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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has revealed that hackers behind a record-breaking $6.3 billion theft used fake job interviews, malicious software and…
Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente has resigned, six days after a devastating high-speed train collision that killed at least 69…
Thousands of employees could face redundancy as the UK telecoms provider confronts mounting debt, intensifying competition and uncertainty over its…
Stricter affordability checks are now in place for Buy Now, Pay Later services in the UK, meaning shoppers could find…
The budget airline warns that ticket prices could climb by double digits next summer as the US-Israel war with Iran…
Chancellor John Healey has announced the government’s tax and spending plans in the 2026 Budget, the first since Andy Burnham…
Passengers aboard the luxury residential cruise ship Villa Vie Odyssey have been left stranded in Cambodia after its operator suspended…
California voters are preparing to decide whether the state’s billionaires should pay a one-time tax on their fortunes to help…
Apple has acknowledged screen problems affecting a small number of its newly launched iPhone Duo foldable smartphones, offering replacements to…
French football superstar Kylian Mbappé is facing a growing backlash in China after remarks about the late Chinese leader Mao…
The White House has announced that the United States will remove tariffs on certain Canadian goods beginning October 30, offering…
The UK could have built a sovereign wealth fund worth around £1 trillion if revenues from North Sea oil and…
Businesses, governments and website operators worldwide are racing to secure their systems after critical vulnerabilities were discovered in PHP, a…
A high-level meeting with Myanmar’s leader, the easing of some sanctions and growing interest in the country’s mineral resources point…
The UK government borrowed £97.8bn in the six months to September 2026, highlighting the continuing pressure on public finances as…
A British civil servant accused of fraudulently earning more than £284,000 by holding multiple public-sector jobs simultaneously has admitted making…
Elon Musk is exploring a potential merger between Tesla and SpaceX, a move that could unite two of his largest…
The United States has expanded its criminal case against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by…
Venezuela expects to attract nearly $76 billion in investment into its oil and gas industry over the next five years…
Copper traders are becoming increasingly cautious about the metal’s powerful rally as uncertainty persists over whether US President Donald Trump…
Semiconductor stocks lead a market recovery after the Nasdaq 100 recorded its steepest weekly decline since the April 2025 tariff…
A sharp decline in CoreWeave’s bonds is raising fresh questions about the financial sustainability of the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom,…
U.S. President Donald Trump has waived key Russia-related sanctions and tariffs shortly before they were due to take effect under…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported record net income of NT$763.06 billion for the third quarter of 2026, as strong…
ASML Holding NV reported record quarterly net sales of €11.7 billion for the third quarter of 2026, alongside net income…
A British Airways flight bound for Faro, Portugal, returned to London Gatwick Airport on Tuesday after experiencing a minor technical…
Icon, an Austin-based construction technology company specializing in 3D-printed homes, has secured $200 million in Series D funding co-led by…
US President Donald Trump is facing mounting criticism from lawmakers and international allies over a proposed deal to import diesel…
Employees of Aberdeen-based engineering company Wood Group have had personal and financial information exposed in a cyberattack, prompting the company…
Diesel prices could remain elevated through 2027 as constrained refinery capacity struggles to keep pace with recovering demand and efforts…
U.S. Treasury yields moved lower Tuesday after the 10-year and 30-year rates climbed to their highest levels in more than…
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda gave investors little reason Tuesday to expect an immediate interest-rate increase at the central…
Emerging-market assets extended their gains Tuesday as falling US Treasury yields, a weaker dollar and steadier oil prices improved sentiment…
McDonald’s US franchisees are raising concerns about a multiyear plan to overhaul restaurants and improve the menu after learning that…
The yield on the 30-year US Treasury bond could climb to 6% as early as this month, according to BMO…
Freight forwarding firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide has agreed to acquire truck brokerage company RXO in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at…
Oil prices jumped more than 4% on Thursday as concerns over tightening fuel supplies intensified following reports that China had…
Accenture shares surged more than 15% Thursday after the consulting and IT services company reported stronger-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter results and…
