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Homeowners rush to price properties just under ‘mansion tax’ thresholds
Estate agents say ‘bunching’ practice likely to pick up pace ahead of start of surcharge
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UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
Discussions failed after UK refused to pay billions of euros in fees
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Labour will not tax state pension for those with no other earnings
Move reduces impact on older voters of this week’s decision to freeze thresholds
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Anti-corruption authorities raid house of top Zelenskyy aide
Search carried out at home of presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak
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Trading on CME halted after exchange hit by data centre outage
Chicago-based exchange handles futures tied to interest rates, Treasuries, energy and equities
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OpenAI partners amass $100bn debt pile to fund its ambitions
Cloud companies and developers rely on lossmaking start-up to repay huge loans
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FC Barcelona’s tie-up with Samoa-based crypto start-up sparks backlash
Heavily indebted club faces accusations of desperation over sponsorship deal with little-known firm Zero-Knowledge Proof
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Death toll in Hong Kong blaze rises to at least 94
Emergency services work to extinguish what is Chinese territory’s deadliest fire in its modern history
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