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To back her remaining in office. The sunday times continues the theme. One of its headlines claims borisjohnson believes mrs may will be gone in a year. A rather kinder front page from the sunday telegraph which says the pm is set to announce a tuition fees revolution to help students. Thats more like it, mrs may is the verdict in the sunday express. It reports the pm will launch the change as part of a policy blitz to woo younger voters. The mail on sunday says shes gambling that the tuition fe...

And goats on the loose. The beautiful welsh countryside. Home to valleys, lakes, the odd feral goat and. Electric mountain. Hidden inside this mountain is the dinorwig pumped storage power station and it is basically a monster battery. It Stores Energy by pumping water from this lake to a lake at the top of the mountain and then letting it flow back downhill, releasing that energy at times of peak demand. See, when you pop the kettle on during breaks in championship matches of that sport they ca...

Two wildfires along the sonoma napa county line has turned into one. Still just 10 contained. It has been burned nearly 35,000 acres. The atlas fire in napa and Solano County has burned 47,000 acres and is 25 contained. Firefighters say they are making important headway but the area remains in danger. Fire crews are carving out buffer lanes to eliminate dry brush and other vegetation that embers can fall on top of and ignite. Theyre not out of the woods. But the Fire Fighting effort continues. I...

Of thrones and award seasons all rolled into one. This is how i discovered to my non china friends. Detailed profiles of whos who in chinas political circles and how they are connected start popping up everywhere and everyone certainly depictions on who they think will make it onto the seventh person Standing Committee which is the pinnacle of power in china. This Years Congress however was all about one man and that man was general secretary. Prior to the congress dominated the basic among chin...

Congress. My name is sandy, ill be chairing this discussion. As many of you know, chinas 19th Party Congress wrapped up last week in beijing. For those who follow china, a Party Congress year is like game of thrones and awards season rolled into one. This is how i describe to nonchina friends, detailed profile, whos who and how they are connected top up everywhere. Everyone makes predictions how they will make it on the committee, the pinnacle of power in china. This Years Congress was really al...

Tried to hire a 7. 5 ton lorry to carry out the attack, hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. It will be extended compared to usual. With me are jack blanchard, Political Editor of the mirror and caroline wheeler, Political Editor of the sunday express. Welcome. Tomorrows front pages. Starting with this the Observer Says mays premiership is in peril. The paper leads with its Editorial Comment saying mrs may is discredited, humiliated, and diminishe...

Tried to hire a 7. 5 ton lorry to carry out the attack, hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. It will be extended compared to usual. With me are jack blanchard, Political Editor of the mirror and caroline wheeler, Political Editor of the sunday express. Welcome. Tomorrows front pages. Starting with this the Observer Says mays premiership is in peril. The paper leads with its Editorial Comment saying mrs may is discredited, humiliated, and diminishe...

Business confidence is plunging. Haidi more disappointing news from the factory floor and japan , machine orders slumping, Producer Prices staying flat. Rishaad the long and short of it, hong kong stocks being targeted by skeptical researchers. Of course all this Political Drama, the British Election, james comey and his testimony to congress. Having a look at gold. Start toshed in and buy gold at times like this as a haven play. This is 502, a look at the last three weeks. Have had three weeks ...

Good afternoon. I am the senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow and codirector at the center for International Security cooperation here at stanford. We are delighted that both institutions have come together to cohost this book event with Graham Allison and Neil Ferguson to discuss the book. Its available for purchase outside and he will stay f you copies so you cant escape the trap of the bookstore outside. Now, Graham Allison, he is director of Harvard Center and the Doug...

Daytoday, awaiting the headline gdp number for the Second Quarter, but looking to scrutinize domestic activity numbers, fixed Asset Investment, Industrial Production, retail sales, all expected to show stability and she lower. Given it is a key Political Year for beijing, we are looking at stability as the theme when it comes to growth. Take a look at this chart that paints a picture of the boring trajectory when it comes to that headline gdp number over the past two years. We have been hovering...