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Published on 30 October 2026 – 7:59 GMT+1 A new international airport opened on Thursday in Greenland’s third-largest town, Ilulissat, following approval by the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority. Built with the aim of better connecting the vast Arctic island to the rest of the world, it is the third new airport to open in Greenland since 2024. This puts the “final piece in place” in the country’s “historic airport expansion”, said operator Greenland Airports. Ilulissat Airport is the last to open under the Danish autonomous territory’s expansion programme, following Nuuk in November 2024 and Qaqortoq in April 2026.…
Tributes from across Hollywood and beyond are pouring in following the news of the death of legendary actor Sir Patrick Stewart, who died at the age of 86. The celebrated actor, a two-time Olivier Award winner and multiple-time Tony, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards nominee, died following a “brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia”. Stewart was a commanding and charismatic performer who brought gravitas to all his roles – be it Shakespeare or a starship captain on Star Trek: The Next Generation and a mutant telepath in the X-Men series. He will be remembered for…
It suggested an investment conference in alternate years modeled on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which could keep the Commonwealth branding but with no organizational role for the Secretariat, said Judah. Judah suggested this would improve attendance at CHOGM, which is often patchy; India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not plan to attend next week’s summit, for example, though there will be a delegation led by External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. “The Indians think this thing is ridiculous and self-harming and just totally bizarre,” said Judah. “They’d be interested in a real investment conference, not this farce.” A second former…
The monumental female skeleton, roughly the height of an 11-storey building, surpasses the previous record of 28.15 metres set in Puerto Vallarta in 2023. Created by around 140 artists and technicians from Taller Xibalbá, the figure wears a purple dress stretching more than 27 metres. Visitors gathered beneath the installation to take photographs as workers put the finishing touches to the display. Facing the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Catrina stands at the centre of an enormous ofrenda, a traditional altar honouring the dead, surrounded by a carpet of some 70,000 marigold plants grown in Xochimilco. The installation pays tribute to Mexican…
Rain or shine (or even snow), nothing can get between Danes and going for a swim. Soon, Copenhagen residents will have a new spot for doing so – and it’s seriously swanky. Part of a wider project to revitalise Copenhagen Harbour, KAI will open on Paper Island on 5 December. Designed by Japanese practice Kengo Kuma & Associates, the name is both a reference to the Japanese word for sea and the Danish word for quay (kaj), a nod to its location. Described as a “water culture house”, the facility has 10 swimming pools plus direct access to designated swimming…
The growing pile of amendments is haunting lobbyists, parliamentary assistants and officials forced to track and sort through it all — along with the fear that AI could eventually replace them. Spare a thought, too, for the MEPs who may have to vote through the amendments one by one, with hands raised in plenary. Commission officials are scared of Austria’s Europe minister Well-heeled Commission officials (and their families) are spooked by Austria’s Europe Minister Claudia Bauer, who has been leading a push to slash the Commission’s administration expenditure — which pays eurocrats’ salaries and offices — in the next seven-year…
Published on 30 October 2026 – 8:31 GMT+1•Updated 8:40 Final results from Israel’s pivotal legislative election this week showed there was no clear winner, with both of the two main blocs well short of a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc finished on 53 seats, while the opposition camp, led by the centrist Yashar party of rival Gadi Eisenkot, ended on 48. Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party remained the largest party, with 27 seats, while the Arab parties secured a record 19 seats between them. The result means Israel is now set to face a lengthy and…
Budgets are all about numbers: growth, inflation, unemployment, headroom. So this week on Westminster Insider, Sascha and Pat look into the numbers behind Britain’s economy — and just how much government policy is really made up of guesswork, rather than solid measurements. Sascha talks to Dr Laura Gilbert, the former director of data at Number 10 Downing Street, who explains exactly why the numbers we have on measurements like immigration or the workforce are often wrong by hundreds of thousands of people. Ben Warner, who was chief advisor on data and digital at Number 10 during the pandemic, explains why…
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Published on 30 October 2026 – 6:46 GMT+1 Successive governments struggled for decades to pull the country out of a spiral of deflation – sustained falls in prices that are harmful for economic growth – and the 2% goal was set in 2013 as the BoJ launched massive monetary easing measures. While core consumer inflation intermittently topped the level in the early 2020s, Friday marked the first time that the central bank confirmed the long-term price trend had been achieved. “Underlying CPI (consumer price index) inflation is at a level that is generally consistent with the price stability target of…