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Russia strikes cargo vessels, steel plants across Ukraine

Russia's Defence Ministry says its forces have struck several industrial facilities across Ukraine.

Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into …

She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on …

LIV Golf’s bleak future shifts to the courtroom

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Robert Friedland on the World’s Monumental Shortage of Copper

Xi Jinping Arrives For BRICS Summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Delhi for BRICS Summit 2026 ahead of bilateral talks (Source: Bloomberg)

India’s SEBI Seeks Major Changes to Unpopular Auction System

India’s markets regulator proposed sweeping changes to the closing auction system, including a possible return to the previous method for settling derivatives on expiry days, …

Reform receives record £36m donation from crypto billionaire

Ben Delo's donation, the biggest single sum ever given to a political party in the UK, comes amid scrutiny of Reform's finances.

Ukraine faces 'toughest winter' since Russia's full-scale invasion, UN official tells BBC

A senior UN official tells the BBC there is a race against the clock to ensure access to power and water through winter.

Ukraine faces 'toughest winter' since Russia's full-scale invasion, UN official tells BBC

A senior UN official tells the BBC there is a race against the clock to ensure access to power and water through winter.

Artist delights in beautiful ‘mess’ and dead trees of England’s rewilding sites

Rebecca Howard spent two years visiting projects and painting landscapes that feature in West Sussex exhibitionRewilding areas do not usually conform to traditional notions of …

Country diary: Straw bales, tweed and a vintage Massey Ferguson – this …

Ravenstonedale, Cumbria: The wedding day of my son and his now wife – both farmers – was full of both emotion and traditionIt felt as …

We are setting up a generation to fail at school

The disturbing global decline in test results rests on wrong-headed curriculum changes

High oil prices could force ECB to raise rates further, warns top …

Austrian central bank governor Martin Kocher says risk of elevated inflation is higher than it was a few months ago

Why I, a non-billionaire, am not leaving the UK

If Britain is good enough for Harry and Meghan, the Bayeux Tapestry and Asian hornets, it’s good enough for me

It’s time to scrap the triple lock

The Budget needs to tip the balance back to Britain’s younger generations, who are priced out of a bright future

Exorbitant tennis tickets are the price of the sport’s success

US Open’s growing popularity plus rising expense of running the tournament mean there is no obvious solution to affordability issues

South Korea arms itself to protect chip secrets from foreign spies

Seoul broadens its espionage legislation for the first time in more than seven decades

Why the British glass industry could be Number 10 North’s first major …

Heavily northern-based sector says intervention by Burnham is needed to reverse ‘dramatic decline’ caused by new packaging levies

A new world map fixes Africa’s 16th-century distortion

For centuries the continent has been made to seem smaller than it is. Now the UN has adopted a projection with more accurate proportions

Chinese crypto investor was seller of £190mn London mansion

Leon Li’s ownership of Regent’s Park home had remained obscured despite UK push for transparency

European investment in LatAm stocks hits 15-year peak

Investors seeking shelter from geopolitical turmoil have put the outflows of recent years into reverse.

Germany’s nostalgia problem

Rising support for the AfD in the east is exposing an emotional faultline inside reunified Germany

Mexican authorities rescue eight from violent cartel’s secret site

Rescue operation in Jalisco uncovers cartel's hidden clinic, illegal drugs and weapons; six suspected guards arrested.

Death toll from Philippines ferry fire climbs to 35, with dozens still …

Access to the burnt-out boat has been slowed by toxic fumes and lingering heat, the country's coast guard says.