Senior Democrats have hit out at the decision by US President Joe Biden to grant a pardon to his son Hunter Biden, with the fallout over the president’s clemency for a close family member spreading.

The new Oxford technology institute funded by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison will invest at least £100mn in joint ventures with the university in an effort to improve the UK’s poor record on ...

In fact, it is not dissimilar to how Britain played the same role, from 1815-1914 — that of an “offshore balancer”. It is a compromise that would restrain extreme voices on both sides. Whatever it is, ...

I imagine these bailed-out Silicon Valley depositors deserved the losses they didn’t take far more than do the uninsured depositors in Lindsay, Oklahoma, (population 2,866) deserve the losses they are ...

I enjoyed reading Sarah O’Connor’s piece “Why the public doesn’t buy the idea of a ‘green jobs’ bonanza”, ( Opinion, November 26) but find it surprising that she attributes matters to communication ...

Crucially, the National Investment Strategy (NIS) has been established, as part of the Kingdom’s transformation plan, to drive the growth and diversification of the national economy. NIS aims to ...

Also in this newsletter, China’s chip industry hit with new US export controls, and Indian steelmaker JSW to launch own EV brand ...

The UK’s Veterinary Medicines Directorate, an agency of the environment department, each year tests just 400-450 samples of meat, milk, fish and honey for the presence of lead and other heavy metals.

Sir Keir Starmer has rejected “utterly” the idea that Britain will have to choose a side between Donald Trump’s incoming US administration and the EU, in a set-piece foreign policy speech in the City ...

A Bulgarian espionage ring working on behalf of Russia in the UK used video-recording spyglasses and honey traps to gather information on journalists and dissidents, British prosecutors said on Monday ...

Donald Trump says tariff is a “beautiful word”. But he also prides himself on being a dealmaker. So the EU approach to the president-elect’s tariff threats suggested by European Central Bank president ...

The charge was swiftly approved by the city’s transport authority and will be levied south of 60th Street from January 5 — making New York the first city in the US to impose congestion pricing.