Number of deals struck worldwide falls to lowest in a decade, outside Covid-19 lockdown period

Latest in a series of production increases is likely to put downward pressure on Brent crude price

To recover from a dreadful first year, Starmer must acknowledge his failures

Strategy part of efforts to improve bloc’s resilience to conflict and climate change

Takings at global box office top $200mn after Apple followed a more commercial approach for movie release

Bond markets can’t stand up to profligate governments alone

The partnership seeks to build a new world order along the route of the old Silk Roads. But, asks Peter Frankopan, is this bond as close as it seems?

The world may be crying out for a saviour, but a movie reboot centred on this sunniest of heroes may be a hard sell

US president says there could be ‘deal next week’ after militant group expresses willingness to enter new round of talks

Companies are not yet rushing to relocate production to the US, but investment and dealmaking have already slowed

Activist group that broke into RAF military base will be proscribed as a terrorist organisation from midnight

Consulting firm had multimillion-dollar role in contentious new aid scheme for shattered enclave

Investors are getting fed up of being used by governments around the world as a low-cost cash machine

Warning was handed to EU trade commissioner at Washington meetings

Call follows record drone assault that came after tense chat between US leader and President Vladimir Putin

The US isn’t the only nation showing a troubling lack of discipline

Sentencing of Redinel Korfuzi and his sister caps a four-month trial in London

Kremlin sends more than 500 Iran-designed drones after US stopped delivery of crucial interceptors

The contrast between technocracy in Beijing and the pantomime in Washington is impossible to ignore

The former White House chief strategist on why he believes the Iran strikes were a win, his time in jail — and what Zohran Mamdani means for the Democrats

US president appears to be losing patience, with only two deals agreed ahead of July 9 deadline

Prax Group faced liquidity issues for several years leading up to its unravelling

Collapse of Lindsey refinery owner is a cautionary tale of a company lacking financial heft to manage its sprawling operations

Scandal involving island-wide seizures of gold bars and luxury cars rocked city-state’s wealth management sector

Former Labour leader says that together with MP Zarah Sultana, he will build ‘real alternative’ to Starmer

Performances cut by a fifth despite government cash injection following Baillie Gifford’s exit

On the anniversary of the UK election, the prime minister and his Labour party are searching for direction

Companies raise just £160mn in first half amid growing fears over waning attractiveness of UK markets

Introduction of military service would make it harder for companies to recruit workers

The US president marks July 4 with a string of achievements in his first months in office

The end of the non-dom tax regime has been badly handled and risks economic damage

Government drive to cut waste and protect health being undermined by near-identical new products, experts warn

Peering inside one of the tech world’s strangest companies

Head of the world’s biggest transformer maker calls for rules to alert utilities to the wild fluctuations in data centre demand

Figures show record $24.2bn raised from the levies in May but highlight potential for distortion to global trade flows

Ukrainian president also expected to raise subject of future arms sales during planned talks on Friday

ICE set to receive more funds than the FBI, bureau of prisons and others combined, according to non-profit

The least expensive policy by far is to give the country enough now to win the war

The 218-to-214 vote marks final approval of package of tax and spending cuts

Market fears that replacing chancellor would imperil fiscal rules