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 ...

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 ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz promised to “achieve independence” from the US after his centre-right bloc won federal elections, ...

Dan Bongino, the rightwing commentator and podcaster who has promoted conspiracy theories around the 2020 election result and US Capitol attack, has been picked by President Donald Trump as deputy ...

A Saudi Arabian state-owned investment company has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Singapore-based commodities trader Olam Agri that values the group at $4bn, as the kingdom accelerates efforts ...

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 — ...

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 was on Sunday night, as the votes were being counted, that Merz revealed what could become the defining mission of his ...

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

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 ...