U.K. Borrowers React to Soaring Interest Rates in Mortgage Market
The financial turmoil in Britain has led to soaring interest rates, prompting many lenders to withdraw products and stoking worry among homeowners about rising costs.
Continue ReadingThe financial turmoil in Britain has led to soaring interest rates, prompting many lenders to withdraw products and stoking worry among homeowners about rising costs.
Continue ReadingA new Sky Atlantic mini-series, “This England,” depicts the early days of Covid-19 in the country, with Kenneth Branagh playing Boris Johnson.
Continue ReadingPeople in the convoy were waiting to be allowed into Russian-occupied territory to pick up relatives and deliver humanitarian aid, a Ukrainian official said.
Continue ReadingWith Paris locked down over Passover, a rabbi started holding weekly talks over Zoom about Jewish texts. Thousands have tuned in to hear her reflections on death. “She is my rabbi,” said an atheist.
Continue ReadingMass protests, once a grave threat to even the fiercest autocrat, have plummeted in effectiveness, a study shows. Factors appear to include polarization, social media and rising nationalist attitudes.
Continue ReadingRussia moves to annex Ukrainian territory.
Continue ReadingThe Russian president’s remarks came after anger with the draft spilled over into street protests across Russia.
Continue ReadingThere was no sign that any other country would recognize Russia’s move, but Mr. Putin may try to use the plans to shift attention away from his losses on the battlefield.
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