International

Trading platform eToro beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Tuesday and said it would buy rival TradeZero in a cash-and-stock deal worth ​up to $231 million, as it looks ...

Nearly two-thirds of tanker crossings through the Strait of Hormuz since July 14 took place without active tracking signals, leaving oil traders, shipowners and regulators with an increasingly incomplete picture of ...

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to six on Monday, compared ​with a 10-day average of about 11 vessels, ‌shipping data showed, amid fading hopes of a peace deal ...

The British government announced nearly £130 million ($175 million) in ​funding for zero-emission vehicle technologies ‌on Monday, with almost £65 million in public money and the rest provided ​by the industry. Nearly £50 million ...

Britain’s labour market showed tentative signs of stabilisation in July, when Andy Burnham ​became prime minister, as recruiters stopped shedding ‌permanent staff, according to a survey on Monday that ...

Enterprise technology services provider Kyndryl has announced the expansion of its sovereignty solutioning through new capabilities and services developed with Microsoft. According to its statement, the collaboration combines Kyndryl Sovereignty ...

Fintech giant Revolut announced on Monday that its subsidiary Revolut Bank S.A. has been granted a full banking licence following a joint assessment by the European Central Bank (ECB) ...

Research firm Omdia has sharply increased its forecast for global semiconductor revenue in 2026, saying surging artificial intelligence demand continues to outstrip the industry’s manufacturing capacity, with supply bottlenecks expected ...

Artificial intelligence, persistent inflation and growing geopolitical fragmentation will continue to define global markets, according to JPMorgan’s mid-year outlook report, with the investment bank urging investors to prepare portfolios ...

Greek households have seen both disposable income and wealth rise over the past two years, with Alpha Bank saying the gains have been driven by stronger employment, firmer economic activity, ...

Global air cargo demand rose 8.5 per cent in June compared with a year earlier, supported by shipments of high-value technology products and urgent goods, even as wider export orders remained ...

Ad-supported connected TV (CTV) video services could generate an average of $0.21 per hour of viewing if every available advertising slot were sold, according to a new report from Omdia, establishing ...

The Greek economy continued to demonstrate resilience in recent months despite the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, with stronger retail sales, easing inflation and solid business lending helping to ...

The world’s six largest PC manufacturers are expected to account for a record 80.4 per cent of global notebook panel purchases in 2026, as component shortages and rising production costs increasingly ...

Global smartphone shipments fell by 6 per cent year-on-year to 272 million units in the second quarter of 2026, as persistently high memory prices disrupted supply chains, raised component costs and forced manufacturers ...

Global AI-related demand may exert lasting upward ​pressure on Japan’s inflation, the Bank of Japan has said, signalling its alarm ‌over mounting inflation risks that could boost the case ...

AI skills demand hits record high despite broader UK hiring slump British hiring fell in the first six months of 2026 with job postings for graduates at their ​lowest since 2020, according ...

Shein is considering lowering the cost of investment for some late-stage investors as the fast-fashion retailer pursues an IPO at a ​lower valuation, according to filings with the Hong Kong ...

By Nektarios Michail Let’s start with a history reminder: following a “peak” at 0.75 per cent in mid-2011, the ECB continued to cut its policy rates until the deposit facility ...

A version of Chinese startup DeepSeek’s flagship AI model is by ‌far the least expensive to run on benchmark tests among well-known models globally and more than 100 times cheaper ...

Global investors pulled back from South Korean stocks through a wild turn in July but are keeping faith with the heavyweight chipmakers on the view that their growth momentum is ...

British manufacturing activity expanded for a ninth straight month in July but at the slowest pace in four months, ​according to purchasing managers’ data that points ‌to a renewed impact ...

EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-ioannou and his family will remain significant shareholders in the airline after its proposed £5.7 billion takeover by US investment firm Apollo, bringing an end to a ...

Greek shipowner Semiramis Paliou has taken back OceanPal’s remaining fleet through an affiliated company, closing the shipping chapter of a business spun off from Diana Shipping less than five ...