The world’s biggest diamond miner, De Beers, cost its parent company almost $3bn last year as the growth in lab-grown stones continues to take the shine off the industry. Anglo American was forced to write down the value of the renowned gem producer for a second consecutive year as its chief executive admitted the diamond…
Liz Truss, the former British prime minister, told a rightwing conference in the US that her country was “failing” and needed a Donald Trump-style “Maga” movement to save it. Truss was speaking on Wednesday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the National Harbor in Maryland, alongside rightwing populists from around the world planning…
David Lammy: ‘Russia has learned nothing’ David Lammy attends the G20 Foreign Minister Meeting at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on 20 February 2025. Photograph: Emmanuel Croset/AFP/Getty Images Foreign secretary David Lammy has been speaking at the G20 foreign ministerial meeting in South Africa. Referring to the Ukraine war, he criticised Russia for having…
Hamas hands bodies of four hostages to Red Cross in Gaza The handover of the four bodies from Hamas to the Red Cross is now complete. The vehicles are on their way to Israel, and the crowd in Khan Younis is beginning to disperse. Share Updated at 08.54 CET Key events Show key events only Please…
Germany is preparing for a general election to the Bundestag, the lower house of its parliament, on 23 February, after its “traffic-light” coalition of social democrats, liberals and greens collapsed. The country’s electoral system is highly proportional, so polls give a good indication of what shape of government might be possible after the election. Latest…
Recent governments have carried out “wilful acts of bastardry” and created intergenerational inequality and environmental destruction that will leave younger voters worse off, the former Treasury secretary Ken Henry has said, urging tweaks to Australia’s tax system to bridge the growing divide. Henry, who worked under both the Howard and Rudd governments, used a speech…