It’s been more than three decades since the Berlin Wall fell and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. At the time, when everyone knew that the time for the “mothership” of socialism had come, China didn’t want to take the ...

A lack of flexible working options is driving almost half of UK workers to reject jobs at a time when employers are increasingly concerned about talent attraction and retention. That’s according to new research by specialist recruitment firm Robert Half. ...

New graduates face an increasingly tough jobs market, with advertised roles down by a third from last year. According to data from Adzuna, the jobs website, about 23,300 job vacancies were advertised for graduates in September, compared with 34,300 in ...

OakNorth, the neobank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, and Founders4Schools, the award-winning ed-tech charity for teachers, today announce a new partnership to support 100,000 secondary school students (11-16 year-olds) – including 40,000 from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds – over the next three years. ...

BARCELONA — A Barcelona museum opened its doors to nudists on Saturday, holding a special tour during which visitors could ditch their clothes. The Museum of Archaeology of Catalonia held the 90-minute tour in collaboration with the Catalan Naturism Club. ...

BEIJING  — Chinese and Russian military chiefs targeted the United States for criticism at a security forum in Beijing on Monday, even as China’s second-most-senior military commander vowed to boost defense ties with Washington. The lack of regular communications between ...

UK’s Small businesses are slowly regaining confidence in the economy, despite falling revenues and tightening recruitment, a survey shows. Optimism was measured at -8 points in the third quarter of the year, up from -14.2 points in the second but ...

ASOS, the London-listed online fashion retailer, is exploring a sale of the Topshop brand it bought from the wreckage of Sir Philip Green’s collapsed retail empire less than three years ago. It is understood that ASOS, which will publish its ...

A national roadshow to support and raise the profile of small businesses all around the country is being launched by Small Business Saturday to help firms cope with persistent economic challenges. With an aim to spotlight and celebrate the vital ...

CAIRO — Impeding relief supplies to Gaza’s population may constitute a crime under the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) jurisdiction, the court’s top prosecutor told a news conference in Egypt on Sunday. Karim Khan also said Israel must make “discernable efforts, ...