Germany’s Merz arrives in Kyiv to show support for Ukraine
Trip comes as Russia expands its air war against Ukraine ahead of winter and escalates ‘hybrid’ attacks on Europe
Wall Street’s IPO fervour cools on tepid demand and valuation worries
Several listings have been paused in recent weeks as delay in Anthropic’s public debut sends a chill through markets
Andy Burnham and the art of corporate pitch-rolling
The UK prime minister has many grand plans, but most won’t kick in until 2030 or even later
Today’s youth would like to give back modernity, thank you very much
Has any previous generation been so down on the present?
Bosnia elections pit EU hopes against Russian influence
Serbian nationalists find ready support from Moscow and a US eager for deals
Dear all: how bosses should talk to the troops
And what they should always try to avoid
Masayoshi Son’s AI ambitions outgrow SoftBank’s balance sheet
DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi says his data centre investment group will be SoftBank’s ‘third-party infrastructure arm’ after $4bn takeover
What can we learn from the office AI superusers?
Leaders who have gone all-in on new tech tools describe how they are reimagining their working lives
Israelis rush to get new settlements past ‘starting line’ before election
Jewish settlers are expanding into the occupied West Bank in ways that a new government would struggle to reverse
How 60,000 Polish number plates exposed Italy’s tax allergy
Giorgia Meloni is moving to cut unpopular road levies that have spawned evasion schemes using cars registered in Poland
Chinese women turn to surrogates to avoid motherhood ‘penalty’
With surrogacy illegal in China, agencies and consultancies are increasingly connecting would-be parents with women overseas
Labour grapples with the Deliveroo rider question
Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds proposes that rules place less emphasis on whether workers can appoint a substitute
How Renault went from driveshafts to drones
French carmaker turns mass-manufacturing expertise to new frontier of warfare
Google set to defend £1.2bn UK lawsuit over ‘excessive’ app download charges
British claim over Google Play Store is latest effort to challenge market power of Big Tech groups
How to make the most of apple season, from grilled cheese to galette
Recipes that put autumn’s dependable fruit to work in cakes, pies, salads, dips and more
China closes hundreds of banks to bolster financial system
More than 670 lenders, a record, shut down last year as Fitch says smaller players remain sector’s weakest part
Japanese and Korean shipbuilders deploy robots to take on China
US allies invest in ‘smart shipyards’ as Beijing’s dominance of industry alarms Washington
Burnham reverses much of plan to scrap jury trials
Ministers are scaling back a shake-up of the court system given the ‘strength of feeling’ over the proposals
Sunday Number 165: World Puzzle
Tories vow to scrap £100,000 childcare trap for UK’s higher earners
Badenoch says current threshold, introduced by previous Conservative government, punishes parents for working more
Co-pilot used axe to carry out ‘terrorist act’ on Flydubai flight
Flight 1073 was heading to Tel Aviv when the attack was launched in the cockpit
School IB business management class: European carmakers warn EU-UK tariffs could be ‘catastrophic’
Growth and evolution
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Crisis management
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