The single currency gained 0.3 per cent in early trading in Europe to $1.0489. The currency briefly hit a high for the year ...

Apple said it planned to hire an additional 20,000 staff in the US over the next four years as part of a $500bn American investment plan, as chief executive Tim Cook becomes the latest business leader ...

UK MP Mike Amesbury has been jailed for 10 weeks for assault, triggering a process that is likely to lead to the first parliamentary by-election since the Labour government was elected last year.

It is a monumental commission; perhaps a lifetime’s work and certainly a once-in-a-generation attempt to redesign and redefine the museum. And the British Museum needs it. Mired in bad news stories — ...

Weidel said voters had delivered a “clear majority” for a coalition with the AfD, which came second, and the winning ...

The UK’s contribution to that effort is symbolised by the Bulgarian and Union flags on the harness of the dog that was trained by the UK’s National Crime Agency to sniff out the kind of rubber used to ...

Last October the EU imposed tariffs of up to 45 per cent on Chinese electric vehicles, but the move caused deep divisions in the bloc. Sánchez in September said the plan should be “reconsidered” and ...

Three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s president is facing his biggest fear: war without US support ...

Announcement comes as Britain prepares to unveil sanctions package on third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...

The government has signalled its backing for a third runway, and Heathrow has said it will present a detailed proposal by the ...

Lawyers say London remains global centre for dispute resolution but litigation funders are being more selective ...

Eimear McBride and Nicci French, along with a Victorian murder mystery, convey the claustrophobia of the city — plus a ...