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Nativity season in France means peace, goodwill – and an annual row in the town hall

Secularists and traditionalists are at loggerheads over the proper place for a crib – and it’s a godsend for the far right, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Despite the wrecking tactics of Viktor Orbán, the EU will find a way to get aid to Ukraine

The Hungarian leader wants to deprive Kyiv of funding and to halt expansion plans, but officials are mapping out a workaround, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Why Paris and its people are the perfect inspiration for stand-up comedians

Two of Paris's most loved stand-up comedians speak to Eve Jackson about "the Parisians" who have served as inspiration for their comedy shows for years – from their defying bluntness and honesty to their severe rudeness, their fashion style and their unmatchable culture. Frenchman Olivier Giraud has a show in…

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Dear politicians: To solve our food bank crisis, curb corporate greed and implement a basic income

Have you noticed the line ups for the food banks in your city? (Or have you had to join one?) They are getting longer in a way we’ve never seen before.

The Conversation

As antisemitism soars, for many Jews in France nowhere feels safe

Macron is calling for unity, but the Israel-Hamas war has sparked a rise in hate crime that threatens a fragile social peace, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Pressure to expand the EU has never been greater – and the will to reform it never weaker

Enlargement may offer Europe greater security, but its price is change with daunting financial and political costs, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Europe can’t rise to the Israel-Hamas crisis until it overcomes its own rifts

The EU could help to defuse this conflict – but first it must tackle diverging sympathies and Brussels turf wars, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK

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Europe’s ‘mini-Trumps’ survived his fall. Now they’re hoping for his comeback

From Orbán in Hungary to Fico in Slovakia, populists are looking to a Trump win to boost their power in the EU, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Medicare pandemic advances deepen debt for some hospitals - Roll Call

Congress poured billions into hospitals through advances on Medicare claims, but now some medical providers are struggling to pay it back.

Roll Call

Government looking to expand use of facial recognition technology

The Ministry of Defence is calling on companies to submit ideas that ‘could be deployed to benefit the Home Office and policing’.

The Independent UK

Will Europe’s centre-right parties accept defeat or sell their souls to the hard right?

Progressive policies are at stake as conservatives attempt to forge alliances in the European parliament with extreme nationalists, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK

ALP national conference day one – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Did Fitch ditch its credibility by playing politics? Here’s why ratings agencies have a knack for getting it wrong

A review of the ratings agencies’ track record suggests that they are not very good at their raison d’être: giving ratings.

Fortune

Fintech firms voice frustration as regulatory approvals plunge to fresh lows

Just seven applications were approved in the first quarter of 2023, in signs fintech firms face a near-impossible pathway to getting regulatory clearance to operate in the UK

Evening Standard

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The threat from Russia is not going away. Europe has to get serious about its own defence

Guns or butter? To build up the military capacity vital for self-protection, European nations will have to make painful choices, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

Louder

Winger have taken the knocks and they've been knocked out, but at least Metallica have apologised

Kip Winger and Reb Beach on Winger's first album in almost a decade, that call from James Hetfield, and supporting Spinal Tap: "They’re a spoof band, but we’re the ones they’re spoofing on"

Wales Online

Watch: 'Hero' barber 'flamboyantly' conduct traffic with rainbow feather duster after lights fail

Paul Taylor predicted traffic chaos when he noticed the signal failure on Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, on June 8

Liverpool Echo

Cocaine and heroin godfathers 'The Family' fight to keep luxury property

Mehmet Baybasin worked alongside a Liverpool criminal firm to import massive quantities of cocaine

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Paul Taylor net worth | Evening Standard Tech Rich List

Former Google executive Paul Taylor’s background is in text-to-speech technology. But it was a vision for the banking sector that led him to set up Thought Machine.

Chronicle Live

The faces of brutal killers serving long sentences behind bars after knife attacks in North East

These knife killers are off our streets and serving long sentences behind bars after taking lives.

Irish Mirror

Hero dog Riley saves Sligo pensioner from terrifying fire that destroyed home

Des Hannon is hoping he can get a mobile home as his house is now beyond repair

The Guardian - UK

Fossils thought to be ancient marine creatures may be seaweed, study suggests

New twist in debate over whether bryozoans cropped up during Cambrian explosion or later

Liverpool Echo

Campaigners call for release of 'cannabis martyr' who supplied drugs to dying man

Gary Youds, jailed last week, has been a vocal campaigner for the legalisation of cannabis for more than 20 years

Nottingham Post

The Kingfisher Lodge in Sibthorpe will shut on February 6

ABC News

Sydney Swans AFLW draft pick Alice Mitchell on the importance of regional football and equality

A move to Gunnedah to be with her partner and a spot on the Poochettes team leads to the chance to play with the Sydney Swans.

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