As emotive as the subject may be, Rot moves beyond sentiment, ideology and the false comforts of denial and denunciation. Scanlan evades the ventriloquism of more polemical histories. He lets the dead ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world No1, made a cameo appearance via video in last Monday’s third episode of BBC2’s Chess Masters: The Endgame, challenging contestants to memorise a position from a “special” ...

This is an important point to understand, not only because is it at the heart of the Trump administration’s economic thinking, but also because it resonates with average Americans. If it’s about ...

Rocket Companies has agreed to buy Mr Cooper for $9.4bn, in a deal that will create a US mortgage giant at an uncertain time for the US real estate market. The all-stock transaction will put fintech ...

The European Commission plans to strengthen EU policing and law enforcement measures against threats from foreign powers such as Russia that collaborate with criminal networks, under a new strategy on ...

New report says a magnitude 9 tremor in the Nankai Trough has potential for damage equivalent to half of annual GDP ...

Aston Martin will raise more than £125mn as the US moves ahead with Donald Trump’s tariffs, with the sale of its minority stake in the Formula 1 racing team and additional investment from its chair ...

Germany has begun to look like the ‘sick man of Europe’ again. Its economy has barely grown since 2019, while its famous manufacturing sector has shrivelled. But earlier this month, financial markets ...

Dispute over control of Dutch retailer Hunkemöller is latest example of so-called creditor-on-creditor violence in Europe ...

It’s an ill wind . . . The Royal Ballet’s triple bill of masterpieces by George Balanchine was menaced by a spate of injuries among the scheduled principals and soloists but the emergency casting ...

Britain’s biggest banks, technology and telecoms companies have pledged to step up efforts to share live fraud data, as calls grow for the government to take stronger leadership in coordinating the ...

Gwen Robinson, who died last week aged 65 in a hospital in Bangkok, which was her base for the last 15 years, came from one of Australia’s finest journalistic backgrounds. Her father, Peter Robinson, ...