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  • Jul 10

    ‘Music was my first desire’: Anthony Hopkins, 88, to release classical album ‘Life Is a Dream’ with Gustavo Dudamel

    Two-time Oscar winner Sir Anthony Hopkins has signed with Decca Classics to issue ‘Life Is a Dream’, a collection of orchestral pieces he composed over six decades, on 21 August. The first single, ‘Bracken Road’, inspired by his Welsh childhood, dropped today.

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French yields reach 4.9 percent

Wars pound, markets punish and housing anger forces governments onto defensive ground

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US-Russia gas sales discussions and Nord Stream trial announcement add diplomatic and legal dimensions beyond routine strike reporting.

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