Global financial markets experienced violent turbulence in mid-May, with the epicenter squarely in Japan's government bond market. The yield on Japan's 30-year government bond (JGB) breached the psychological 4% barrier…
US President Donald Trump and senior White House advisers are considering a military strategy that would launch limited, recurring strikes against Iranian installations in the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported on Monday,…
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Food and Drug Administration announced on August 31, 2026, that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to assist the agencies in carrying out t…
For many Iranians, the new US sanctions campaign, called Operation Economic Outcast, seems superfluous given the grim economic situation in their country.
Telecoms company to benefit from soaring prices for recycled metal recovered from full-fibre broadband rollout
AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models
At its meeting on 19 March 2026, the Governing Council decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. It is determined to ensure that inflation stabilises at the 2% target in the medium term. The war in the…
US trade representative Jamieson Greer has a level-headed reputation but commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and White House adviser Peter Navarro also have key roles
The development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI)footnote [1] is likely to have a transformative impact across many sectors of the UK economy. AI has the potential to save workers time on a wide range of ta…
The British Museum privately hosted the Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Peter Thiel in the exhibition space of the Bayeux tapestry earlier this month, the Guardian understands.
Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas
Nationwide research also shows average 14% premium for housing in national landscapes of England and Wales
Centre for Economics and Business Research calculates effect of inflation and wage stagnation to end of 2027
Project in Zambia shows how teaching young women to negotiate better can have a long-term impact on their prospects
Deal that will reportedly see US take control of 65bn barrels of Venezuelan oil has provoked outrage in her country
Germany-based financial services company Allianz is considering a £5bn takeover swoop for AA, the breakdown recovery group, Sky News has reported.
Not many people get to park their car here – bang in the middle of Heathrow airport, on the taxiway just a stretch of grass away from where a line of passenger planes is coming in to land.
Critics say changes by CMA will allow multinationals to obscure their ownership of vet practices
Mark Carney stood before a walnut-veneered lectern, his face drawn tight, as he announced that talks with Canada’s biggest trading partner had collapsed. “Last spring, I warned that America is trying to break us so that…
Hungary’s high-stakes election is beginning to look like an uphill battle for incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. At least that is what the polling shows: Orbán’s party, Fidesz, has been trailing opponent Péter Magya…
In a factory in Gateshead, engineers carefully wind metal wires around iron cores to go in electric motors. Here, workers produce a smaller “pancake motor”, which generates higher torque than conventional versions for s…
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Reform UK denies donor and crypto-billionaire’s global interests in arms and military could present a conflict of interest over its defence spending policy
Editor's Note: At 10 PM Beijing time on August 28, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivered a speech at the Jackson Hole Global Central Bank Symposium, marking his first address at this prominent annual gathering sin…
