WASHINGTON — China will deepen its cooperation with Russia to try to challenge the United States despite international condemnation of the invasion of Ukraine, the leaders of US intelligence agencies said on Wednesday. “Despite global backlash over Russia’s invasion of ...
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia said on Wednesday it will summon to court the descendants of a former sultan in a dispute involving three of the government’s properties in Paris, following the heirs’ efforts to enforce a $15-billion arbitration award. The ...
PRESIDENT Joseph R. Biden is proposing a series of new tax increases on billionaires, rich investors and corporations in his latest proposal for how Congress should prioritize taxes and spending. Mr. Biden’s budget request to Congress, which is slated to ...
Jeremy Hunt is going to let a lot of people down at his budget next Wednesday as the Chancellor is poised to resist calls to save a flatlining economy by staying the course set in his November autumn statement of balancing the ...
The UK is poised to avoid a recession this year but suffer a slow burning economic slump that will leave GDP below its pre-pandemic level until the final months of next year, new forecasts claim. Stronger than expected household spending ...
BMW is on the verge of announcing that it is to bring an electric version of the Mini to its Cowley plant in Oxford. The company is understood to be close to giving the green light for zero-emission Mini models ...
The RMT union has said members will vote in a referendum over the next 12 days on a revised pay offer from Network Rail, in a move that could spell the end to the most damaging rail strikes. On Tuesday ...
The government has been urged to end the stigma that surrounds rolled-up holiday pay, which leads to hundreds of millions of pounds of holiday pay going unclaimed every year. Responding to the government’s Holiday Entitlement Consultation, which closes today, IWORK ...
NEW YORK – Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers said on Wednesday it may be necessary to delay the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder’s scheduled Oct. 2 criminal trial, arguing it may take more time than expected to review the evidence and prepare a defense. In ...
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to agree on Friday to begin negotiations on ensuring free–trade agreement-like status for the European Union, two sources familiar with the plans said on Wednesday. The leaders are set to meet in Washington on ...