Global stocks rallied on Wednesday after Donald Trump said he had no plans to fire Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell, easing worries about the independence of the US central bank that had rocked ...

Overshoot of £15bn puts pressure on Rachel Reeves to raise taxes as PMI figures indicate falling private sector confidence ...

Colombia’s former foreign minister has accused the country’s leftist president Gustavo Petro of being a drug addict, saying he realised this when the president went missing for two days during an ...

Sheinbaum is also battling to convince US President Donald Trump that she is doing enough to dismantle organised crime. He has said that Mexico’s government has an “intolerable alliance” with drug ...

Toshiba Europe researchers have used so-called quantum key distribution (QKD) cryptography to transfer messages over traditional communication systems in a way that would be safe from hackers.

Childhood exposure to a gut microbe toxin could explain the alarming global rise in bowel cancer among younger people, according to a new international study. The chemical colibactin produced by some ...

The EU has imposed limited fines on Apple and Facebook owner Meta under its Digital Markets Act, as Brussels seeks to avoid escalating tensions with US President Donald Trump.

A component levy on foreign-made semiconductors would function as a major tax increase on electronics sold in America ...

A growing number of Americans hope that Pope Francis’s death will mark a decisive conservative shift for the papacy ...

Vladimir Putin has offered to halt his invasion of Ukraine across the current front line as part of efforts to reach a peace ...

Sweeping funding cuts threaten to undermine the innovation that has been a central part of US economic strength for decades ...

Investment vehicle backed by son of commerce secretary comes as US adopts more favourable policy on digital currency ...