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Traders are spoiling for a fight over the yen
After historic US-Japan intervention on the currency, the risk of market ructions is again rising...
China poised to lift travel ban on Manus founders
Chief executive Xiao Hong plans to return to Singapore as AI company nears resolution of Meta separation...
Jane Street suffers $15bn loss in July market ructions
Wall Street trading firm has still recorded hefty trading revenues in 2026...
Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday found dead
University’s youngest-ever Black professor had been under scrutiny following plagiarism allegations...
Unhappy voters are suffering from ‘Baumol’s disease’
An analysis of classical music can explain why people feel they are paying more taxes for worse public services...
Luigi Mangione admits shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO
Ivy League graduate pleads guilty in federal case that has become lightning rod for debate about US healthcare system...
Bezos-backed group strikes deal for stake in Liverpool FC
Consortium led by son-in-law of steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal invests at valuation of more than $7bn...
Top French court blocks social media ban for children
Constitutional Council says law is a ‘disproportionate infringement on freedom of expression’...
Everyone but me is getting excited about European equities
It doesn’t matter which index you buy, and that tells you everything you need to know...
Farage’s gamble pays off — but at what cost?
Probe into party leader’s finances resumes with Labour government now leading in the polls...
Investigation into Farage resumes after he wins Clacton by-election
Reform UK leader increases number of votes after mainstream parties shunned poll as stunt...
JPMorgan debanked Polymarket over regulatory concerns
Largest US bank has continued to cultivate ties with prediction platform as it seeks $20bn valuation...
Trump launches tariffs targeting Chinese drone technology
US to impose up to 100% levies on unmanned aircraft and their components...
FBI seized phone of Guggenheim executive in probe of Mark Walter’s business empire
US scrutiny of billionaire’s sprawling finance holdings reached beyond insurers into securities and asset management gia...
US sells 30-year bonds at highest borrowing costs since 2001
Yields have jumped amid concerns over mounting public debt and persistently high inflation...
AI has opened up big holes in cyber security
It is too late to prevent the technology from being used as a damaging weapon, so great investment in defences is urgent...
Nearly 14,000 crypto holders face security risk after data breach
Personal details of people with Trezor hardware wallets stolen by hackers in second ‘cold’ storage attack in two weeks...
Takaichi slams Putin’s visit to disputed Pacific islands
Japan’s prime minister rebukes Russian president’s first-ever trip to Kuril Islands...
Russian ghost fleet tankers use ‘Mad Max’ nets to fend off Ukraine’s drones
Defences on vessels under sanctions aim to protect against Ukraine’s vast maritime drone campaign...
Wall Street giants bet Nvidia’s AI chips will defy the laws of finance
Private capital firms are wagering that the crucial hardware will hold its value for years to come...
Karoline Leavitt to step down as White House press secretary
Donald Trump says chief spokesperson will leave job at the end of the month...
US inflation falls to 3.4% in July
Fallout from Iran war continues to reverberate across economy even as petrol prices decline...
US fires on ship it says violated Iran blockade
Central Command says Panama-flagged vessel ‘ignored repeated warnings’ from American forces...
US judge cites ‘concerning’ irregularities in Adani fraud case
Nicholas Garaufis of Brooklyn federal court points to ‘repeat attempts to resolve this bribery case with monetary offers...
Will failure in Iran reshape how the US fights?
Veterans and voters have punished past administrations for costly wars, but these days many Americans don’t seem to care...
Democratic socialist leads Wisconsin race in new threat to party leadership
Primary victory would pit leftwing gubernatorial candidate against Trump-backed Republican in November midterms...
Humans cannot remain passengers in the back of the AGI car
A sense of fatalistic inevitability about the technology’s evolution is triggering something close to despair...
China tightens grip on Europe’s car supply chain
Acquisitions of local parts makers amid resistance to Chinese exports have worried EU officials...
Spain’s migrant amnesty a ‘very bad idea’, says Swedish PM
Ulf Kristersson says mass regularisation threatens integrity of Schengen free-travel zone...
Colombian earthquake kills at least 47
7.4-magnitude earthquake flattens buildings in the cities of Cali, Pereira and Manizales...
Shein IPO pitched to investors at sub-$30bn valuation
Fast-fashion retailer has suffered a roughly 70% drop in valuation over past four years...
Yen sinks as effect of US-Japan intervention fades
Currency gives up roughly half its gains from joint action with investors citing lack of ‘unified voice’ among central b...
Trump and the failure of the Fafo doctrine
The president’s flawed decision-making is finally catching up with him...
Start-up bank backed by Palmer Luckey set to raise $1.5bn
Funding values Erebor at $8bn, underscoring growth of lender supported by Silicon Valley investors...
Mark Zuckerberg attacks ‘closed’ AI rivals as Meta returns to open models
Meta’s founder casts OpenAI and Anthropic as foils in his pitch for powerful AI to become more freely available...
Ukrainian drone strike on oil-refining city in central Russia kills 13
Death toll one of highest in a single attack by Kyiv since 2022...
Marine heatwaves strike as climate change plays out ‘in front of our eyes’
Sea temperature records broken for month of July, Copernicus report reveals...
Europe faces rocket launcher shortage by 2030, space agency chief warns
Demand for launches is growing faster than the region’s capabilities...
Trump is dismantling US guardrails, warn former security officials
Ex-CIA staffers step up efforts to publicise their deepening alarm about the state of American democracy...
America’s hidden M&A boom
It’s lurking in one of the US’s top exports: higher education...
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