UK supermarket chain J Sainsbury’s said on Sunday that talks to sell Argos to one China’s biggest retailers had collapsed, adding a deal was no longer in the interest of stakeholders.

But ‘depth of relationship’ with Jeffrey Epstein was not known when peer was chosen, insists business secretary ...

US secretary of state also expected to discuss war in Gaza and drive by far-right Israeli ministers to annex areas of West Bank ...

Brookfield Asset Management is in talks to acquire a US landlord of manufactured homes from Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC for more than $10bn in one of the largest property takeovers since ...

Trump’s attacks on Cook and Fed chair Jay Powell, who he has labelled a “stubborn mule” for not lowering rates sooner, have sparked concerns among investors and academics that a potentially ...

In the August 17 edition of this newsletter I outlined how the west got hooked on economic support. This week I explain how it got submerged under an ever-growing heap of red tape too. In the US, ...

AI-powered drone swarms are set to transform the battlefield, with companies launching cutting edge software set to make unmanned weapon attacks which overwhelm enemy defences more deadly. In this ...

Russia has widened its interference in Moldovan elections to voters living abroad ahead of parliamentary elections this month, according to President Maia Sandu. Sandu, who relied on the diaspora to ...

Quantum computing exploits the physics of subatomic particles to perform functions beyond the capabilities of existing computers. Australia’s prominent role in its development has been built on top of ...

Without any major surprises, arguments that led to this month’s hold should still apply, Martin Kocher tells FT ...

Donald Trump’s punitive 50 per cent tariffs on India are a wake-up call for the nation of nearly 1.5bn. The high import duties, which the US president imposed on August 27 as punishment for the ...

Since Macron entered the Élysée in 2017 promising to cut taxes, boost growth and shrink the state, public spending has climbed — and so has France’s debt-to-GDP ratio, now trailing only Greece and ...