The U.S. labor market showed signs of slowing in September, but analysts say the employment picture remains relatively stable as…
The U.S. labor market weakened noticeably in September, with employers adding just 29,000 jobs as the unemployment rate climbed to…
Investment firms Petersen Energia and Eton Park have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a $16.1 billion judgment against…
South Korea’s planned $200 billion investment in U.S. energy projects is not yet fully committed, with Seoul saying participation in…
Nike is scheduled to release its fiscal 2027 first-quarter results on Oct. 1, with analysts expecting declines in both revenue…
Micron Technology delivered stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, as surging demand for memory chips used in artificial intelligence infrastructure continues…
Georgina and Charles Barnes had waited three years to buy their first home. But just days after collecting the keys…
US President Donald Trump has disclosed more than 1,000 stock transactions carried out on his behalf in July, including trades…
The heads of OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face have called for greater international cooperation on artificial intelligence, warning the United…
The Torcal SUV will be built on a brand-new production line at the site, which has been the luxury carmaker’s…
What if you could order your favourite meal, watch a delivery rider approach your home and enjoy the excitement of…
An AI agent developed by OpenAI breached an Australian government website in June, accessing public and non-public files on a…
Residents of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky are facing severe shortages of food, water and medical care, with some…
A US federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore White House press access for CNN, MS NOW,…
Personal possessions of late actress Brigitte Bardot – from Repetto ballet flats and diamond rings to her copy of the…
Google has been fined €403m (£345m) by the Republic of Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) over its handling of location…
The UK should “team up” with a proposed economic alliance between Canada and Europe, Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has…
Top US and Chinese officials have discussed creating a new “notification mechanism” for AI incidents that could affect national security,…
This week, the board of Tata Sons – one of India’s oldest conglomerates and owner of iconic British brands such…
Google’s AI model Gemini autonomously hacked into three companies during a test of its cyber-security capabilities, the company has said,…
An air traffic control failure that sparked widespread travel chaos earlier this month was caused by a “software defect”affectingthe system…
Freddo the robot walks across the office and takes a plastic bottled offered by a staff member. Given that a…
Japan’s central bank has raised its main interest rate to a fresh 31-year high as it continues to move away…
An industrial nightmare was brewing south of Los Angeles. In late May, a chemical storage tank with more than 7,000…
Rises in petrol, diesel and airfares pushed UK inflation up to its highest level in five months in the year…
US President Donald Trump has said he would love to see a united Ireland while at a meeting with the…
“OH MY GOD!” “We’ve found other agents!” This is the moment an AI bot posted an eerily human-like comment after…
Google will buy up to half the electricity produced by one of Finland’s nuclear power plants as part of a…
Twenty-five people have been killed in a fire on a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked at a port in eastern China,…
A pilot onboard an Amazon cargo plane that crashed in Miami, Florida, on Sunday noted it was going too fast…
The price of oil has jumped to $105 a barrel amid signs the conflict in the Middle East will not…
Fifteen years ago there was almost no market for avocados in India, remembers Madhu Bopaiah. Ripe fruit would fall off…
Singapore’s government says it will raise the annual salaries of its ministers and other office holders, including its prime minister…
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on a range of US goods came into effect on Tuesday, with no sign of a trade…
China is pumping tens of billions of dollars into eight state-owned banks and insurance companies to help shore up the…
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to cut 4,000 jobs as the carmaker struggles with Chinese competition, US tariffs, and the…
ByteDance has raised $29.6 billion from nearly 30 banks as the TikTok owner increases spending on artificial intelligence and overseas…
As the country sweltered through one of the many heatwaves of a baking summer in late June, towering thunderclouds were…
Drivers in the US are paying more than ever for diesel at the pump as the US-Israel war with Iran…
High prices have turned Americans against the economy, and they’re starting to unleash real consequences for Washington and the financial…
Nothing is more important to Tesla than its ambitious plan for self-driving “robotaxis.” But even as it hosts an event for…
Donald Trump’s portrait has made its way on to a US coin – the latest move by the president to…
