International

Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has all but stopped, with only two commodity vessels passing through the waterway on Wednesday, as negotiations over a new transit corridor struggle ...

Eurozone business activity jumped to an eight-month ​high in July as a rebound in services joined a strengthening manufacturing sector, but the ‌uncertain trajectory of the Middle East conflict continued ...

British new car registrations rose nearly 12 per cent in July, marking their best performance since ​2019 as battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales reached another record, ‌industry data showed on Wednesday. EV ...

Britain’s financial regulator said it was simplifying listing rules to make the country’s ​stock market a more attractive place for companies ‌to raise capital, seeking to reverse a ...

Enterprise technology service provider Kyndryl on Wednesday announced the expansion of its distributed cloud capabilities, using Microsoft’s AI-powered adaptive cloud approach. Designed to help customers innovate, modernise and simplify ...

Eight leading maritime associations, including the International Chamber of Shipping headed by Cypriot secretary-general Thomas Kazakos, have urged the United Nations and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to prevent the ...

A widening series of attacks on merchant vessels across the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea and the Black Sea is squeezing energy exports and raising the cost of moving ...

Global air passenger demand fell 1.7 per cent in June compared with a year earlier, as weaker domestic travel in China, the US and Japan combined with continued disruption across the ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has reported that negotiated wage pressures across the euro area remain stable through 2026 and into early 2027, while separate data from Cyprus showed workers’ earnings continued ...

Borrowing costs for businesses across the euro area increased in June while mortgage rates remained broadly stable, according to new figures released by the European Central Bank (ECB), with the ...

Europe’s three financial supervisory authorities have called for stronger governance, enhanced operational resilience and a more consistent supervisory approach to protect the European Union’s financial sector from the ...

Turkey’s inflation slowed slightly more than expected in July, but the war in Iran and the resulting turmoil in energy markets are likely to push the central bank towards ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has reported that euro area money supply growth accelerated in June, while lending to households and businesses remained broadly unchanged, pointing to continued expansion in ...

Temu has denied receiving foreign subsidies that gave it an unfair advantage in Europe, pushing back after the European Commission accused the online retailer of failing to cooperate fully during ...

EasyJet on Monday extended the deadline for suitor ​Castlelake to decide whether to make ‌a firm takeover offer, bringing it into line with the deadline facing Apollo (APO.N) as ...

Adonis Georgiadis used a debate in the Greek parliament at the end of July to explain why he had bought Ray-Ban Meta glasses. “Whoever wants to insult me, spit at ...

Artificial intelligence is not only replacing routine work but also creating a major new demand for verifying its outputs, a trend largely overlooked in industry debate, according to a recent ...

Euro area firms rapidly expanded their use of artificial intelligence in 2025, with around 70 per cent reporting some level of adoption, according to a new European Central Bank (ECB) study based ...

Global large-area OLED display shipments are projected to surge by 18.8 per cent year-on-year to 38.8 million units in 2026, according to new data released by Omdia. The firm’s latest market tracker ...

Organising a holiday is one of the few ways I can turn five days of rest into a part-time administrative position.  I open seventeen browser tabs, compare the same flight ...

Euro area net saving stood broadly unchanged at €902 billion during the four quarters to the first quarter of 2026, according to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) latest quarterly report. This ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) this week unveiled the accessibility features planned for the digital euro app, saying the platform will exceed European Union accessibility standards ahead of pilot testing ...

My television has one job. It plays Netflix while I scroll through my phone and fail to pay proper attention to either screen. Until recently, I thought this was the ...

Family-owned food companies are stocking up on US snack companies, which are warming to the idea of private backers – many of them overseas – that can ​help them weather the storm ...