The Bank of England has delayed the implementation of the Basel 3.1 banking rules for a second time, as UK authorities await ...

Hamas seized 250 hostages during its October 7 assault, more than 100 of whom were released during a brief truce in late 2023. A handful of others have been rescued by Israeli forces. Israeli ...

Warner, a well-known chef in his own right, will also cook on the trips but his primary role is maître d’, something he excels at, combining a posh gung-ho-ness with a great sense of humour and a ...

China recorded its third consecutive year of population decline in 2024, despite the country’s first increase in births in almost a decade in a year traditionally regarded as auspicious.

Israel has confirmed that a ceasefire deal in Gaza has been reached after a last-minute crisis in talks with Hamas was resolved, with Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet set to vote on the agreement on ...

Rio Tinto and Glencore held talks last year about combining part or all of their businesses, in an indication of how the push ...

Luckily, as keen readers will recall, our heuristic that sterling’s broad effective exchange rate can be proxied to a 60:40 mix of euros and dollars continues to deliver with stunningly high levels of ...

US activist investor Engine Capital is calling for UK-listed Smiths Group to follow other conglomerates and explore the break-up of a multinational with products and services spanning aerospace, ...

Artificial intelligence start-up Shield AI will nearly double its valuation to $5bn in a new fundraising round, as investors race to fund defence technology groups producing cutting-edge military ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. British retail sales unexpectedly contracted in December, confounding analysts and adding to concerns over the ...

Waymo’s acceleration was all the more striking in a year that saw General Motors shut its Cruise robotaxi unit after pouring ...

Britain has been at the forefront of western countries offering military support for Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale ...