US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has accused the IMF and World Bank of “mission creep”, calling for them to step back from “their sprawling and unfocused agendas” on climate change and gender ...

The group, which operates in equity and fixed income markets, generated $20.5bn of net trading revenues in 2024, up 94 per cent from 2023, according to people familiar with the matter. Trading levels ...

Scouring his memories of one formative summer when he was a teenager, the self-professed “fantasist” looks back over a time that left him suspended in a state of insatiable, delirious longing — and, ...

Defence minister’s pledge of action against those ‘behind’ killing of 26 tourists fans fears of confrontation with Pakistan ...

Bezalel Smotrich says government has ‘no right to exist’ if it does not occupy Palestinian enclave and expel population ...

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul on Wednesday, one of the largest to hit the city of 16mn people in recent years.

The IMF said in its latest Fiscal Outlook, published on Wednesday, that a 117 per cent global debt-to-GDP ratio would be the highest since the aftermath of the second world war. The ratio hit an ...

Overshoot of £15bn puts pressure on Rachel Reeves to raise taxes as PMI figures indicate falling private sector confidence ...

Boeing reported a smaller than expected first-quarter loss after an increase in aircraft deliveries, giving some respite to the US plane maker after a turbulent year.

Contemporary staging at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon suffers from too many heavy touches ...

Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, will on Wednesday introduce an amendment to legislation going through parliament that will force Great British Energy to ensure “slavery and human trafficking is not ...

The British pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale has assembled an international team — including a visionary Kenyan studio ...