Chief says industrial group is ‘very much feeling the weak market environment’ despite higher defence spending ...

EG Group has agreed a roughly £530mn deal to sell its Australian business in its second disposal in a matter of days, as the petrol forecourt group moves to cut debt ahead of a possible stock market ...

A witty portrayal of surrogacy that confronts the injustices of class and gender imbalances in Japanese society ...

US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has said that Japan’s central bank is falling “behind the curve” on inflation and will ...

Wildfires have spread dangerously close to capital cities including Madrid, Athens and Podgorica in the past week, as data ...

A top Federal Reserve official has warned rate-setters against “lurching” towards new cuts before inflation is fully under ...

Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has delayed the release of its new model after failing to train it using Huawei’s chips, highlighting the limits of Beijing’s push to replace US ...

The remote Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands will make sporting history on Thursday evening when it plays its first ...

In 2023, Japan announced that it would, over five years, raise the defence budget to about 2 per cent of GDP. This change, ...

Also in today’s newsletter, South Korea’s former first lady in solitary confinement, and PwC’s staff attendance dashboard ...

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will discuss “bilateral economic co-operation” as well as the war in Ukraine and global security issues at their summit in Alaska on Friday, the Kremlin said.

Peter Thiel-backed cryptocurrency exchange Bullish surged more than 170 per cent on its market debut after an upsized initial ...