Deal with nuclear-armed power comes a week after Gulf states were deeply rattled by Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha

US central bank’s first reduction in borrowing costs this year comes amid growing worries about weakness in the labour market

Multibillion-dollar pledges on data centres come during Trump visit despite unresolved issues around digital services tax

British minister Nick Thomas-Symonds says agreement ‘urgent’ after months of delay by Brussels

Bolsonaro’s conviction makes history by holding a coup plotter to account

Show is over for many nightlife venues as some Saudis recoil at what they see as seedy side of kingdom’s liberalisation

Artificial intelligence labs attain top grade in prestigious programming contest

Dan Katz expected to become second to fund chief Kristalina Georgieva

European scientists have created system trained on large-scale health records

Harland & Wolff’s Belfast yard not ready to build key section of MoD vessel, says Spanish shipbuilder Navantia

Kevin Parry is one of the first senior UK bankers to engage with Nigel Farage’s rightwing populist party

A hatred of interference in national affairs disappears when American conservatives are doing it

Some capitals remain wary over ‘reparation loans’ plan, as US calls on G7 to tap Moscow’s money immobilised abroad

SMIC tests domestically made machinery as Beijing seeks to rival US-made processors

Beijing steps up efforts to boost semiconductor independence and compete with US

Big Four firm forced to take ‘tough decision to reduce roles in some areas’ amid slowdown following pandemic-era boom

US president treated to pomp and ceremony after central London protests against his visit

Plus France’s woes

Maziar Mike Doustdar has an onerous in-tray to stop the company falling behind in the lucrative US obesity market

Figure strengthens case for Bank of England to leave interest rates unchanged on Thursday

Sharp increase in hedging comes amid broad rethink on exposure to greenback

Resignation of Jerry Greenfield after 47 years follows long-running dispute between US ice cream brand and UK parent

These disclosures are no passing regulatory fad but a bedrock of US markets

Tougher stance on country of origin rules and scrapping of de minimis exemption drives up price in the US