International

Europe needs to be fast, selective and aggressive in supporting key tech industries amid US-China trade tensions, the Dutch economic affairs minister said in an interview on Wednesday. Micky Adriaansens ...

Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday outlined changes to search results and new tools for apps developers to promote their products on third-party apps and rival app stores as ...

Tesco (TSCO.L), Britain’s biggest retailer, said this week it would raise store workers’ hourly pay by 9.1 per cent, in a move that reflects the increase in the government-mandated ...

European Central Bank policymakers on Friday lined up in support of an interest rate cut in the coming months as inflation in the eurozone falls faster than they had anticipated. ...

Target (TGT.N) on Tuesday reported higher holiday-quarter earnings on a smaller-than-expected sales decline and predicted that annual comparable sales would come in largely above Wall Street expectations, sending its ...

Microsoft MSFT.O said on Friday that hackers linked to Russia’s foreign intelligence were trying again to break into its systems, using data stolen from corporate emails in January ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) on Friday condemned the Houthi missile attack on the commercial vessel True Confidence, which resulted in the death of three crew members and the injury ...

Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and TikTok owner ByteDance have scrambled over the last six months to comply with landmark EU tech rules that come into force on Thursday, from ...

British house prices rose for a fifth month in a row in February, climbing by 0.4 per cent from January, according to data from mortgage lender Halifax on Thursday that echoed ...

AstraZeneca (AZN.L) plans to invest 650 million pounds ($826.80 million) in Britain to boost research, development and manufacturing of vaccines, the government announced this week as part of Finance Minister Jeremy ...

The European Central Bank kept borrowing costs at record highs on Thursday but took a first, small step towards lowering them, saying inflation was easing faster than it anticipated only ...

Apple (AAPL.O) has been asked to explain why it prevented Fortnite video-game maker Epic Games from launching its own online marketplace on iPhones and iPads in Europe and whether ...

Egypt secured an expanded $8 billion deal on Wednesday with the International Monetary Fund, hours after the central bank unshackled its currency and delivered a 600 basis points rate hike in a ...

Oil prices held steady on Thursday, holding onto overnight gains after upbeat Chinese trade data and after US data showed a smaller-than-expected rise in crude inventories and large draws in ...

Once hurt by crises and deflation, the euro is gaining popularity among central bank reserve managers thanks to a return to positive rates and geopolitics challenging king dollar’s appeal. ...

Israel raised a record $8 billion in its first international bond sale since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, with very high demand even after Moody’s gave Israel its first ever sovereign ...

Gulf retail giant AlShaya Group, which owns the rights to operate Starbucks in the Middle East, plans to lay off over 2,000 people as the business suffers from consumer boycotts linked ...

Global passenger demand increased by 16.6 per cent in January, according to a report released on Wednesday by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), indicating a robust start for the year. “2024 ...

One of Turkey’s mid-sized Mediterranean oil terminals – the Dortyol terminal – will no longer accept Russian imports after receiving record volumes last year, amid an increase in sanctions pressure by ...

Egypt’s central bank said on Wednesday that it had hiked interest rates by 600 basis points at an unscheduled meeting and that it would allow the exchange rate to be ...

Decisions on 60 per cent of corporate loans issued by Russia’s top lender Sberbank (SBER.MM) will be made using artificial intelligence (AI) by the end of this year, CEO ...

British consumer spending slid in February as bad weather kept shoppers at home, according to a survey on Tuesday that showed households remained cautious to spend in the face of ...

American Airlines (AAL.O) on Monday unveiled its biggest plane order since 2011, buying 260 new jets from Airbus (AIR.PA), Boeing (BA.N) and Embraer (EMBR3.SA) as it looks to ...

Britain’s government needs to do a better job of monitoring risks posed by its sales of bonds which have surged after a string of shocks to the economy, a ...