It is not just the wildfire burning in the bond markets, with many countries facing interest rates at multi-decade highs.…
The effective interest rate on borrowing over 10 years rose to 4.79%, its highest level since January 2025, as oil…
Jurors in the trial of Lindsay Clancy are deadlocked after three days of deliberations, but a judge has asked them…
A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany, close to Ukrainian cargo planes, on…
The US and Canada appear no closer to resolving their ongoing trade dispute. Tensions have been simmering between the two…
For Elizabeth Cardner, a mother of two girls in Houston, Texas, Meta’s new limits on how teenagers can use its…
India, the world’s largest consumer of sugar, is trying to avoid a bittersweet festive season. Sugar prices have jumped nearly…
The late owner of streaming platform OnlyFans was paid more than $700m (£513m) in dividends before his death from cancer…
Minimalistic door handles became a signature feature of electric vehicles (EVs), but the controversial designs are now at the centre…
About 70% of Canada’s exported goods go to the US. So what leverage does it have in this spiralling trade…
The fear of hacking has made some people turn to other forms of technology ignored by new generations of cyber…
The number of graduate jobs has fallen almost in half in the past year, according to new figures, as employers…
The US treasury secretary has threated Iran with “the single greatest financial offensive ever”, claiming the US-Israel war with Iran…
When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit working for the Royal Family in 2020 and moved to California, they…
For passenger rail travel, the north of England was the future, once. But since that first train from Darlington to…
Jamie and Jools Oliver have paid themselves a £1.5m dividend – more than 40% down on last year – after profits at…
The founder of Evergrande, the property giant at the centre of China’s housing market slump, has been sentenced to life…
The boss of Travelodge has resigned after a backlash over security failings at the hotel chain, including a case where…
As the US national debt climbed past $40tn for the first time on Wednesday, and the war with Iran that Donald Trump started nearly six months…
In 2024, Constance Soule got a surprise from her landlord: a “notice of termination” that gave her 10 days to…
Paramount wants the states that are suing over the Warner Bros. Discovery deal to post a $1.9 billion bond. The…
OpenAI is rolling out a new “ChatGPT for Teens” experience that it says will provide additional safety protections for teen…
ABC has sued the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), arguing that it is being retaliated against for content-based reasons in a…
For a second time, the US Supreme Court has declined President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a federal civil jury…
Meta has been hit with successive losses in court over how its platforms have targeted and harmed young users, but…
Ferrari’s first-ever electric car has fetched $40m (£29.5m) in a charity sale, setting a record for a new vehicle sold…
The price of oil has fallen sharply on hopes that a pause in attacks between the US and Iran could…
San Diego Comic-Con is not going anywhere until at least 2030. Mayor Todd Gloria announced the new agreement on July…
The Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, Mike Collins, who has been plagued by a string of controversies in his time in…
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC will invest another $100bn (£74bn) in Arizona as it expands its production in the US, a move…
SpaceX investors have swung from celebration to apparent concern in its first month as a publicly traded company. When shares…
Marvel Studios came back to San Diego Comic-Con in a big way. After skipping Hall H in 2025, the studio…
For months, policymakers, businesses and trade watchers in Washington had been bracing for a turbulent spring and summer around the future…
The US Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire a governor of the US central bank, in…
The US Supreme Court will not hear an appeal requested by President Donald Trump to review the civil case that…
The outbreak of the US-Israel war with Iran in February caused shockwaves across the global economy. The region plays a…
Jio Platforms, the telecom unit of billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, has announced what analysts say could be one of…
The UK economy has taken a 6% hit from the effects of Brexit, according to economists’ analysis of internal Bank…
Oil prices have fallen and shares risen after the US and Iran said they had agreed a framework deal to…
The US has added several major firms from China, including e-commerce giant Alibaba and electric car maker BYD, to a list…
Global stock markets have fallen after a sharp sell-off in technology shares led to some bruising falls in Asia. South…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s party has won a crucial election billed as being key in deciding whether the country…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has released a suggested share price ahead of its planned listing, which would make it the largest…
Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry says he has signed an endorsement deal with Chinese sportswear giant Li-Ning. The 38-year-old…
Italy’s highest court has ruled a five-star Dolomites hotel was acting lawfully when it refused to provide tap water to…
Beijing has confirmed that US President Donald Trump will travel to China this week to meet Xi Jinping. The visit,…
Two Crayola craft boxes for children have been withdrawn and a recall issued over concerns sand in the kits may…
Spirit Airlines is shutting down as a business after failing to secure a $500m (£368m) bailout from the Trump administration.…
The bitter feud between Elon Musk and OpenAI boss Sam Altman has raged for years, but has mostly played out…
BP’s profits for the first three months of the year have more than doubled following a surge in oil prices…
On a bright Tehran spring day, Sanaei Ghaznavi street, with its mix of shops selling groceries and household goods alongside…
German airline Lufthansa will cut 20,000 short-haul flights over the summer, saying soaring fuel prices have made many journeys “unprofitable”…
The warning from the International Monetary Fund is as stark as it is familiar: the global economy is once again…
The Strait of Hormuz has become a major flashpoint in the ongoing conflict involving Iran, after tensions escalated following attacks…
Oil prices briefly dipped below $100 per barrel on Wednesday, while global stock markets rallied after Donald Trump said the…
The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, has decided to hold interest rates steady at 3.5%–3.75% as rising oil prices…
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has declared a national energy emergency, warning of deepening pressure on the country’s fuel supply as…
Ishu Gariya left India to work as a baker in Germany’s Black Forest, joining a growing wave of young Indian…
The United States is weighing whether to lift sanctions on Iranian oil — a move that would represent a dramatic…
Energy markets went into shock on Thursday after Iranian strikes hit Qatar’s main liquefied natural gas facility at Ras Laffan…
The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, has decided to hold interest rates steady at 3.5%–3.75% as rising oil prices…
President Donald Trump has said he wants to push back a planned trip to China by about a month, citing…
Regional mayors could soon have direct control over a slice of national tax revenue, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced —…
British holidaymakers are pulling out of Easter trips to Dubai and rebooking elsewhere, all because of the war in neighbouring…
Judge James Boasberg said prosecutors failed to show grounds for demanding information from the central bank. Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro said…
The Bank of England has announced plans to redesign its banknotes, a move that will eventually remove several famous historical…
Penthouses have long been seen as the ultimate symbol of luxury living. Sitting at the very top of skyscrapers, they…
Thousands of sailors are currently stranded on ships in the Gulf region as tensions rise around the Strait of Hormuz,…
Netflix has officially announced a sequel to the hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters, which has become the streaming platform’s…
Rumblings from high-level talks reveal the International Energy Agency (IEA) is inching toward a bold stroke: recommending a colossal, collective…
Sun-drenched Paphos balcony, Mediterranean breeze whipping ties—Emmanuel Macron drops the anchor: nearly a dozen French warships surge east, Charles de…
Monday’s trading session in global oil markets read like a thriller script gone haywire: prices exploded upward, propelled by the…
Tokyo’s Marunouchi trading floor, midnight caffeine apocalypse—screens hemorrhage red as Brent claws $85 (+1.8%), Nikkei craters 2.3% (third day gutted).…
Inflation fears are rising again as higher energy prices and new trade tariffs threaten to push up the cost of…
Picture Ellon High Street, Aberdeenshire dusk—neon “Punk IPA” sign darkens forever as padlocks snap on shuttered Brewdog bars, 38 ghosts…
Picture a gray Detroit dawn, fluorescent-lit supplier office, forklift drivers chain-smoking out back as CEO Gary slams his CNBC feed:…
Picture a rainy Tuesday in Stuttgart, Porsche engineers nursing vending-machine coffees, grumbling over Brussels’ latest edict: “Made in EU” rules…
Picture sipping overpriced flat whites in a Kreuzberg café, Berlin buzzing with bleary-eyed commuters scanning headlines: “Inflation at 2.6%—worse than…
Ever watched a trading floor turn from champagne cheers to collective gut-punch silence? That’s Tuesday’s bloodbath as Iran’s Persian Gulf…
Picture this: Saturday dawn in Abu Dhabi, sky streaking pink, when unmanned shadows zip in—boom!—two gleaming AWS data centers erupt…
Imagine the stale hum of Doha’s Hamad International, air thick with unwashed socks, baby cries, and that faint tang of…
Oil and gas markets moved sharply higher as Iran continued to carry out strikes across the Middle East, escalating its…
LVMH slammed shut its Russian retail palaces—LV trunks locked, Dior frocks fled post-Ukraine blitz—but peek inside St. Petersburg’s Cheval Blanc:…
