International

Instagram owner Meta (META.O) and other social media firms said this week that they will comply with a ban on users under the age of 16, adding that they will ...

The electricity market is experiencing its most significant transformation in decades, according to Andreas Poullikkas, an expert in energy systems and former chairman of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA). “...

The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at 2 per cent for the third meeting in a row on Thursday and offered no hints about future moves as it enjoys ...

Global air cargo demand rose by 2.9 per cent in September 2025 compared with the same month last year, according to figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).  At the ...

Household gas prices in the EU fell to €11.43 per 100 kWh in the first half of 2025, down from €12.44 recorded in the second half of 2024, according to Eurostat. This drop signals a ...

The Ministry of ICT and Innovation, in partnership with the Digital Cooperation Organisation, has launched the Digital FDI Rwanda report at the 9th Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh. The report, ...

Household real consumption per capita increased by 0.3 per cent in the euro area in the second quarter of 2025, after a decrease of 0.1 per cent in the previous quarter, according to ...

Domestic production accounted for €33.71 trillion (91.5 per cent of the total supply of goods and services in the EU) in 2023, while imports contributed €3.14 trillion (8.5 per cent), according to Eurostat. This marked ...

PayPal (PYPL.O) said on Tuesday it entered into a deal with OpenAI that will allow ChatGPT users to buy products using the payment firm’s platform, sending its shares ...

Oracle CEO Mike Sicilia said on Tuesday that he is not concerned about an “AI bubble,” adding that there is real value in artificial intelligence as demand far outpaces supply. ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced this week that the net saving of the euro area economy increased in the four quarters leading up to the second quarter of 2025, while ...

Approximately four in ten (17.4 per cent) of all households in the EU experienced difficulty or great difficulty to make ends meet in 2024, according to a report from Eurostat. At the ...

Euro area banks reported a small net tightening of credit standards for loans or credit lines to enterprises in the third quarter of 2025, with a net percentage of 4 per cent, ...

Median inflation expectations for the next 12 months decreased slightly in September compared with August 2025, according to the European Central Bank (ECB). Compared with the previous month, median consumer perceptions of ...

As Wall Street’s expectations have rapidly shifted toward an imminent end to the Federal Reserve’s effort to shrink its bond holdings, some analysts also anticipate a return to ...

Barclays will buy US personal loan originator Best Egg for $800 million, the British bank said on Tuesday, as it tries to add scale in its personal banking business in the ...

Britain’s financial markets watchdog on Tuesday confirmed that it will stop publishing the identity of stock market short sellers, as it set out details of a revised framework aimed ...

Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning yesterday, as the company pares expenses and compensates for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, ...

British retailers cut their prices in October, led by the biggest drop for food in almost five years, industry figures showed, offering a bit of relief to households before Halloween ...

Oil prices fell 2 per cent on Tuesday, marking their third day of declines as investors assessed the effect of US sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies along with ...

Piraeus Bank has been upgraded to the investment-grade rating of ‘BBB-‘ by Fitch Ratings, marking a significant development as the bank is now assessed at investment grade by three of ...

The European Central Bank will likely keep rates on hold again on Thursday as traders waver on whether it will resume easing next year. Renewed US-China trade tensionsprompted caution in ...

German business morale rose in October, a survey showed this week, though trade woes continued to cast a pall over Europe’s largest economy. The Ifo institute said its business ...

British manufacturers are investing the least in new equipment relative to their sales since 2017, according to a report from trade body Make UK, which urged the government to streamline tax ...