This might seem to presume a Russian singer in the title role, but Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel has sung Boris in this production since it was new. He quips that he has extra experience this time ...

What’s the common two-word name for deuterium oxide, a liquid used in nuclear reactors — and whose manufacture in Norway by ...

In contrast to its £52bn trade deficit in goods with China in the year to the end of last June, the UK had a £10bn surplus in services, and it hopes the City’s financial and professional services ...

Donald Trump is preparing to nominate former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh to replace Jay Powell as chair of the world ...

The Eurozone economy unexpectedly grew by 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025 despite geopolitical tensions and ...

Swatch Group shares jumped on Friday after the Swiss watchmaker said trading had improved significantly in recent months and ...

Kurdish military and civilian institutions will gradually join Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government following weeks of fighting ...

The UK government has hopes of doubling the size of the co-operative sector, evolving the model beyond post offices and pubs to brownfield sites and storied estates ...

The German economy remains deeply troubled and just 0.5 per cent bigger in real terms than before the pandemic. Hope of a recovery this year is being led by an aggressive fiscal expansion into ...

Trump’s pick will take the reins of the world’s top central bank during one of the most consequential periods in its history ...

China is lifting its travel ban on MPs and peers who criticised the country’s human rights record and will allow all British parliamentarians to enter the country, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.

Solomon — awarding custody to the mother who cared more for her child’s welfare than for her own rights — proved a more merciful judge of maternal merit than some of those described in Lara Feigel’s ...