International

AstraZeneca (AZN.L) will take full control of Caelum Biosciences in a deal worth up to $500 million, the drugmaker said on Wednesday, sharpening its focus on rare-disease drugs following its ...

France accused Britain of playing politics with post-Brexit fishing rights on Wednesday after London granted licenses to fish in its territorial waters to only 12 small French boats out of 47 applications. ...

Etihad Airways is working on what would be its third financing transaction linked to sustainable investment considerations, the Abu Dhabi government-owned airline’s treasurer said on Wednesday. Environmental, social and ...

Ryanair (RYA.I) expects a large deal with Boeing (BA.N) on an order for the 737 MAX 10 “will come our way eventually” as cancellations put pressure on the US planemaker, ...

A memorandum of understanding has been signed to officially launch the Cyprus Lebanon IT Hub (CLITH). Signed and confirmed during an online press conference, this initiative aims to bring the ...

The shift to electric vehicles will force huge changes in the auto industry and require EU backing for ‘reskilling’ programs to help workers prepare for a zero-emission future, according to ...

The European Commission and EU consumer authorities urged Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) on Tuesday to compensate all consumers, not just those in Germany, for having misled them over the emissions ...

Turkish Central Bank Governor Sahap Kavcioglu said on Tuesday he expects pricing behaviour to return to normal as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic ease, and the bank will keep ...

The hybrid working model may not be an immediate threat for British commercial landlords as corporate decisions on space requirements are taking longer than first thought, a Citigroup analyst said ...

More than a million British workers face an uncertain future this week as the UK becomes the world’s first big economy to wind up its COVID-19 jobs support scheme. ...

Instagram has hit pause on a new app it is creating for kids, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Monday, in a move that comes ...

Warehouses in Britain are having to pay up to 30 per cent more to recruit staff after a chronic shortage of workers exacerbated pressure on already buckling supply chains and threatened ...

Global food prices shot up nearly 33% in September 2021 compared with the same period the year before. That’s according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)‘s monthly Food ...

Apple Inc’s customers will have to wait for a few more weeks to lay their hands on the new iPhone 13 as supply chain delays and strong demand lead to ...

German discount supermarket group Aldi will invest 1.3 billion pounds ($1.8 billion) in Britain over the next two years, opening a new store every week to try to accelerate its rapid growth ...

Saudi Arabia plans to issue green bonds soon, an official said on Monday, as the oil-producing kingdom seeks to embrace environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns to expand its investor ...

The U.S. Congress faces a showdown on Monday over government spending and debt, opening a week that could also include action on President Joe Biden’s sweeping social agenda ...

A majority of voters in Berlin wants city hall to expropriate major landlords such as Vonovia and Deutsche Wohnen to help reduce rents in the German capital, provisional referendum results ...

Several local governments in China have set up special custodian accounts for property projects of its most indebted developer, Evergrande (3333.HK), to protect funds earmarked for housing projects from being ...

Bahrain is considering doubling value added tax to 10 per cent to boost state revenues and reduce its budget deficit, a Bahraini parliamentary source and a source close to the government ...

BP (BP.L) said nearly a third of its British petrol stations had run out of the two main grades of fuel on Sunday as panic buying continued despite the ...

Soaring gas prices as winter approaches are evidence that the European Union needs to work out a long-term energy security plan, the head of Italy’s Eni (ENI.MI) has ...

Ratings agency Moody’s late on Friday raised Hungary’s sovereign credit rating to ‘Baa2’ from ‘Baa3’ on the economy’s strong rebound from the pandemic, which comes as a ...

Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai in 2019 was warned that describing the company’s Incognito browsing mode as “private” was problematic, yet it stayed the course because he did not want ...