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Nuclear talks between Iran and the US have reached an impasse over Iran’s right to produce and stockpile low-enriched uranium. America first signalled that it was open to some enrichment before ...
With the latest widely expected cut, ECB president Christine Lagarde said the Eurozone would be in a “good position to navigate the uncertain conditions” facing the bloc, as she also insisted she was ...
The European Central Bank has signalled it is nearing the end of its rate-cutting cycle as it lowered borrowing costs by a ...
Donald Trump spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping by telephone on Thursday, the state-owned Xinhua news agency said, amid ...
Looking further forward, the ECB is forecasting an inflation rate of just 1.6 per cent for 2026, meaning it would undershoot its medium-term inflation target of 2 per cent.
Also in today’s newsletter, landmark tax bill will add $2.4tn to US debt by 2034, according to fiscal watchdog ...
Israel’s continued obsession with expansion stands in stark contrast to this reality. Its pursuit of more territory at the expense of the indigenous Palestinian population — cloaked in the language of ...
The European Central Bank today cut its benchmark deposit rate by 0.25 percentage points, taking it to 2 per cent.
Centrica has reached a £20bn deal to buy gas from Norway over the coming decade, in a sign that the UK will remain reliant on fossil fuel imports as it winds down North Sea exploration.
Even if the war were to end tomorrow, equipment production would continue at pace. As the army eats through Soviet legacy equipment, Putin is determined to replenish stockpiles — and equip his ...
Anjet Daanje’s first novel in English is a powerfully vivid portrait of two people dealing with their changed lives after the first world war ...
With pretty much all bets pointing to a quarter-point cut in the ECB’s benchmark deposit rate — the eighth one in a year — analysts are focusing on second-order aspects of today’s rate decision, which ...