Bouygues Telecom consortium agrees to buy Patrick Drahi’s SFR for €20.35bn
Bid from group including Orange and Free-Iliad faces showdown with antitrust regulators in Paris and Brussels
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to surpass pre-Iran War capacity without price cuts
Airline had its planes grounded when fighting began but demand for transit through region has recovered
What we know about the plan to give Americans an equity stake in AI
OpenAI has proposed a sovereign-wealth-style fund to ease public anxiety about the impact of artificial intelligence
The teenagers enlisted as agents of mayhem by Russia and Iran
Minors are being targeted to carry out hostile acts from Ukraine to western Europe and Israel
Irish government under pressure over alumina exports to Russia
Lawmakers call for EU sanctions on Oleg Deripaska-linked plant in Ireland if raw material is used in Russian weapons
West Ham co-chair quits ahead of ‘publication of serious historic allegations’
David Sullivan departs just two weeks after club was relegated from Premier League
US and Iran exchange strikes in new threat to shaky ceasefire
Kuwait and Bahrain are attacked as American forces intercept drones launched over Strait of Hormuz
School IB Maths class: What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?
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Oil tanker owners fear market crash after Iran war drove record profits
Shipowners ploughed windfall into new vessels and are braced for steep drop in rates if Strait of Hormuz reopens
Trump relaunches tariffs war after court struck down levies
President attempts to craft a regime of punitive trade measures that can survive legal challenges
Allegations against Maine Senate candidate plunge Democrats into turmoil
Political outsider’s campaign is overshadowed by accusations of inappropriate behaviour
One billion pints: beer giants prepare for booziest World Cup in history
An expanded tournament held in beer-friendly countries will result in an extra 1bn pints being consumed, say analysts
Netherlands moves to soothe rich investors over tax on paper profits
Most countries only impose levies once gains are realised
Pricing the oil inventory drawdown
Could Brent crude hit $140 per barrel?
How Monaco changed for F1
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Peru to vote on ninth president in a decade
Neither candidate, who offer widely differing agendas, obtained 20% in first round of voting
AstraZeneca chief warns group could withhold new drugs in Europe
Sir Pascal Soriot says countries will have to spend more on innovative medicines following US trade deal
Investors wake up to the merits of sleep biotech
More people worry about poor sleep than excess weight, but drugmakers have been deterred from entering the market by costs
On yer bike! Freud and middle-aged men in Lycra
The ever-present fear of ridicule among cycling’s weekend warriors tells us a thing or two about human nature
In World Cup season, choose your financial trophies carefully
Real Madrid’s president has made it very clear that investing in the club is mainly about having fun and making contacts
The Tories, Restore Britain and their ‘shared enemy’
Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party leads the polls and is a target for both
Directors’ Deals: BP veteran hives off nearly £2mn in shares ahead of Manifold brouhaha
The group has been struggling to convince the market that it now possesses greater strategic clarity
Wasting China’s solar panel surplus is madness
Clean power is within our reach — yet factories sit idle
Can AI save a company’s soul?
It is easy to imagine institutional memory lost to automation preserved in silicon — but there is one crucial difference