International

British lenders expect to see demand for mortgages level off in the months ahead after they reported an increase in early 2025, a Bank of England survey has shown. The measure ...

OpenAI has launched its new AI model GPT-4.1, along with smaller versions GPT-4.1 mini and GPT-4.1 nano, touting major improvements in coding, instruction following, and long context comprehension. The new ...

Apple (AAPL.O) took the top spot for global smartphone sales in the first quarter on the back of the iPhone 16e’s launch and strong demand in countries such ...

A steep drop in crude oil prices largely due to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs will squeeze budgets of emerging market oil exporters, analysts said, while the potential economic ...

Nvidia has said that it is planning to build AI servers worth as much as $500 billion in the US over the next four years with help from partners such as ...

Meta Platforms (META.O) said this week it would use interactions that users have with its AI, as well as public posts and comments shared by adults across its platforms, ...

South Korea announced this week an increase in its support package for the country’s vital semiconductor industry to 33 trillion won ($23.25 billion), up about a quarter from a 26 trillion won ...

Asking prices for housing on sale in Britain this month are 1.3 per cent higher than a year earlier, despite the end of a tax break, pushing the average price above ...

The Russian rouble strengthened past 81 to the US dollar, supported by rising oil prices, reaching its highest level since June 28, 2024. At 0900 GMT the rouble was up 1.5 per cent 80.90 to the ...

Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google illegally dominates two markets for online advertising technology, a judge ruled on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for ...

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) this week concluded the latest round of minimum wage negotiations for able seafarers, following a meeting of the Joint Maritime Commission’s (JMC) Subcommittee on ...

The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time in a year on Thursday, looking to prop up an already struggling euro zone economy that will take a ...

Britain’s labour market weakened before this month’s tax hike on employers, data showed on Tuesday, but wage growth remained strong, complicating the job for the Bank of England ...

Turkey’s central bank posted a loss of 700.4 billion lira ($18.4 billion) in 2024, according to its balance sheet published in the Official Gazette this week. In 2023, the bank had posted a ...

Turkey recorded a budget shortfall of 261.5 billion lira (approximately $6.87 billion) in March, according to a statement released by the Treasury and Finance Ministry on Tuesday. The ministry also reported a ...

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has welcomed a series of landmark updates to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), following an intense week of negotiations at the International Labour Organisation (...

Britain’s biggest companies adopted their most defensive stance since early 2020 in the run-up US President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariff announcements and focused on boosting cashflow, cutting costs and ...

Oil prices rose 1 per cent on Monday after US exclusions on some tariffs and Chinese data showing a sharp rebound in crude imports in March, but gains were capped by ...

An escalating global tariff war could provide challenges for the emerging data centre sector and cause slower growth, Laura Cozzi, the International Energy Agency (IEA) Director of Technology told Reuters. ...

At a scary moment when almost no place in global markets looks safe, Germany’s recently rocky government bonds may be one of the few true havens left. A week ...

Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW) sees Japan as a big opportunity for growing its electric vehicle business and hopes to agree on partnerships with Japanese companies as soon as possible, an ...

Global shipments of personal computers rose 9.4 per cent in the first quarter of this year as PC makers boosted consignments to the United States in anticipation of President Donald Trump’...

Norway’s $1.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, will remain calm in the face of turbulent times, upholding a long-term investment strategy that is widely agreed upon, the ...

Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) this week unveiled its seventh-generation artificial intelligence chip named Ironwood, which the company said is designed to speed the performance of AI applications. The Ironwood processor ...