth is in S&P 500 index funds , mutual funds, and market-cap weighted growth-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that could soon own SpaceX. Investors looking for a scoop of SpaceX rather than a sprinkle have come to the right place. Out of Vanguard's 56 low-cost equity-focused ETFs, the Vanguard Communication Services ETF (NYSEMKT: VOX) will likely hold (by far) the highest percentage of SpaceX stock. Continue reading