International

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its latest wage tracker data showing that negotiated wage growth in the euro area is set to moderate in 2026, signalling easing pay pressures ...

Manufacturing labourers recorded the largest increase in job vacancy rates in the EU between 2019 and 2023, according to Eurostat, signalling growing recruitment difficulties in that occupation. The figures, which compare developments ...

Freedom Holding Corp. this week reported resilient financial performance for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal year 2026, as the diversified financial services group continued to expand its global ...

Russia has transferred ownership of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport to a company linked to the operator of Sheremetyevo, following a court ruling that nationalised the asset earlier this year. In ...

Germany’s carnival season, whose celebrations will peak this week, is set to generate nearly 2 billion euros ($2.36 billion) in revenue this year, according to a study by the German Economic ...

Saudi Arabia has ordered 20 new high-speed trains from Spain’s Talgo SA (TLGO.MC), the company and Spain’s transport minister have announced. In a statement, Talgo said the deal ...

It would be “impossible” to move 40 per cent of Taiwan’s semiconductor capacity to the US, the island’s top tariff negotiator said, pushing back against recent comments by American ...

Retail group Jumbo S.A. has announced that shareholders approved an extraordinary cash distribution of €0.50 per share during a general meeting held earlier this month. The payment corresponds to a ...

Oil prices fell more than 1 per cent on Monday as fears of a Middle East conflict eased after the US and Iran pledged to continue indirect talks about Tehran’s ...

Investors polled by the Bank of England expect the central bank to steadily cut its main Bank Rate to a low of 3 per cent by its March 2027 meeting, down from 3.75 ...

Global technology and data stocks slid again on Friday, as a rout showed no signs of abating on worries over the impact of powerful new AI models on their business ...

YouTube reached a total of 29 billion videos as of December 30, 2025, following a massive surge in content driven by Shorts, artificial intelligence, and significant expansion in the Indian market, according to ...

As the global memory chip shortage hits the smartphone market, a key question is echoing from Silicon Valley to Shenzhen: Will Apple raise prices, or sacrifice profit to gain new ...

The IT distribution channel saw sales increase by 6 per cent year over year to reach 24.3 billion dollars in the fourth quarter of December 31, 2025, representing the strongest quarter on record for ...

Reddit forecast first-quarter revenue above analysts’ estimates on Thursday, as artificial intelligence-powered enhancements to its ad platform help the social media platform draw more marketers. Shares of the company rose 4% ...

Bees navigate their surroundings with astonishing precision. Their brains are now inspiring the design of tiny, low-power chips that could one day guide miniature robots and sensors. By Tom Cassauwers ...

Hims & Hers sent a shockwave through the pharmaceutical industry on Thursday with its announcement of a weight-loss pill with a $49-a-month introductory price. Its shares ended down anyway. That ...

Roblox forecast fiscal 2026 bookings above Wall Street expectations on Thursday, signaling another year of strong growth in player spending and engagement as the videogame platform aggressively looks to capture 10% of ...

British house prices rose by the most in more than a year in January, mortgage lender Halifax said on Friday, adding to signs of a recovery in the housing market ...

Amazon on Thursday projected a surge of more than 50 per cent in capital expenditures this year, joining its peers in a spending spree to build out artificial-intelligence infrastructure, and sending ...

 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrat Union is considering limiting access to social media platforms for children under the age of 16, senior party members said, as a global movement ...

Japan’s government has announced that it successfully retrieved rare-earth-rich seabed mud for the first time from depths of around 6 km (4 miles) during a test mission. A Japanese scientific drill ...

Anta Sports, China’s top sportswear company, has leaped onto the international stage with an acquisition-driven global portfolio, including last week’s $1.8 billion deal for a 29 per cent stake in ...

Global markets retreated on Friday as a stock rout on Wall Street went global, with volatility gripping precious metals and cryptocurrencies while AI fears weighed on equities. The MSCI All-Country ...