Scotland’s first female leader was one of its most popular politicians, yet her independence policy also made her one of the most polarising ...

Part theatre, part gig, Abigail and Shaun Bengson’s Edinburgh Fringe show is endearingly messy ...

Build-your-own-bowl fast casual restaurants were among the top performing US stocks of 2024. Now, they have wilted amid renewed price competition from fast food operators such as McDonald's, at one ...

Stanford researchers use electrodes and artificial intelligence to help people whose paralysis prevents physical speech ...

Stewart Wingate calls on ministers to bring forward expansion approval after minimal rise in passenger numbers ...

Artificial intelligence start-up Cohere has raised $500mn, and hired former executives from Uber and Meta, as it positions itself as a more secure alternative to rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic ...

Daniel Loeb has won a shareholder vote on a plan to turn his London-listed company into a Cayman Islands-based reinsurer, handing the billionaire victory in a fight against some investors who had ...

Klarna reported a wider net loss in the second quarter as the buy now, pay later company gears up for its long-awaited New ...

Conglomerate says the $23bn transaction is taking much longer than expected as it tries to win Beijing’s approval ...

Immersive art transcends the traditional. It demands active involvement rather than passive observation. Yet it has faced heavy criticism from the arts world — dismissed as superficial spectacle or ...

Also in today’s newsletter, investors are concerned about the president’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

Pharma group seeks to address US complaints about ‘foreign freeloaders’ who rely on Americans to pay more for medicines ...