Ukrainian president says US security guarantee has to precede any peace agreement

CEOs each earned more than $40mn as gap with median bank worker set to widen further

Secretary of state says Washington wants to work ‘together with you, our friends’ on the continent

Commission president tells Munich Security Conference ‘you change or die’

Shake-up follows fears tech giant missed early AI boom as Microsoft and Google challenge cloud business

Agreements reached between Taiwan and Trump administration imply big expansion for world’s biggest chipmaker

UK prime minister pushes for multilateral defence initiative to oversee joint procurement and cut rearmament costs

Along with SG Warburg, the asset manager played a pivotal role in London’s financial growth

DraftKings and Flutter shares slide as investors fret about threat posed by apps such as Kalshi

The organisation faces a potential rival in Donald Trump’s fledgling ‘Board of Peace’. But as a forum for US power, it would be a hard act to follow

Why apologise for what was the most successful international order in history?

Ban remains in effect even though judges find the UK government’s proscription of the group was unlawful

Interviews under way as US president tries to fill role

Philanthropic group’s staff express concern about the impact of chair’s ties to disgraced financier after 2008 conviction

OpenAI is rolling out advertising on ChatGPT to select users. Experts say others will almost certainly follow suit

Comments from US president come as Washington deploys a second aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East

The secretary of state has gone from presidential rival to loyal lieutenant amid a foreign policy blitz

Labour failure is no guarantee of Conservative success

US secretary of state cancels attendance at last minute in move that EU official calls ‘insane’

Head of Wall Street bank calls attorney a ‘tremendous’ person hours after she quit over links to Jeffrey Epstein

The companies are among a number the Pentagon believes could pose a threat to American national security

Germany explores joining France’s nuclear umbrella as European fears grow over the US reducing its military footprint

Platforms ‘optimistic’ government will take a lighter touch approach

Data release comes after Fed held interest rates last month