On Monday the European Central Bank will switch on Pontes, its new system for making digital euros available to banks by ...

Although Novo still leads in oral weight-loss pills, a small but fast-growing slice of the market, Lilly’s broader pipeline ...

The price of Brent crude rose to $90 a barrel, from $88 on Friday, after America struck two Iranian rocket launchers. It is ...

The governor of Moscow oblast said that Ukraine had launched a massive drone attack on the region. Andrei Vorobyev said that ...

Even adjusting for the inflation of recent years, rich-world house prices are only 4% off their all-time high. True, a few ...

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Democrats in Alaska hope personal appeal, idiosyncratic politics and presidential missteps will win a crucial seat ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor, called regional elections a “disaster” for his Christian Democrat Union. Exit polls ...

NATO said the agreement between America and Denmark over Greenland would “help advance security, stability and co-operation” ...

Donald Trump has eased some crises since last year’s UNGA, most recently through his deal with Denmark over Greenland. But the war in Gaza remains unsolved and the one in Ukraine is escalating.

Until recently many South Africans would have named Siya Kolisi, the captain of the Springboks rugby team, or Trevor Noah, a ...

Warren Buffett stepped down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, his sprawling conglomerate. The 96-year-old investment guru ...