A newly ratified treaty to protect life at sea is expected to catalyse opposition to deep-sea mining ahead of a UN climate summit in New York. The High Seas treaty will become international law in ...

Global leaders — and not just autocrats — are lining up to learn about Beijing’s policing tactics and surveillance state ...

Health insurer Humana is fighting the US health department in court over three disconnected phone calls to the company’s customer service line, a dispute that could cost it billions of dollars.

Welcome back. In late August, US President Donald Trump raised his already high duties on India to 50 per cent as punishment for the country’s purchases of Russian oil. That made it one of the world’s ...

Private equity group Warburg Pincus has put business services firm TRC Companies up for sale aiming at a valuation of more than $3bn, the latest potential deal in a streak of large exits for the ...

US inflation data to be released on Friday will put to the test Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell’s recent assertion that the labour market, rather than rising consumer prices, presents the more ...

Sir Keir Starmer is expected on Sunday to confirm Britain’s recognition of a Palestinian state, as Israel intensifies military action in Gaza and the expansion of settlements in the West Bank.

A year after Mario Draghi’s doorstep-sized report urged the EU to improve its competitiveness, the former Italian prime minister warned instead last week that the bloc was falling further behind its ...

Private capital groups have warned of a potential wave of mis-selling claims from wealthy investors if advisers fail to adequately explain the risks involved to customers.

Enshrined in the country’s constitution since 1949, the welfare state has grown into one of the world’s largest, accounting for 31.2 per cent of the country’s GDP — the highest level on record when ...

Discuss the demographic implications of Chile’s 42 per cent fertility decline in the past decade ...

Israeli PM is under pressure from far-right coalition partners to formally seize parts of occupied Palestinian territory ...