International

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) recently published its 2027 Work Programme, setting out plans to expand financial market supervision, simplify regulation and make greater use of data and artificial ...

British manufacturing cost pressures increased for the first time ​in four months in September, even as output grew ‌at its slowest pace since March, according to a report based on ...

Property investors in Britain are targeting defence ​clients to capitalise on growing spending on rearmament, including to occupy former bank offices in London’s Canary Wharf financial district, ‌real estate ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, recently launched a new Union Strategic Supervisory Priority (USSP) to help embrace innovation while protecting ...

By Fanos Costa Two women from the administrative team in our Hong Kong office were arguing about stocks.  They were not traders or bankers, but ordinary employees comparing what they ...

The Bank of England has warned of an increase in the risk that interconnected weaknesses in the financial system will crystallise, highlighting the re-escalation of the conflict in Iran and ...

Industrial 5G is entering a more mature phase as enterprises move beyond testing the technology and increasingly assess whether it can deliver measurable operational and financial gains, according to market ...

Global AI glasses shipments reached 4.2 million units in the first half of 2026, marking a 127 per cent year-on-year increase according to research firm Omdia. The market remains an emerging category with ...

Britain’s financial regulator has dropped plans to require listed companies to inform investors about ​their climate risks after firms raised concerns about implementation ‌costs and competitiveness. The Financial Conduct ...

The European Union imported 2.9 million tonnes of coffee from non-EU nations during 2025, marking a sharp increase in overall spend compared to a decade earlier, according to a report from Eurostat. ...

Global true wireless stereo shipments fell 0.7 per cent year-on-year to 82.1 million units in the second quarter of 2026, marking the first annual drop for the sector since mid-2023, technology research firm ...

British annual house prices rose at their weakest annual pace since December 2025 last ​month and unexpectedly fell 0.2 per cent on the month, in a sign ‌that higher borrowing costs caused ...

Market intelligence firm IDC recently launched IDC Quanta, a tool designed to help security leaders strengthen investment cases with external research and peer benchmarks when seeking approval from company boards. ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator, has urged the European Commission to overhaul the bloc’s crypto regulations to tackle market fraud and ...

Greece repaid €2.5 billion to the European Financial Stability Facility on Thursday, using proceeds generated from the reprivatisation of Greek banks that had previously received support from the Hellenic Financial Stability ...

DCO Secretary-General Deemah AlYahya has been appointed to a United Nations high-level panel examining freedom of transit for landlocked developing countries, the UN has announced. UN Secretary-General António Guterres ...

Investment bank UBS has maintained a positive stance on European banks, identifying Greece as its preferred market amongst nations with heavy exposure to floating interest rates. Although global investors already ...

Companies betting AI devices will usher in a post-smartphone era are fueling privacy fears around the globe that could slow adoption of the emerging technology. The backlash against devices that ...

Long Volkswagen’s most reliable profit driver, luxury sports car maker Porsche (P911_p.DE) has become its ​biggest problem, creating a road bump for CEO Oliver Blume’s restructuring ...

Global air cargo demand increased by 4.4 per cent year-on-year in August 2026, with all regions recording growth, according to figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Demand for international ...

Global air passenger demand fell by 0.8 per cent year-on-year in August 2026, as a sharp contraction in the Middle East weighed on overall traffic, according to figures released by the International ...

Around 80 per cent of dangerous goods incidents reported to IATA in the first half of 2025 involved undeclared or hidden hazardous goods, prompting the airline industry body to call for tighter ...

PepsiCo is set to raise prices for some chips to keep pace with inflation, a spokesperson for the company said, as the Lay’s maker works ​to revive sales in ...

Tesla is beginning deliveries of its Semi trucks to a first set of customers this week, executives said ​at its plant in Sparks, Nevada, almost nine years after CEO Elon ‌...