International

British inflation unexpectedly jumped above the Bank of England’s target in May when it hit 2.1 per cent, part of a post-lockdown climb in prices that is expected gather pace. ...

Cyta saw its highest after-tax profit in nine years of €70.8 million for the full year of 2020, and announced a positive outlook for its results in 2021, at a press conference on ...

The United States and the European Union have agreed a truce in their near 17-year conflict over aircraft subsidies, suspending for five years one set of Trump-era tariffs which had ...

When Ethiopia awarded its first private telecom licence last week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hailed it as the crowning achievement of his plan to open up Ethiopia’s tightly controlled ...

A digital euro could suck away 8 per cent of euro zone banks’ customer deposits, analysts at Morgan Stanley have estimated, although the share may be far higher in some of ...

Researchers are conducting phase-1 and phase-2 clinical trials on a China-made inhaled Covid-19 vaccine, a Chinese health official said Friday. After completing the collection of clinical-trial data, experts will study ...

Turkey has just discovered another 135 billion cubic meters (bcm) natural gas in what is proving to be a prolific Sakarya gasfield in the Black Sea, raising the total discovered so ...

Ireland will double the quarantine period for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated arrivals from Britain to 10 days but still plans to allow people to move more freely between the two countries ...

A growing number of major soccer clubs are launching digital coins that allow fans to vote on a variety of minor decisions as the sport faces slumping revenues caused by ...

Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) and General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Monday they are pushing ahead with developing flying cars, with the South Korean company expressing optimism it could ...

£784 million were lost to financial fraud last year, according to the UK’s Action Fraud. Victims of investment scams who referred to a social media platform lost £63 million ($89 million). The ...

US Federal Reserve officials are expected to begin debate on tapering the Fed’s monthly asset purchases as soon as this week’s policy meeting, but the central bank is ...

Italians under the age of 60 who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca (AZN.L) Covid-19 vaccine, known as Vaxzevria, can be given a different vaccine when they get their ...

Lebanon’s currency crashed on Sunday reaching a new low against the dollar, as the country’s financial meltdown continues: Food is unaffordable, hospital are closed, petrol is unavailable, the ...

Upmarket retailer Ted Baker said on Monday dresses and suits were back in demand, with Britons rediscovering a taste for formal wear as months of COVID-19 curbs on social life ...

Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) has agreed to pay up to $2 billion to iTeos Therapeutics Inc (ITOS.O) to develop and sell a potential cancer treatment together, the companies ...

Dutch medical equipment company Philips has recalled some breathing devices and ventilators because of a foam part that might degrade and become toxic, potentially causing cancer, it said on Monday. ...

Bitcoin surged 9.8 per cent to $39,035.47 on Sunday, adding $3,492.71 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 40.7 per cent from the year’s low of $27,734 ...

Amazon will guarantee an entry-level wage at its German warehouses of €12 ($15) an hour, the company said on Friday in the face of a long-running battle with a top labour union. ...

Britain’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic sped up in April as lockdown measures eased, with the fastest monthly growth since July leaving output a record 27.6 per cent higher than ...

France said on Sunday it would provide Egypt with some €1.8 billion ($2.2 billion) in financing for projects including the Cairo metro, power generation and water management, in what officials called a ...

Toshiba Corp’s (6502.T) second-biggest shareholder on Sunday demanded the board chairman and three other directors immediately resign after an investigation found the company had colluded with the Japanese government ...

Turkish sector representatives said there has been a growing interest in boat tours while the country’s yacht industry has seen a surge in sales and production during the Covid-19 ...

Now that Elon Musk seems have finished tweeting about bitcoin, the overall movement that is pushing the cryptocurrency higher is taking hold again. Musk’s latest tweet showed “#Bitcoin” with ...