Prize draw businesses have better luck than the average punter
Lack of regulation has helped draw operators to thrive
Lack of regulation has helped draw operators to thrive
Software designed to remove safety protections creates systems that provide responses on biological weapons and malware
Price of oil falls on hopes of an agreement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Regulator tries to strengthen city-state’s position as wealth hub after money-laundering cases lengthened wait times
Plus, James Anderson sees end to tech boom, SpaceX IPO trading frenzy and the Old Vic’s all-female Glengarry Glen Ross
Also in today’s newsletter: UK business lending and EU merger policy
Acquisition of I-MED is Hong Kong-based conglomerate’s first since strategic overhaul
Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu star in Jack Thorne’s ‘Falling’; 1970s Russia is the setting for cold war spy caper ‘Ponies’; sex work scam spirals into murder mystery in ‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’; neo-Western saga ‘Dutton Ranch’; Munya Chawawa goes ‘Wrestling with Trump’; season 2 of Jilly Coope
Film about a religious couple accused of child abuse in Norway divides critics but takes home festival’s top prize
Political stability is needed if the country is ever to solve its problems
His 20th solo album is a moving paean to the Liverpool of his youth with a partial shift in register
The capacity of policymakers to respond to shocks is down across the board
Higher spending likely to raise questions about taxpayer-funded body’s approach to long-delayed railway
Pressure is mounting with fuel prices driven 50% higher by Strait of Hormuz blockade
‘Soft left’ faction backs Andy Burnham for prime minister, while Blairites lend support to Wes Streeting
Weak economic growth and tighter regulation hit credit for small and medium-sized companies
US tech giants are tapping markets as they race to build AI data centres
Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential run thrown into doubt by revelations he procured film funding from suspected fraudster
Luncheon event at 11th-century castle comes after anti-immigration party made gains in local elections
And other great new tech for the kitchen
Oil major bets billions on technology but backlash on US Gulf Coast threatens its ambitions
Visible laundry is often shunned as unsightly clutter — and increasingly banned. Hanging it out has become a political act
Twists, turns and revelations feature in the tragic loss of a young man in ‘London Falling’, while ‘Yesteryear’ is one of this summer’s most talked-about debuts
Mixed messages from top EU officials cloud promised overhaul of competition rules