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QIA will continue to invest most of its wealth outside the Gulf state but wants to make the country a regional hub for VC ...

Canadian investment group Brookfield is buying National Grid’s onshore renewables business in the US for $1.7bn, highlighting its confidence in the sector despite Donald Trump’s anti-green agenda.

Weidel said voters had delivered a “clear majority” for a coalition with the AfD, which came second, and the winning ...

The single currency gained 0.3 per cent in early trading in Europe to $1.0489. The currency briefly hit a high for the year ...

Together, falling sentiment, a weakening housing market, and contracting business activity suggest that the hot US economy may be cooling faster than previously thought — a far cry from the hot growth ...

Germany’s centre-right leader Friedrich Merz has won federal elections, and is set to steer Europe’s largest economy towards a more stable government as he seeks to form a coalition with the ...

Running Doge as a “special government employee”, Musk, the world’s richest man, has gained access to sensitive Treasury Department payment data, closed agencies such as the Consumer Financial ...

Lawyers say London remains global centre for dispute resolution but litigation funders are being more selective ...

The government has signalled its backing for a third runway, and Heathrow has said it will present a detailed proposal by the ...

Eimear McBride and Nicci French, along with a Victorian murder mystery, convey the claustrophobia of the city — plus a ...

The center-right Christian Democrats won the most votes in Germany’s election, and the US stock market had its worst day in ...