Sunday, 13 September 2026
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that Russia’s airspace is becoming unsafe for commercial airlines, as Vladimir Putin promised to step up strikes against Ukraine’s energy facilities in the run-up to winter.
Tim Cook has received a $47m (£35m) pay deal as Apple’s executive chair, a remuneration package that nears the level set for his successor as chief executive.
The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady again on Wednesday as new U.S. tariffs and the ongoing war in Iran cloud the central bank’s outlook.
Economist Kenneth Rogoff argues that that the era of dollar dominance may be ending
The UK government does not know what the country’s datacentres are being used for despite fears over the growing environmental impact of the AI boom.
Range Rover has launched its first electric vehicle – a year later than planned – offering a greener option for fans of gargantuan British-made SUVs who are also conscious about the climate crisis.
It is not just the wildfire burning in the bond markets, with many countries facing interest rates at multi-decade highs.
Have you ever wondered why it is that most houses in the UK are reliant on gas boilers? Not what’s stopping more people from replacing them with heat pumps, but instead why and how the gas boiler became so ubiquitous in…
Consumer watchdog Which? set up and accepted payment for fake listing for ‘1 bed apartment in heart of London’
UK government borrowing costs have been rising, with some now at their highest level since 1998 as investors around the world worry about inflation.
Ryanair has warned that air fares in Europe will jump next year if the oil price remains high and that some airlines could go bust.
Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found.
The architect of the UK government’s AI strategy has joined the US startup Anthropic in a senior role a year after stepping down from his Downing Street post.
Speed limit dropped from 60km/h for around 70% of general roads in the hope of making narrow streets of crowded cities safer
The United States and its allies condemned what they said were alleged Iranian plots to kill dissidents, journalists, and members of Jewish communities in Europe, North America, and Australia.
The chancellor, John Healey, must be prepared to raise taxes for middle earners if he wants to fund significantly higher defence spending, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has said.
Thank you, Michael, and thank you to ESMT for the invitation. It is a pleasure to be here for this inauguration and to speak about a topic to which Michael has made an outstanding contribution: how households form expec…
SEC schedules Sept. 17 roundtable to discuss 24-hour stock trading and overnight market expansion.
James Dyson says ‘complete dental system’ will also include toothpaste and mouth rinse that each cost £8.50
On July 16, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed Regulation E-Delivery, a new rule that would make electronic delivery (e-delivery) the default method for delivering regulatory disclosures to…
What you need to know: A new analysis finds that Trump’s pardons of criminals across his two terms have denied nearly $2 billion in victim restitution, forfeitures, and fines.
The US startup behind the Claude chatbot has admitted a series of hacking incidents involving its models reflected a “failure of operational security” and said it has tightened its testing procedures.
US borrowing costs hit a fresh high on Tuesday as renewed strikes in the Middle East pushed up oil prices and heightened concerns over inflation.
Mark Carney has rebuked Donald Trump’s administration and urged officials in Washington to “start being serious” amid escalating trade tensions between the US and Canada.