Iran’s chief justice urges regime to swiftly ‘punish’ protest detainees
Move comes despite Trump’s threat to ‘take very strong action’ if Tehran executes demonstrators
French writer Édouard Louis: ‘Family is a rotten structure. It produces its own violence’
The gay author shocked France with stories of working-class poverty and homophobia. He talks to Simon Kuper about the misogyny his mother endured and why escape is his defining theme
China’s mighty green tech sector still has stubborn weak points
Trade tensions highlight reliance on imported components and minerals
Japan’s Takaichi to call snap election
Prime minister hoping to consolidate grip on power by winning majority for ruling party
When dummy hits baize, or screen, as defenders, take time to assess hand layout
As the hand with certain entries, retain cards in long suit until declarer has lost stoppers
Record UK offshore wind auction boosts plan to decarbonise by 2030
Government increases prices to encourage bids from developers
Why Japan has fallen for its new prime minister
Sanae Takaichi hopes to convert personal popularity into solid electoral gains for ailing ruling party in expected snap vote
SLB poised to reap gains from Trump’s plan to leverage Venezuelan oil
Shares in the world’s largest oilfield services company have risen by 14% since US capture of Nicolás Maduro
Uganda imposes internet blackout in pre-election crackdown
Octogenarian president Yoweri Museveni will seek to extend his 40-year rule in polls on Thursday
UK’s Open Cosmos beats Thiel-backed Rivada to European satellite licence
British company wins highly contested Liechtenstein low Earth orbit contract
Toyota Motor raises take private offer for biggest subsidiary to $34bn
Japanese carmaker increases price proposal by 15% following criticism from activist investors and shareholders
Polymarket’s eye-watering brush with the 1958 Onion Futures Act
Peeling back the layers of the ambiguously-regulated US prediction market
Pension fund sues Hermes over ‘existential gamble’ on wind farms
Claim alleges ‘no competent infrastructure manager’ would have invested in such ‘highly risky’ assets
IMG’s Adam Kelly: sport is the antidote to AI
As Netflix and Apple expand their sports ambitions, the head of IMG says media rights are entering a new phase driven by scarcity, retention and measurable returns
Digital ID should aim to win public support, not force it
Keir Starmer irked his MPs last year by framing move as means to tackle illegal working
European ammunition group announces IPO in Amsterdam
With an estimated value of about €30bn, Czechoslovak Group is set to become one of Europe’s most valuable defence companies
BP takes $4bn-$5bn hit on green energy business
UK oil major suffers latest setback as it tries to pivot back to fossil fuels
IMF presses governments to step up support for workers displaced by AI
Analysis finds evidence of the technology hitting wages and employment in certain areas
China blames US for trade imbalances as surplus hits record $1.2tn
Exports soar as world’s second-largest economy shakes off Trump’s tariff threat
NZ central bank chief rebuked over support for Fed’s Powell
Foreign minister warns newly appointed governor to ‘stay in her New Zealand lane’
Progress on (half of) inflation
Plus fiscal dominance and the Fed
Luxury department store chain Saks files for bankruptcy
Retailer has struggled with high debt after acquiring rival Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman
Advertising group Dentsu’s push to sell global unit close to collapse
Potential buyers dropped out of talks to buy Japanese agency’s underperforming international arm
Nuclear weapons are now ESG compliant
Boom times in EU sustainable finance