California’s flexing antitrust muscle, slamming brakes on Paramount-Warner Bros’ blockbuster merger—the Golden State’s now prime deal-killer, fretting labor crush in…
Cuba’s coast guard just turned the Florida Straits into a battlefield again, gunning down four exiles and wounding six more…
Ocado Group has announced plans to cut around 1,000 jobs over the next year, representing roughly 5% of its global…
Nearly 8,000 souls vanished into migration’s maw in 2025—7,938 confirmed dead or missing, IOM tallies—but that’s iceberg tip, officials grimly…
“People are getting poorer”—that’s the grim whisper echoing from Tehran kitchens to Isfahan alleys, as Iran’s economy claws through its…
The founder of global fast-fashion giant Shein stepped into the public spotlight on Tuesday in a rare appearance, using the…
EU countries finally rubber-stamped a gutted Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the big swing at making mega-firms own their…
Air India’s hitting turbulence—technical hiccups like fuel leaks and engine gremlins surged to a 14-month high in January, per internal…
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic on Tuesday introduced a new slate of tools aimed squarely at enterprise customers, announcing 10 new…
Dominion Energy said on Monday it expects annual earnings to fall short of Wall Street forecasts, even as the utility…
Bank of America is rolling out a new art consulting service aimed at its wealthiest clients, responding to growing demand…
A co-founder of online fashion retailer Asos has died after falling from a high-rise apartment building in Thailand, according to…
IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, has signed a management agreement with JADEER GROUP to…
From a trade perspective, 2026 is likely to go down in history as an epochal year for India. Before March…
UK inflation fell to 3% in January, down from 3.4% in December, driven by lower prices for food, fuel and…
Defence contractor BAE Systems has reported record financial results for 2025 as strike action continues at its Lancashire sites over…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said there is “more to do” after the UK economy recorded a sluggish end to 2025.…
A Disney advert featuring what regulators described as a “menacing” and disturbing image has been banned after complaints that it…
US job growth rebounded in January, easing concerns after the weakest year for employment gains since the Covid-19 pandemic. Employers…
The United States is recalibrating its engagement with Africa around an investment-first strategy as competition for economic and geopolitical influence…
New York —Amazon is laying off 16,000 employees, marking its second major round of job cuts in three months as…
Guyana’s opposition lawmakers chose businessman Azruddin Mohamed as their new leader on Monday, even as he faces extradition to the…
Trump and Carney pictured in June at the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Canada. US President Donald Trump threatened…
One year after Donald Trump returned to the White House, American voters say his promise to quickly improve the economy…
The Simon Joseph Scholarship for Finance Students will provide a one-time financial award to an undergraduate student who demonstrates strong…
Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has sued Musk’s xAI, claiming the company’s AI chatbot…
US President Donald Trump has implemented tariffs on imports from countries worldwide, aiming to strengthen American manufacturing, create jobs, and…
A highly rare copy of Action Comics No 1 — the 1938 publication that first introduced Superman — has been…
Severe snowfall and icy conditions have caused major disruption across Europe, leaving at least six people dead and forcing the…
A highly organised group of criminals has stolen gold, jewellery and cash from a German bank in a carefully planned…
Vietnamese-American astronaut and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen has revealed she suffered depression after facing what she described as a…
Since Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December 2024, more than half a million Syrians have left Turkey, where many had…
Alex Scrimgeour, CEO of Everyman Media Group, has resigned with immediate effect, less than three weeks after the company issued…
Rising living costs, limited job opportunities, and stretched paychecks are driving increasing numbers of young Britons to seek work overseas.…
Do you remember Elon Musk’s massive 2018 pay package, which was valued at $56 billion back then? On Friday, the…
The US just announced it’s selling about $11 billion worth of weapons to Taiwan. This is a huge deal. It’s…
The U.S. has ramped up its air strikes in Somalia. Since President Trump returned to office, there have been 111…
Nike investors are watching closely. This Thursday, they want to see if Nike is really bouncing back, as the company…
Antitrust Experts Question Netflix’s Main Point Netflix wants to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for a huge $72 billion, saying it…
Canadian provinces are facing an unusual dilemma: what to do with millions of dollars’ worth of U.S. liquor…
It’s hard for startups in Africa to get early funding, and even harder to see a return. Still, Olu…
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