The price of Brent crude rose to $90 a barrel, from $88 on Friday, after America struck two Iranian rocket launchers. It is ...

Donald Trump has eased some crises since last year’s UNGA, most recently through his deal with Denmark over Greenland. But ...

The governor of Moscow oblast said that Ukraine had launched a massive drone attack on the region. Andrei Vorobyev said that ...

Even adjusting for the inflation of recent years, rich-world house prices are only 4% off their all-time high. True, a few ...

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Democrats in Alaska hope personal appeal, idiosyncratic politics and presidential missteps will win a crucial seat ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor, called regional elections a “disaster” for his Christian Democrat Union. Exit polls ...

NATO said the agreement between America and Denmark over Greenland would “help advance security, stability and co-operation” ...

Until recently many South Africans would have named Siya Kolisi, the captain of the Springboks rugby team, or Trevor Noah, a ...

H UNDREDS OF STATE elections have been held in Germany since the founding of the federal republic in 1949. The conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), or its sister party, the Chr ...

Scott Bessent, America’s treasury secretary, is set to hold talks with He Lifeng, China’s economic tsar, on Sunday before the countries’ leaders meet in Washington next week. Messrs Bessent and He are ...

Warren Buffett stepped down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, his sprawling conglomerate. The 96-year-old investment guru ...