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The great Russian soprano Anna Netrebko is one of the major operatic talents of the age. Her name has sold out concert halls around the world. “For 10 years or more she has been the leading prima donna of our time,” says George Loomis, the New York opera critic. “Her voice has that Russian quality just to the right degree.”

For opera aficionados, perhaps. But Netrebko now finds herself at the centre of a divisive international row because of her former links to Russian president Vladimir Putin. At the peak of her career, aged 50, she disappeared from the stages of Europe following Russia’s full-scale illegal invasion of Ukraine. The Bavarian State Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in New York terminated agreements with her, while other cancellations were by mutual agreement. Three years on, as nightly Russian bombardments of Ukrainian cities continue, Netrebko is due to return to London to play Tosca at Covent Garden.

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The UK government introduced new legislation which will require the Justice Secretary and the Lord or Lady Chief Justice to approve Sentencing Council proposed guidelines for courts.

"REGISTER OF LORDS’ INTERESTS" is a 421 page pdf that itemises all the money in the house of lords.

I have picked one random Lord. Check the money that thjis Lord has.

Talk about having a finger in all the pies.

Obscene amounts of money and investments.

Business comes first with these charlatan's.

CARTER OF COLES, LORD

Never heard of him!

CATEGORY 1: DIRECTORSHIPS

Director, JKHC Ltd (business services)

Director, Glenholme Healthcare Group Ltd

Non-executive Director, The Freehold Corporation Ltd (property; real estate)

Director, Glenholme Wrightcare Ltd (residential nursing care facilities) *

Director, Primary Group Holdings Ltd (parent of Primary Group Limited, Bermuda) *

Category 2: REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT, OFFICE, PROFESSION ETC.

Chair, Health Services Laboratories LLP

Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Naitive Technologies Ltd (experimental

development on natural sciences and engineering) *

Adviser on healthcare practice, Bain & Company (business consulting) *

Specialist Adviser to the Board, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (working with the Trust to assist leadership team in making the best choices they can to improve outcomes for patients and staff when making decisions and changes for future of organisation)

Consultant to the Board, Primary Group Limited and Primary Group (UK) Limited (insurance and reinsurance services)

CATEGORY 3: PERSON WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTROL OF A COMPANY (PSC)

JKHC Ltd (business services)

Cafao Ltd (member's own company which takes care of his family office matters)

CATEGORY 4: SHAREHOLDINGS (A)

JKHC Ltd (business services)

The Glenholme Healthcare Group Ltd (care and rehabilitation centres)

Cafao Ltd (see category 10(a))

The Freehold Corporation Ltd (property; real estate)

CATEGORY 4: SHAREHOLDINGS (B)

Johnson & Johnson (retail) (interest ceased 29 February 2024)

Visa Inc (financial)

AIA Group Ltd (insurance)

Alphabet Inc (multinational conglomerate)

Amazon.com Inc (retail)

Amphenol Corp (manufacturing)

ASML Holding NV (manufacturing)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc (financial)

Danaher Corp (science and tech)

Discover Financial Services (financial) (interest ceased 10 May 2024)

Essilor International (health) (interest ceased 1 November 2024)

Meta Platforms Inc (formerly Facebook Inc) (media)

Halma plc (tech)

HDFC Bank Ltd (financial)

IDEX Corp (manufacturing)

Intuit Inc (science and tech)

L'Oreal SA (manufacturing and retail)

Microsoft Corp (tech)

Roper Technologies Inc (manufacturing)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (science and tech)

Tencent Holdings Ltd (science and tech)

UnitedHealth Group Inc (health)

Netflix Inc (technology) (interest ceased 30 April 2024)

Constellation Software Inc (software)

Mettler Toledo (manufacturer of scales and analytical instruments)

Adobe Inc (technology)

Apple Inc (technology)

CSL Ltd (technology)

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc (financial)

ServiceNow Inc (technology)

Nike Inc (retail) (interest ceased 10 May 2024)

SG WOF Phoenix Plus Note (financial) (interest ceased 30 April 2024)

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (biotechnology)

Colgate Palmolive Co (consumer products) (interest ceased 30 April 2024)

Croda International plc (chemicals)

Sherwin-Williams Company (paint and coating manufacturing)

Topicus.com Inc (software)

The Freehold Investment Corporation 1A Ltd (letting and operating of own or leased real estate) * The Freehold Investment Corporation 1B Ltd (letting and operating of own or leased real estate) * The Freehold Investment Corporation 2A Ltd (letting and operating of own or leased real estate) * The Freehold Investment Corporation 2B Ltd (letting and operating of own or leased real estate) * London Stock Exchange Group plc (stock exchange and financial information company) *

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd (railways) *

CDW Corporation (provider of technology products and services for business, government and education)

Linde plc (industrial gases and engineering)

Copart Inc (automobile company)

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (luxury goods)

Constellation Software Inc (software company)

Brown & Brown Inc (insurance) *

Waste Management Inc (waste management and environmental services company) *

Ferguson Enterprises Inc (plumbing and heating parts distributor)

CATEGORY 5: LAND AND PROPERTY

Villa in France

Farms, farmland, residential and tourist activities in Hertfordshire

CATEGORY 10: NON-FINANCIAL INTERESTS (A)

Director, The Freehold Acquisition Corporation Ltd (property; real estate)

Director, Cafao Ltd (member's own company which takes care of his family office matters)

Director, The Freehold Financing Corporation Ltd (property and real estate) *

Director, Glenholme Senior Living (Bispham Gardens) Ltd (nursing home) *

CATEGORY 10: NON-FINANCIAL INTERESTS (B)

Diagnostics and NHS Pathology Services Adviser to Secretary of State for Health and Social Car

Read this on Hackernews this morning

10 year trend of excess mortality used by insurance companies

Swiss Re Ltd is a Swiss reinsurance company founded in 1863 and headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

It is one of the world's largest reinsurers, as measured by gross premiums written.