Gunman kills six in Kraków shooting
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk called on politicians not to exploit the incident
US believes Nvidia’s Huang had romantic relationship with alleged Chinese spy
American intelligence warned the tech boss was involved with executive recruited by China to gather information on US group
Israel’s president gives Gadi Eisenkot first shot at forming a government
Isaac Herzog’s decision means opposition politician has 28 days to attempt to put together a ruling coalition
Trump asks UFC boss Dana White to be new press secretary
US president signals combative approach in wake of midterms drubbing of his party
French far-left presidential hopeful pledges ‘revolutionary’ remaking of society
Jean-Luc Mélenchon stages show of force with 20,000-strong rally as widespread protests boost his momentum
Berkshire Hathaway steps up share buybacks with $9.6bn of purchases
Insurance slowdown drags on performance, with quarterly operating income falling by 5.8 per cent year-on-year
A bank collapse exposes the dark side of Latin America’s star economy
Ueno Bank’s seizure has toppled Paraguay’s president and tarnished its glossy pitch to investors
New Zealand’s National Party set to cling on to power
Rightwing bloc projected to win enough seats to form a government
US plan to overhaul air traffic control system like ‘changing a tyre at 70mph’
Transport secretary’s $42.5bn project to squeeze decades of much-needed upgrades into three years could be risky, experts argue
What will a Democratic Congress mean for Ukraine?
With Donald Trump retaining control of foreign policy, lawmakers will use legislative tools to try to support Kyiv
Data centres rebuked
Capex, meet the electorate
Russia’s rocky return to global sport
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Laurence Tubiana: the climate struggle is entering its ‘post-Trump era’
France’s star negotiator on the Paris accord, éco-anxiété and her hopes for COP Antalya
UK will not slow down on AI despite backlash in US, says growth minister
Dan Tomlinson asserts that pace of investment is ‘too low for what we need to stay at the forefront as AI technology develops’
Burnham’s 10-year plan morphs into ‘high-level’ blueprint
Delay deepens doubts within Labour whether PM’s vision for UK will be as transformational as billed
The UK has few easy options for rejoining a ‘traumatised’ EU
Accession is really not a negotiation. It is a process and candidates must tick all the relevant boxes
Trump’s defeat heralds a US retreat
American retrenchment could change Middle East balance of power and signify opportunities for China
Scottish government explores seizing assets of Sanjeev Gupta’s business empire
Holyrood wants to ensure any claims it has against GFG Alliance are prioritised over those of other creditors
European security agencies probe whether bomb hoaxes started in Russia
A working hypothesis is that the co-ordinated threats were produced by pro-Kremlin activists or hacking groups
John Frieda, celebrity hairstylist and businessman, 1951-2026
The coiffeur revolutionised hairdressing with his line of styling products
The mother of all American course corrections
US midterms are the latest confirmation that reports of the death of liberal democracy have been much exaggerated
Zelenskyy to be honoured with UK state visit in 2027
The grand occasion will mark five years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Transcript: Martin Wolf on the US midterms — what will the Democrats do next?
Martin Wolf speaks with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman
How Wall Street’s all-in bet on AI blew up
US midterm elections sparked a hedge fund and retail investor exodus from a trade that had taken over equity markets