Israel and Hamas have agreed a deal to release all the remaining hostages held in Gaza as part of the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the devastating two-year war in the strip.

Lloyds Banking Group has warned it will probably have to take an additional provision to cover the cost of the car finance mis-selling scandal. The disclosure from the UK lender comes after the ...

Sarah O’Connor When it comes to women controlling their own economic destinies, perhaps nothing has had a more profound impact than the contraceptive pill. Indeed, you could argue that access to the ...

Battered by scandal, the Swiss organisation behind the annual summit faces a moment of crisis. Insiders say its future may depend on the success of next year’s meeting ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Here’s an interesting story from ETF.com’s Sumit Roy that landed in Alphaville’s inbox yesterday afternoon. The ...

The tireless champion of contemporary art on changing tastes among young collectors, avoiding burnout — and why she never tires of the capital ...

Nato allies are discussing a more forceful response to Vladimir Putin’s increasingly provocative actions, including by deploying armed drones along the border with Russia and easing restrictions on ...

The UK food industry says domestic policies, not global pressures, are forcing grocery bills higher, as food inflation in the country outstrips that of other wealthy economies. Living wage increases, ...

Front lines during the brutal civil war, which lasted from 2011 to December 2024, constantly shifted between different armed groups, from Isis militants to US-backed Kurdish forces, meaning cities and ...

China has unveiled sweeping new export controls on rare earths and related technologies, as Beijing seeks to protect and leverage its dominant position in the global supply chain for critical minerals ...

“It’s quite extraordinary,” says Robin Muir, the show’s curator and a Vogue contributing editor. “This is the fourth Beaton show at the NPG. The first was in 1968, [and was] also the first ever ...

One view is that they are substitutes for skilled, native-born workers, and that large employers use the H-1B visa to suppress skilled wages by bringing in skilled migrant workers — such as ...