Israel threatens Lebanon if ceasefire with Hizbollah collapses
Minister’s vow to ‘go deeper’ if hostilities resume comes after deadly Israeli air strikes severely test truce ...
Europe must make a choice on the steel industry
There is considerable investment into the green transition waiting to be activated, once policy clarity is achieved ...
South Korean president declares martial law
South Korea’s conservative president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late on Tuesday night, accusing the left-wing bloc that controls the national assembly of North Korean sympathies. Yoon, a ...
Can Kash Patel win Senate confirmation to lead the FBI?
The Trump loyalist has vowed to shut down FBI headquarters and reopen it as “a museum of the ‘deep state’” on his first day in the post, and remove security clearances from officers who investigated ...
Twelfth Night theatre review — a melancholic, musical triumph
Mountford’s deliciously dozy Sir Andrew also catches the throat with his wistful reminiscence, “I was adored once too.” You feel keenly here the poignant ambivalence of the ending — the questions ...
Toxic shareholder relations are a red flag for company performance
This should be a red flag. History proves that when relations break down, such disputes, even if relatively rare, can drag on and on. Take the battle between easyJet and its founder Stelios ...
Restoring Nomura’s credibility will take more than pay cuts
The taint of repeated scandals will overshadow growing earnings at the bank. Net profit more than doubled in its latest quarter and it has been making progress in its strategy to cut costs. Nomura has ...
Hot property: five Caribbean escapes
Why The 2-acre property is designed to make outdoor living easy, with an alfresco dining area, barbecue and brick pizza oven.
Keir Starmer, the operator, the fixer, not the visionary
It’s also a Starmery appointment for other reasons, as Jill Rutter notes in a good, balanced thread over on Bluesky: he’s state educated, “blokey”, an operator and a fixer, not a visionary. He is a ...
Vietnamese tycoon told to repay billions in fraud case to avoid death penalty
Vietnamese tycoon Truong My Lan can avoid execution for orchestrating a $12bn fraud if she repays three-quarters of the misappropriated funds, a court ruled on Tuesday.
Nato’s Rutte says Ukraine needs more weapons, not new ideas
Nato leaders should focus all their efforts on sending more weapons to Ukraine so it can enter possible peace talks from a ...
The ESM ️ electronic bond trading
The ESM is the permanent successor to the European Financial Stability Facility, which was set up to help rescue various stricken Eurozone members back in the day. To finance its various loans to the ...