Lord Mark Sedwill, cabinet secretary under Theresa May and Boris Johnson, is among the top candidates favoured by the Foreign Office to become the new UK ambassador in Washington following the sacking ...

The property division of one of Canada’s largest pension fund managers has pledged to lend more than £2.5bn to British data centres, housing and industrial buildings, in a big bet on the race to ...

Helen Zille, the veteran politician nicknamed South Africa’s “Iron Lady”, will stand as the Democratic Alliance’s candidate for Johannesburg mayor next year as the party tries to take control of ...

Wood prices have suffered large swings this year, first on US President Donald Trump’s threats of sweeping tariffs, and then as he imposed duties of 35.19 per cent on Canadian softwood lumber. On top ...

“There was a cyber attack on Friday night, 19 September against the service provider for the check-in and boarding systems affecting several European airports including Brussels Airport,” the airport ...

The world’s largest advertising agencies have rolled back their rhetoric on climate change, as the industry grapples with being replaced by AI and the need to hold on to lucrative contracts with even ...

PwC has slashed the jobs of about 60 partners and 1,500 staff from its Middle East business as a bust-up with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund rapidly slows the Big Four accountancy firm’s growth ...

Russian jets breached Nato airspace on Friday, in what officials called a “brazen” incursion into Estonian territory — the third airborne incident against an eastern member of the defence alliance in ...

Trump’s peace process is going nowhere in the face of Putin’s intransigence and Europe must take on heavy lifting to support Kyiv ...

Ageing societies seeking to preserve living standards will continue to rely on new arrivals — but governments can be clearer about the trade-offs ...

Held at Soho Farmhouse in the Oxfordshire countryside, the IMG x RedBird Summit wasn’t just about the business of sport. Rag’n’Bone Man and Sophie Ellis-Bextor sang live, while mentalist Lior Suchard ...

President Donald Trump is adding a $100,000 fee to applications for H-1B visas, in a major overhaul of the visa system for highly skilled foreign workers. Trump on Friday signed a proclamation ...