The victory of Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats (CDU) in Sunday’s parliamentary election gives Germany a new opportunity to fix the crumbling foundations of its postwar success. Once a rock ...

One-quarter of men aged 18-24 voted for the far-right AfD compared with 14 per cent of women in the same age group. There was ...

Donald Trump’s move to tighten his grip on independent US watchdogs is “a big, big mistake” that risks eroding trust in the world’s biggest economy, Europe’s largest asset manager has warned.

Elisabeth Stöppler’s staging in Düsseldorf for Deutsche Oper am Rhein is problematic, but Shostakovich’s music wins out ...

A US hedge fund is leading a group of creditors into battle with a European automotive tycoon and one of India’s wealthiest ...

Manchester United has announced a new round of job cuts and ended free lunch for staff as shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe puts a further squeeze on spending in an effort to revive the fortunes of the ...

World’s top producer of metal used in electric vehicle batteries moves to counteract ‘overabundance of supply’ ...

As well as restrictions on trade, the UK government also imposed restrictions on competition at home. This took two main ...

EY identified “significant” financial and assurance weaknesses within the South Tees Development Corporation during 2023-24 ...

Why take only a nibble when you can eat the whole meal? That seems to be the logic of Prosus’ €4.1bn acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway. The Amsterdam-listed tech investor was once a ragbag of ...

Apple said it planned to hire an additional 20,000 staff in the US over the next four years as part of a $500bn American investment plan, as chief executive Tim Cook becomes the latest business leader ...

Announcement comes as Britain prepares to unveil sanctions package on third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...