The minister was named in a probe last month by the Anti-Corruption Commission in Bangladesh after a political rival of Sheikh Hasina accused her family, including Siddiq, of taking a cut from a ...

Donald Trump has vowed to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America”, as he lashed out at the US’s southern neighbour as a “very dangerous place”.

The achievements of Manmohan Singh, who died at the age of 92 on December 26 2024, make him one of the most important policymakers of our era. Today’s economically dynamic India is his legacy. Almost ...

Berlin is leading a push for the European Union to ease Assad-era sanctions on Syria as part of a western drive to support the country’s political transition and aid reconstruction after 13 years of ...

Thames Water’s junior bondholders have accused the troubled utility’s senior creditors of attaching “predatory” conditions to ...

The benchmark 10-year yield was 0.07 percentage points higher at 4.68 per cent, its highest level since May last year, while the policy-sensitive two-year Treasury yield was up 0.03 percentage points ...

The quits rate, an indicator of confidence in the labour market’s strength, declined to 1.9 per cent.

Is the US stock market too high? It’s extremely rare for the S&P 500 to return 20 per cent or more for two years in a row. It happened in the past two years, with the S&P 500 up 24.2 per cent in 2023 ...

The Canadian dollar, known as the loonie after the bird that graces it, got its wings clipped in 2024. Growing domestic political turmoil — Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he would step down ...

Starting in the US, Meta will move to a so-called “community notes” model, similar to the one employed by Elon Musk’s X, which allows users to add context to controversial or misleading posts. Meta ...

Lumon employees grapple with newfound information about their alter egos in Apple TV+’s striking, superlative series ...

Also in today’s newsletter, Trump bestie Dana White joins Meta’s board and private equity welcomes the new administration ...