International

Nearly half of UK businesses surveyed by FX and cash management solutions provider MillTech say that they have lost money due to a volatile pound and plan to hedge more ...

Sales, marketing and development managers registered the highest job vacancy rate in the European Union in 2024, according to Eurostat, indicating the most significant recruitment challenges. The vacancy rate for this ...

Eurostat released a report this week revealing that 40,538 cases of occupational cancers were officially recognised across the European Union between 2013 and 2023, highlighting the long-term health risks faced in various working ...

Large enterprises across the European Union, while making up a tiny fraction of the total 33.5 million companies, generated over half of the net turnover in 2024, according to Eurostat, highlighting the ...

Air travel is gradually becoming more accessible as airlines, airports and regulators expand efforts to remove barriers faced by passengers with disabilities, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ...

Total Market Production across the European Union and the euro area recorded a slight increase in September 2025, according to data released by Eurostat, driven primarily by growth in industrial production ...

Piraeus remains Europe’s fifth-largest container port, holding its position despite the severe disruption caused by attacks in the Red Sea and the extensive rerouting of vessels around Africa. Although ...

The European Union’s sea ports handled an estimated 3.4 billion tonnes of freight in 2024, a level unchanged from the previous year but still short of the decade’s peak as ...

Britain’s housing market slowed in November in both annual and monthly terms in the run-up to the government’s budget, according to figures from mortgage lender Halifax. Halifax said ...

Services production in the euro area and the European Union remained largely stable in September 2025 compared with August, according to estimated figures from Eurostat. In August 2025, services production had recorded ...

Cyprus recorded one of the strongest performances in the European Union in the third quarter of 2025, with seasonally adjusted GDP rising by 0.9 per cent compared with the previous quarter, according ...

Elon Musk’s social media company X was fined 120 million euros ($140 million) by EU tech regulators on Friday for breaching EU online content rules, the first sanction under landmark legislation ...

Netflix is in exclusive talks to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s film and television studios along with its streaming assets after offering $28 per share, a source with direct knowledge of ...

British energy regulator has approved a 28 billion pound ($37.33 billion) investment over the next five years to ensure a safe and reliable energy system in the future, part of an upgrade ...

Gold prices were broadly flat on Friday, as higher U.S. Treasury yields offset support from a weaker dollar, while investors awaited key inflation data for signals on the Federal ...

American talk show host Oprah Winfrey has praised Australia’s decision to ban social media for under-16s from next week, saying the move would help young people socialise more. ...

British investors were net sellers of stocks for a record-extending sixth consecutive month in November, data from funds network Calastone showed on Thursday, as fears the government would cut tax ...

Global air cargo demand rose by 4.1 per cent in October 2025 compared with the same month last year, setting a new monthly record and marking the eighth consecutive month of expansion, ...

British businesses expect to reduce staff numbers but raise prices at a similar rate to before, according to a survey of more than 2,000 firms on Thursday by the Bank of ...

Amazon.com said on Wednesday it is rolling out a dedicated news tab on its Prime Video streaming service, which will become available to all U.S. customers for free ...

A Google search executive on Thursday pushed back against fears that its AI-powered search will harm web publishers and its advertising business, calling the technology an “expansionary moment” for the ...

The spouses and children of billionaires inherited more wealth in 2025 than in any previous year since reporting began in 2015, according to UBS’s Billionaire Ambitions Report published on Thursday. In ...

The European Commission proposed measures on Thursday to make the European Union’s capital markets more competitive by easing cross-border operations and giving broader oversight to the European Securities and ...

Flex, an artificial intelligence startup that aims to be a one-stop shop for the financial needs of mid-sized business owners, said on Thursday it has raised $60 million in a Portage ...