America’s six largest banks added $600bn in market value in 2025, spurred on by the Trump administration’s push to deregulate the industry and a revival in investment banking.

Ukraine is ready to withdraw “heavy forces” from the parts of the Donbas region it still controls if Russia mirrors the pullback as part of a peace deal, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ...

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah called the crash “a tragic accident” in a post on Facebook. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke with Dbeibah on Wednesday to express condolences, the ...

As the Anglo-Saxon monarch delivers his decisive blow, a man dressed as Father Christmas will encourage the crowd to cheer. Another, dressed as a tree, will help the officer to rise. Then Beelzebub — ...

Investment in Lobito Corridor comes as bloc channels development assistance towards energy, metals and migration ...

The Mugiwara Jolly Roger — a black flag bearing the image of a skull and crossbones wearing a straw hat — is a fictional symbol of resistance from the Japanese manga and anime series One Piece.

Where Alice, in the opening paragraph of Carroll’s fantasy, complained that her older sister’s book had “no pictures or conversation” in it, smartphones, tablets and television offer an infinity of ...

BP kicked off the sale process for Castrol in February. After a two-year lock-up period, BP has the option to sell its stake. The deal gives Castrol, one of the largest engine lubricant businesses in ...

France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’ ...

Politicians redraw maps; companies follow their steps. That’s sometimes literally true: recall the ranks of corporate honchos who followed the then chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne to ...

Amid the rise of streaming, younger viewers barely watch the broadcasting that once dominated Christmas schedules ...

A BlackRock-backed $23bn acquisition of dozens of global ports, including key assets in the Panama Canal, is at risk of collapsing after China’s state-owned shipping giant Cosco demanded a majority ...