John Healey seeks to reassure bond markets as fiscal problems grow
UK chancellor says government must ‘be honest’ about the need to control public spending
Germany’s Merz is running out of time
Following the AfD surge in Saxony-Anhalt, the political centre must deliver, and fast
Pricey oil is laying the groundwork for its own decline
Crude is helping to make clean technologies more competitive
Billionaire trader Rokos to leave UK for Greece
Hedge fund manager’s earnings have made him one of the UK’s biggest individual taxpayers
Africa’s richest man seeks to raise $1.6bn in continent’s biggest IPO
Aliko Dangote targets 10mn shareholders as he floats $49bn refinery business on Nigerian stock exchange
What to do about the UK’s mental health crisis
Approaches focused on community and interpersonal relations have proved to be successful abroad
Merz in ‘shock’ as far-right AfD celebrates ‘dream result’
German chancellor under severe pressure as rival party aims for 40% of vote in country’s next federal polls
Primetime — Robert Pattinson is silkily vampiric as a TV paedophile-hunter
The actor plays ‘To Catch a Predator’ host Chris Hansen in a queasy reckoning with the hit 2000s show
Belgian-Chinese researcher arrested over suspected theft of chip secrets
Prosecutors in Belgium cite ‘indications’ suspect took role at tech company in China months after joining now-defunct semiconductor maker Belgan
Oil closes in on $100 as renewed supply crunch looms
Traders warn that ‘something has to break’ amid attacks on shipping and eroding inventories
Yen surges to 6-month high as traders stay alert for signs of intervention
Japanese currency touches ¥154.04 per dollar, including steep rise in London morning
What next for Alternative for Germany after its victory in Saxony-Anhalt?
Far-right party is short of three seats in the state’s parliament to lead a regional government — and make postwar history
Republicans fear Trump has turned toxic on the campaign trail
Some party candidates worry the president’s low popularity and inflammatory rhetoric will cost them November’s election
Law schools tell students to put AI away
The technology is being banned from certain classrooms to remove shortcuts that ‘stunt intellectual growth’
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Top Serbian officials attend funeral of war criminal Ratko Mladić
EU enlargement commissioner cancels visit to country over ‘glorification’ of general convicted of participating in genocide
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‘Chimerica’ is now a chimera — and global stability is the victim
For a host of reasons, China shock 2.0 looks nothing like its predecessor in the 2000s
VW agrees deal to shift plant from cars to air defence
Carmaker’s embattled Osnabrück factory to be converted following agreement with Aurelius Capital
Vox rides high in Spain over Ceuta migrant crisis
Rightwing populist party’s strong ratings on immigration underline political cost for Pedro Sánchez
Next wins ‘landmark’ judgment in UK retail’s multibillion equal pay battle
Tribunal rules FTSE 100 group is justified in paying warehouse workers more than mostly female shop workers
A German election result heard around the world
The Kremlin and the Trump administration are cheering on the rise of the AfD
Deutsche Bank settles €152mn lawsuit with former executive
Dario Schiraldi was one of six bankers convicted — and later acquitted — over trades linked to Monte dei Paschi di Siena
US shale pioneer takes fracking to Australia’s remote gas frontier
American producers hope to export practices around the world as countries seek new supplies due to the Iran war