International

Barclays’ (BARC.L) first-half profit rose by a better-than-expected 23 per cent, the British bank said on Tuesday, as its markets business reaped bumper returns from the frenzied trading activity sparked ...

Dubai International Airport (DXB), the world’s busiest air travel hub, attracted a record 46 million passengers in the first six months of 2025, up 2.3 per cent from a year earlier, as ...

Shares in Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) eked out small gains on Tuesday, following a sharp rally the previous day after the South Korean technology company clinched a $16.5 billion deal to supply ...

Microsoft (MSFT.O) investors head into Wednesday’s earnings with one big question: is the company’s artificial intelligence edge at risk as partner OpenAI turns to rivals Google, Oracle ...

British shop prices rose by the most in more than a year in the 12 months to July and food prices grew more strongly, according to a survey that adds to ...

There are strong echoes of Donald Trump’s failed trade deal with China from his first term as US president in the framework agreement reached with the European Union. Trump ...

The Bank of England is expected to soon slow the pace at which it shrinks its 558 billion-pound ($754 billion) holdings of government bonds, and economists hope next week will shed some ...

Half of Greeks are cancelling or postponing holidays because of financial pressures as summer spending rises and savings shrink, according to fintech app Plum. The findings are based on a ...

Dutch brewer Heineken (HEIN.AS) welcomed a trade deal between the European Union and the United States and said on Monday that it was weighing all options to deal with ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) and its CEO Elon Musk are walking an increasingly difficult tightrope as the company navigates declining electric vehicle sales and an autonomous driving business that has yet ...

To achieve better and longer lasting batteries for electric vehicles, EU-funded researchers are developing technology that enables batteries to quickly detect damage and repair themselves. By Anthony King Batteries are ...

Growing use of artificial intelligence in advertising is expected to boost the global entertainment and media industry’s revenue to $3.5 trillion by 2029, according to PwC. The industry is projected to ...

One in four tech startups in Germany is considering leaving the country due to concerns that an economic slowdown in Europe’s largest economy was weighing on prospects for securing ...

This holiday season, US parents may have to make an extra pit stop – not for toys, but for the batteries that power them, as manufacturers pare down on frills and ...

Some of the world’s top tech firms, including US search giant Alphabet, South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix and Indian IT services provider Infosys, have provided upbeat guidance in their ...

OpenAI and Oracle (ORCL.N) will develop another 4.5 gigawatts of data center capacity, expanding a tie-up that has promised hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure investment to keep the ...

British consumer sentiment had a marked fall for the first time in nearly three years last month, reflecting increased worries about job security, a Deloitte survey showed this week. Deloitte ...

German business activity continued to grow marginally in July, though at a slightly slower pace than in June, as manufacturing output expanded for a fifth consecutive month and services activity ...

General Motors’ (GM.N) second-quarter earnings took a $1.1 billion hit from tariffs, but the automaker still beat analyst expectations for the period, supported by strong sales of its core gasoline ...

Asking prices for newly advertised British houses and apartments recorded their biggest July fall in more than 20 years this month, property site Rightmove said this week. Prices for property put ...

Alphabet’s Google and OpenAI said their artificial-intelligence models won gold medals at a global mathematics competition, signaling a breakthrough in math capabilities in the race to build systems that ...

Real income per capita declined in both the euro area and the European Union during the first quarter of 2025, according to figures released on Friday by Eurostat. In the euro ...

Eurobank has retained its position as the top asset manager in Greece, according to Maria Koletta, head of sales and assistant general manager at Eurobank Asset Management Mutual Fund Management ...

Eurozone business activity accelerated faster than forecast this month, supported by a solid improvement in the bloc’s dominant services industry and with manufacturing showing further signs of recovery, a ...