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HSBC (HSBA.L) aims to double the assets under management in its British wealth business to 100 billion pounds ($131 billion) in the next five years, the division’s head told Reuters, ...

Action camera maker GoPro (GPRO.O) has announced that it will cut about 15 per cent of its workforce this year, as part of a restructuring plan to reduce operating expenses. ...

BMW (BMWG.DE) is recalling 720,796 US vehicles over concerns of a short circuit, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said this week. “An improperly sealed electrical connector on the water ...

The European Commission said this week that it had approved a 5 billion euro ($5.5 billion) German state aid measure to support a new microchip manufacturing plant in Dresden for the European ...

Chanel has bought a 25 per cent stake in high-end Swiss watchmaker MB&F, known for its quirky watch designs, the French luxury house has announced, adding it was part ...

India’s Narendra Modi met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in wartime Kyiv on Friday, weeks after the Ukrainian leader blasted the Indian prime minister over his trip to Moscow. For Modi, ...

Ilkay Gundogan is back with Manchester City after the Premier League champions resigned their former captain on Friday on a one-year contract. The 33-year-old German left City for Barcelona in 2023 ...

Ukraine’s Navy confirmed on Friday that it had destroyed a ferry in the Russian port of Kavkaz that was used to deliver fuel and weapons to occupied Crimea. Local ...

Australian driver Jack Doohan will race for Alpine next season after being promoted from reserve driver, the Renault-owned Formula One team said on Friday. Doohan, son of MotoGP great Mick, ...

Oil prices were little changed on Friday but on track to end the week lower, as weaker US employment data raised concerns over demand, and renewed ceasefire talks in Gaza ...

Lebanon’s acting central bank governor has said that his institution was still striving to prevent being placed on a “grey list” of countries under special scrutiny by a financial ...

An Australian court ruled on Friday that removing a transgender woman from female-only social networking platform Giggle for Girls constituted discrimination, in a landmark decision on gender identity for the ...

Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Lufthansa have increased their flights over Afghanistan after years of largely avoiding it now the Middle East conflict has made it seem a relatively safe ...

Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday with a rousing call to end the war in Gaza and to fight tyranny around the world, ...

British business activity sped up this month and cost pressures were the weakest in over three years, according to a survey on Thursday that signalled growth momentum going into the ...

US company executives are talking much more about the upcoming presidential election than they did four years ago as a wider policy rift between candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump ...

Donald Trump’s potential White House return has helped spur a flurry of investment in defence-technology startups across Europe, according to eight prominent industry executives and investors. The Republican presidential ...

A Romanian court has ordered internet personality Andrew Tate to be placed under house arrest, his representative said on Thursday, after he was among six people taken into custody in ...

Israel’s military court has extended the house arrest of soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee until Sept. 4 but will allow the defence to hold a hearing on ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday revived part of an Arizona voter law requiring documented proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, in response to a request ...

A ferry loaded with fuel tanks sank in the Russian port of Kavkaz in southern Krasnodar region on Thursday after a Ukrainian attack, local authorities said. The ferry carrying 30 fuel ...

A fire erupted in the Russian port of Kavkaz in southern Krasnodar region on Thursday following a Ukrainian attack on a ferry loaded with fuel tanks, the local authorities said. ...

Disagreements over Israel’s future military presence in Gaza and over Palestinian prisoner releases are obstructing a ceasefire and hostage deal, according to ten sources familiar with the round of ...

A Greek-flagged oil tanker carrying 150,000 tonnes of crude that was evacuated by its crew after being attacked in the Red Sea now poses an environmental hazard, the EU’s Red ...