How Monaco changed for F1
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Peru to vote on ninth president in a decade
Neither candidate, who offer widely differing agendas, obtained 20% in first round of voting
AstraZeneca chief warns group could withhold new drugs in Europe
Sir Pascal Soriot says countries will have to spend more on innovative medicines following US trade deal
Investors wake up to the merits of sleep biotech
More people worry about poor sleep than excess weight, but drugmakers have been deterred from entering the market by costs
On yer bike! Freud and middle-aged men in Lycra
The ever-present fear of ridicule among cycling’s weekend warriors tells us a thing or two about human nature
Irish government under pressure over alumina exports to Russia
Lawmakers call for EU sanctions on Oleg Deripaska-linked plant in Ireland if raw material is used in Russian weapons
In World Cup season, choose your financial trophies carefully
Real Madrid’s president has made it very clear that investing in the club is mainly about having fun and making contacts
The Tories, Restore Britain and their ‘shared enemy’
Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party leads the polls and is a target for both
Wasting China’s solar panel surplus is madness
Clean power is within our reach — yet factories sit idle
Directors’ Deals: BP veteran hives off nearly £2mn in shares ahead of Manifold brouhaha
The group has been struggling to convince the market that it now possesses greater strategic clarity
Can AI save a company’s soul?
It is easy to imagine institutional memory lost to automation preserved in silicon — but there is one crucial difference
Are US Treasuries becoming a financial chokepoint?
A haven asset for the financial system is becoming a source of risk
Why bother with university?
As costs soar and graduate prospects dim, the value of higher education can no longer be taken for granted
Why images of beauty matter in dark times
Even amid the challenges of the here and now, we find ways to survive — and celebrate that survival
Pro-Russian billionaire under house arrest seeks power in Armenia
Samvel Karapetyan is biggest challenger to pro-western incumbent in Sunday’s election
How inheritance tax prompted the great pensions rethink
With the rules changing next year, savers need to reconsider what they do with their ‘red money’
Ireland’s plucky wine underdogs
Winemaking on the Emerald Isle is no easy feat, yet the country’s small but growing number of vignerons are up to the task
House & Home Sunshine and Waterside Living Special
From a glow-up in the Hamptons to gardening in the Bahamas, intrigue in Venice to the cool of Cairo – plus swell surf shacks and delicious gelato interiors
How Anni Albers wove her demons into her work
The last surviving teacher from the Bauhaus spent a lifetime wrestling with the identity she could never escape
Politicians and the bond markets: lost in translation
Mutual misunderstanding and panicky commentary mask a joint desire to see the UK economy doing better
The mathematician vs the former football hooligan
Once a poster-child of an enlarged EU, Romania has become a parable of populism — and how to address it
Sturgeon-gate should prompt couples to question their partner’s finances
Couples who do Excel together can exceed together
Time’s up for Swatch?
A fall in profits has increased pressure for change, but the Hayek family has decried ‘short-termism’ and defended its strategy
The remote shooting lodge reborn as Scotland’s most expensive hotel
In the country’s far north, the 159-year-old Hope Lodge now promises ‘curated escapism’ and ‘untamed luxury’