Category: Global

HSBC spends $68mn on biggest cull of senior bankers sin...

Reduction came as Europe’s largest lenders shed largest number of highly paid bankers since 2020

North Korea enjoys rare ‘dash for flash’

Kim Jong Un’s backing for Russian war on Ukraine fuels construction boom and sales of luxury goods

Founder who blamed $300mn fraud on head injury sentence...

Judge accepts injury contributed to Christine Hunsicker’s crime as he sentences her to five years

What is Bessent doing — and will it work?

US Treasury secretary has made a high-stakes bet he can beat back soaring borrowing costs

Errol Musk: ‘I’m Elon’s father, not his pal’

The far-right convener on his violent upbringing in South Africa, why he admires Vladimir Putin and Tommy Robinson — and his on-of...

Bitcoin and gold surge as Bessent’s bond market interve...

World’s biggest cryptocurrency on track for best week in more than three years

The slow sucking sound of AI

Searching for signs of crowding out

Trump turns on Washington’s museums in new culture war ...

Administration wants Smithsonian to focus less on slavery and more on American greatness

Top US law firms hit by backlash over ‘crazy’ hiring of...

Wall Street firms are recruiting ever earlier, drawing concern from students and executives

The container revolution is running out of room

Containers have transformed ports, cities and trade. Now the revolution is reaching a limit

North Korea launches missile barrage after dismissing T...

Kim Jong Un’s sister casts doubt on claim of communication between Pyongyang and Washington

Russia launches deadly missile and drone attacks on Kyi...

At least 16 killed as Ukraine struggles with a shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles