James Cleverly steps down from shadow cabinet to run for London mayor
Former home and foreign secretary says UK capital ‘under assault’ from Andy Burnham
Niger says mutinying soldiers launched coup attempt
Armed men launch attacks on capital Niamey and briefly take over state television station
Warsh charts a forward-looking path for the Fed at Jackson Hole
This might be remembered as a moment when the central bank switched approach
Trump says US to take control of 65bn barrels of Venezuelan oil
The president says the countries’ joint venture will lower petrol prices for Americans
Warsh puts Fed on collision course with Trump ahead of midterms
US central bank chair’s Jackson Hole hint that rates may rise runs counter to the reduction in borrowing costs the US president desires
Dozens killed in Russian strike on ammunition depot near Kyiv
Lengthy air raids by Moscow’s jet-powered drones have triggered 27 alerts since Thursday in one of the longest attacks of the war
Swiss wealth managers urge delay to ownership register after Liechtenstein hack
Bankers also raised cyber security concerns over list of ultimate owners of more than 500,000 companies and other entities
Alex Gerko earned a record £895mn from trading firm XTX in 2025
Payout to one of the UK’s richest people is 31 per cent higher than the year before
Trump deportations take a bite out of an unexpected industry: US fast food
A sector that relies on population increases for sales growth struggles with new reality of fewer mouths to feed
Is the 60-40 portfolio dead?
Under inflation, bonds are no longer a good diversifier
US campaign to isolate Iran closes in on Dubai
Gulf city has for decades served as an offshore hub for Iranian financial services, trade and access to global markets that the regime needs
What the Indiana state fair reveals about Trump’s America
Will the most ornery state in the conservative Midwest finally reject his politics?
‘In a flash, everything was gone’: Nepal rushes to rescue flood survivors
Destruction of infrastructure by torrent that devastated settlements near border with China has left many people stranded
Frieze Seoul 2026
Highlights of this year’s fair, from Ryan Gander’s restless experimentation to the enduring power of the hanok, from the queen of Korean craft to the Henri Cartier-Bresson of Seoul
Glencore threatened with $1.4bn lawsuit from embattled trader Radiant
Singapore-based iron ore company Radiant has been battling liquidity squeeze
Risk of a new age of financial repression is rising
The idea of pushing US government bonds down the throats of investors is being taken increasingly seriously
Football clubs’ race for data creates bright spot in Britain labour market
Britain’s top teams are using their growing financial strength to expand their off-field operations
The end of cheap food has costs far beyond the grocery store
Research estimates that climate-related shocks could add between 0.9 and 3.2 percentage points to the annual rate of food inflation around the globe by 2035
Raphaël Glucksmann, the French left’s new hope
The tough-on-Russia son of a philosopher is seeking the presidency amid a populist ascendancy
Zero-sum thinking will fuel resentment and scarcity
The assumption that one group must lose for another to gain has become worryingly widespread
How finance redeemed itself
And what tech, the new black sheep, can learn from it
12 smart ways to spend it in September
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Nasa to launch $4.3bn space telescope to scan universe
Roman Space Telescope is expected to help explain dark matter while discovering thousands of planets beyond our solar system
The Cumbrian shepherds racing sunrise to beat the heat
Ancient farming practices are having to adapt to Britain’s increasingly brutal summers, writes James Rebanks