Fears that the UK is heading for a recession this winter have intensified amid signs Britain’s hard-pressed households are cutting spending as they save for Christmas and higher fuel bills. Two monthly snapshots of retail activity found shops and online ...

UK house prices rose last month after a run of six monthly falls as sellers adopted a cautious attitude, leading to a shortage of homes on the market. The average price of a property rose to £281,974 in October, up ...

The King’s Speech contains 21 new pieces of legislation including proposals to introduce tougher sentencing laws, a ban on the sale of cigarettes and measures to increase oil production in the North Sea. There will also be bills to reform ...

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia said on Tuesday it will not recognize unilateral sanctions in response to a proposed US law to level sanctions against foreign supporters of Hamas and other militant groups operating in Palestine. The Hamas International Financing Prevention ...

NEW YORK — Donald Trump complained of unfair treatment in defiant and rambling testimony on the witness stand at the civil fraud trial about his New York (NY) business on Monday, prompting the judge at one point to threaten to ...

HANOI — Intel has shelved a planned investment in Vietnam that could have nearly doubled the US chipmaker’s operation there, one person briefed on the plans said, in a blow to the country’s growing ambitions in the chips industry. The ...

GAZA — Gaza is becoming a “graveyard for children,” United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, amplifying demands for a ceasefire in the enclave, where Palestinian health authorities said the death toll from Israeli strikes had exceeded ...

Royal Mail is to lose its 360-year-old monopoly on delivering parcels from Post Office branches, after concerns about poor quality of service persuaded the postal service to sign deals with rivals Evri and DPD in the run-up to Christmas. The ...

NEW YORK – Facebook owner Meta is barring political campaigns and advertisers in other regulated industries from using its new generative AI advertising products, a company spokesperson said on Monday, denying access to tools that lawmakers have warned could turbo-charge the spread ...

KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed as irresponsible any notion of holding an election in wartime as talks have heated up recently whether Kyiv should be voting when under Russia’s assault. Calling for unity to avoid pointless political discussion, Mr. Zelenskiy’s ...