International

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the primary European Union regulator and supervisor, has launched the collection of data from national authorities and officially appointed mechanisms today. This initiative ...

Meta has discontinued an AI feature launched last ​week that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts, ‌after drawing widespread criticism over privacy concerns, including from a Hollywood ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the financial markets regulator and supervisor for the European Union, has published the annual market capitalisation and market capitalisation ratios for all EU ...

Researchers are developing new ways to measure progress that go beyond economic growth, helping policymakers create happier, healthier and more sustainable societies. By Alison Jones For decades, economic growth has ...

By Maria Demertzis The familiar debate asks whether AI will destroy jobs or create new ones. While we await the outcome, the most alarming labour-market effect of artificial intelligence so ...

Aviation lawyer Amanda Applegate skipped ​her annual vacation last month as a surge of wealth from AI startups and SpaceX (SPCX.O) sent a wave of tech investors shopping for ...

The cryptocurrency industry is starting to prepare for the threat of quantum computing as recent advances fuel concerns that the technology could soon be able to crack the cryptography that ...

Amazon (AMZN.O) expects to roll out initial internet service with its Leo broadband satellite ​network later this year after the company’s latest launch put the orbiting constellation’s ...

Seasonally adjusted services production rose by 0.7 per cent in the euro area and 0.3 per cent in the European Union during April 2026, according to Eurostat. This increase follows growth recorded in ...

Apple (AAPL.O) plans to spend more than $30 ​billion under a multi-year chip supply deal with Broadcom, bolstering ‌its US sourcing as President Donald Trump’s administration pushes to expand ...

Activity in Britain’s dominant services sector contracted for a second month running in June and by the most since early 2023 as the fallout from the Iran ​war continued to ...

The Bank of England said this week that artificial intelligence poses a growing threat to financial stability, as investors bet heavily it will prove ​a success while the technology increases ...

OpenAI has publicly launched GPT-5.6, its most advanced AI model, following a delay last month prompted by US government requests over heightened national security concerns about the potential misuse of ...

Renault Group (RENA.PA) is achieving better margins on its compact electric R5 than ​larger models like the Megane or Scenic, ‌CEO Francois Provost told French business daily Les Echos ...

Britain’s construction sector contracted sharply again in June, though the downturn eased ​slightly from May’s six-year low as commercial ‌building weakened less, a business survey showed this week. ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced this week a downward revision of its 2026 global economic growth forecast compared to its April projections, citing the ongoing war in Iran. The fund ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a public consultation, active until August 12, 2026, to gather feedback on proposed revisions to the Disclosures Delegated Act (DDA) under the European ...

British low-cost airline easyJet accepted an improved takeover proposal from US private equity firm Apollo on Friday, triggering a bidding battle after the new £5.7 billion offer surpassed a rival proposal ...

Most tankers stranded in the Persian Gulf since the Iran conflict began have now left, but the vessels needed to keep the region’s oil exports moving are not returning.  ...

The European Commission announced on Friday that it has reached a preliminary finding that Meta is in breach of the Digital Services Act due to the addictive design of its ...

Greek lender Alpha Bank has expanded its partnership with AI voice technology company ElevenLabs, introducing a new artificial intelligence-powered voice assistant designed to make customer service more natural, faster and ...

PepsiCo (PEP.O) beat Wall Street estimates for ​second-quarter revenue on Thursday, as the beverage giant ‌benefited from resilient demand for zero-sugar sodas in some of its key markets. The ...

Russia hopes by mid-July to have a commercial logistics hub up and running in one of two berths at the naval base it leases in the Syrian port of Tartous, ...

Global share and bond markets and oil prices steadied on Thursday after the week’s ​reignition of Middle East hostilities and heavy selling of AI chipmakers. Oil prices dipped for ...