Donald Trump’s weaponisation of uncertainty has been dialled up in his second term. The “will he, won’t he” prevarication over import duties, and other threats, has left companies and investors in a ...

Pernod Ricard has cut its sale guidance because of uncertainty over tariffs and a slowdown in China, where government anti-dumping measures have hit demand for its cognac brand Martell.

The fate of Ukip shows that flashes of electoral glory may precipitate implosion, however. The verdict is out on whether Reform can prove it really is a new phenomenon and can redraw the political map ...

Most sectors in the FTSE 100 were up, boosted by strong corporate earnings. AstraZeneca, the FTSE 100’s most valuable company, rose 4.8 per cent following better than expected results. Shares in ...

Wall Street banks saddled with debt from Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover of Twitter sold large chunks of the loan package to investors on Wednesday, allowing a number of lenders to exit one of the toughest ...

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has said he will snub the G20 meeting of the world’s biggest economies in Johannesburg this month over South Africa’s attempts to promote “equality, solidarity and ...

In Donald Trump’s first term, his administration rode roughshod over Palestinians, reversing decades of US policy by recognising the contested city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and saying the US ...

Tariffs should not have a “massive impact” on trade this year as consumer sentiment remains strong, the chief executive of Danish container shipping giant AP Møller-Maersk has said.

Rami Malek and Indira Varma star in a London production that uses dance brilliantly but lacks emotional connection ...

Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to resume Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, in his most explicit pledge yet to reject a lasting ...

A notable example is Hubei Yangtze Memory Labs in Wuhan, where many engineers from leading Chinese chipmaker YMTC, which was added to the US Entity List in 2022, conduct trials and test samples.

Santander has said that it intends to return €10bn to investors over the next two years through buybacks after reporting ...