Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has announced plans to streamline and enhance the business-friendliness of the UK’s investment screening powers, just under two years since their inception. Dowden is set to launch a review aimed at “narrowing and refining” the ...

AI is a significant force changing many sectors of the global economy, including finance and healthcare. Currently, AI has an impact on the blockchain technology space. Because AI can mimic human intelligence, analyse large datasets, and automate difficult jobs, it ...

While we should undoubtedly proceed with care and caution, underpinning AI deployment with good data allows organisations to balance regulatory and moral risks, says Yohan Lobo, Industry Solutions Manager, Financial Services at M-Files AI safety and security has been a ...

Royal Mail has been fined £5.6 million by the regulator for failing to meet its first and second-class delivery targets, in a blow to the postal service which has been hard hit by strikes and has lost business to rivals. ...

A fifth of the UK’s small companies are suffering from skills shortages that prevent them from expanding, according to new research that underlines the longstanding gaps in the labour market. The Federation of Small Businesses found that 22 per cent ...

Rishi Sunak has appointed former prime minister David Cameron as foreign secretary as he embarks on a reshuffle of his top team following the sacking of Suella Braverman as home secretary. James Cleverly, the former foreign secretary, replaces Braverman with ...

NEW DELHI — Two Indian cities joined New Delhi to be among the world’s worst 10 for pollution on Monday morning, with smoke heavy in the air a day after revellers let loose with firecrackers for Diwali — the annual ...

SEOUL — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday left open the possibility of more strikes against Iran-linked groups if attacks against American forces in Iraq and Syria don’t stop, hours after overnight US airstrikes in Syria. The US military ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Economic growth among Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries is expected to decline next year and remain below the global average as higher interest rates slow US growth, as China continues to struggle with its recovery and ...

SEOUL — South Korea and the United States during talks on Monday revised a bilateral security agreement aimed at deterring North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile threats, South Korea’s defense ministry said. The Tailored Deterrence Strategy (TDS) is aimed at ...