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President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at encouraging the US government and consumers to buy plastic drinking straws, pushing back efforts by his predecessor to phase out single-use ...

President Donald Trump substantially raised tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to a flat 25% “without exceptions or exemptions” in a move to aid the struggling industries but which increases the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas should release all hostages held by the militant group in Gaza by midday Saturday or he would propose canceling the ...

A bus veered off a highway bridge into a polluted ravine in Guatemala City on Monday, killing at least 30 people and trapping survivors, a spokesperson for the city’s fire ...

Some of the bodies of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya bore gunshot wounds, the International Organisation for Migration said on Monday, adding that one of the sites ...

Romania’s outgoing centrist president, Klaus Iohannis, resigned on Monday as opposition hard-right parliamentary parties planned to have him impeached. The European Union and Nato member state, which borders Ukraine, ...

World leaders and technology executives convened in Paris on Monday to discuss how to safely embrace artificial intelligence at a time of mounting resistance to red tape that businesses say ...

A jury will hear attorneys’ opening statements on Monday in the trial of Hadi Matar, who is charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New York ...

British house prices rose by more than expected last month as some buyers rushed to complete sales before an increase in property purchase taxes at the start of April, according ...

The Kremlin said on Monday it could neither confirm nor deny whether or not Russian President Vladimir Putin had spoken to US President Donald Trump by phone about finding a ...

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday questioned the United States’ sincerity in seeking negotiations with Tehran as crowds of people, many chanting “Death to America”, rallied across the country ...

Activity among British construction firms shrank sharply in January, marking the first contraction in almost a year, according to a survey, that also showed cost pressures escalating. The S&...

Ireland remained on track for a Six Nations Grand Slam after handing Scotland a bruising 32-18 defeat in an impressive exhibition of stealth and power at Murrayfield on Sunday. Tries ...

Maersk announced that it expects to grow its business to track an expected 4 per cent growth in global container shipping this year, even as profits are set to decline and ...

Plymouth Argyle head coach Miron Muslic was lost for words after his struggling second-tier side knocked out Premier League leaders Liverpool from the FA Cup fourth round with a 1-0 ...

Corporate treasurers are ramping up efforts to guard company earnings against more dollar strength, a move that some analysts said points to increased conviction that President Donald Trump’s tariff ...

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou welcomed criticism against him but told doubters after Sunday’s 2-1 FA Cup exit at Aston Villa to leave his players out of it, saying ...

A historic shake-up of the Middle East is starting to draw international investors, warming to the prospects of relative peace and economic recovery after so much turmoil. President Donald Trump’...

Europe’s battery storage capacity is expected to grow around five-fold by 2030, bringing with it increasing returns for energy majors, project developers and traders, as the cost of new projects ...

The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Chiefs 40-22 in Sunday’s Super Bowl in New Orleans to deny Kansas City their bid for a third consecutive title and exact brutal revenge ...

US President Donald Trump said he will introduce new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the US, on top of existing metals duties, in another major escalation of ...

The European Central Bank hopes US President Donald Trump’s plan to support cryptocurrencies pegged to the US dollar will speed up legislative backing for the digital euro, ECB board ...

Britain is under pressure from bond dealers and investors to sell fewer long-dated government bonds – which briefly slumped in value earlier this year – as it seeks to finance around 300 billion ...

European Central Bank interest rates have room to fall further as inflation moderates, ECB board member Piero Cipollone said, warning that the US administration’s trade war with China could ...