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When Emma, a 30-year-old lawyer from Perth, was 30 weeks’ pregnant with her first child, she was told by her doctor that the baby had a big head. This, the obstetrician told her, put her at risk of complications during birth, with the potential for the baby to get stuck in the birth canal if the…

Experts have raised concerns that Amazon may escape paying significantly more tax in some of its biggest markets unless world leaders close a large loophole in a historic global deal. Finance ministers in London from the G7 group of wealthy nations, including representatives of the UK, US and EU, on Saturday agreed the landmark deal aimed at…

Dakar - Federation of African Journalists accused UAE of “attempts” to manipulate their conference taking place in early June. The conference issued urgent press release including a resolution to condemn attempt to impact journalists by UAE. The press release said, “We, the delegates attending the African Journalists Leaders’ Conference from…

Bryson DeChambeau has laughed off Brooks Koepka’s eye-rolling reaction to his presence during a post-round interview at last week’s PGA Championship. Viral footage of Koepka, who finished as the runner-up to Phil Mickelson at Kiawah Island, South Carolina, spread of the four-time major winner being interviewed by Golf Channel reporter Todd…

The West End landlord Shaftesbury has reported a wider first-half loss but is hopeful that a recovery in central London is under way, with its vacancy rate improving. The company, which owns 600 buildings in Carnaby, Seven Dials and Chinatown, and also parts of Covent Garden, Soho and Fitzrovia in…

Factory output grew this month at the fastest rate since December 2018 to record the first large increase in UK manufacturing production in almost two years. Chemicals producers, electronic engineering firms and metal factories reported the strongest growth, with output up in 12 of 17 subsectors,…

The owner of British Gas has warned investors it has faced a difficult start to the year, weeks after sacking hundreds of its engineers through a controversial fire and rehire scheme to help turn the business around. Centrica told its shareholders its financial outlook for the year was uncertain…

Pandora has become the first big jeweller to turn its back on mined diamonds, with the switch to lab-grown stones billed as making its jewellery more affordable. On Tuesday the mass-market brand, best known for its charm bracelets, launched Pandora Brilliance, which it described as its “first…

The pandemic turned 2020 into the year that fashion forgot as successive lockdowns made getting out of your pyjamas an achievement. But sales of high heels, handbags and lipstick are now roaring back as pub gardens, friends’ patios and the prospect of more freedoms to come is seen as worth splashing…