Benjamin Netanyahu under pressure from far-right allies on Gaza ceasefire deal
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday accused Hamas of reneging on parts of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, as he faced a pushback against the agreement from his ...
Bank of America still paying the price for being too careful
Measured next to its rivals, America’s second-largest bank has been a third-rate investment. Bank of America stock is up 2 ...
Waymo’s journey shows the path ahead for AI agents
Waymo’s acceleration was all the more striking in a year that saw General Motors shut its Cruise robotaxi unit after pouring ...
Five stars for the Royal Opera’s Jenůfa — a pressure cooker of emotion
Powerful production suggests incoming music director Jakub Hrůša could well become the dominant interpreter of Janáček ...
Hot property: five homes in the Laurentian mountains, Canada
Ski-friendly and waterfront finds, from an Arts & Crafts-style house with its own skating rink to a modern Malibu-inspired ...
Bulgarian pro-Russia party joins coalition government
Bulgaria’s parliament has approved a coalition government with a pro-Russia party, ending a political impasse in the Balkan ...
Starmer must be braver when it comes to growth
That willingness to take top-level political risk to support growth is vital. Regulators will default to conservative positions without strong political support or the correct incentives to be brave.
Bureau Veritas ditched talks with UK’s Intertek to seek €31bn Swiss deal
People close to those talks with Intertek, which collapsed in late autumn 2024, said Bureau Veritas’s cornerstone shareholder Wendel, a French investment firm, saw greater potential in a deal with SGS ...
Gazans prepare for life after war
But for most, the joy sweeping Gaza at the expected halt to the devastating 15-month war — the most deadly in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — is mixed with grief at the death, ...
Nate Anderson, finfluencer
Nate Anderson, founder of the activist short seller Hindenberg Research, said yesterday he was closing the firm. Its hit list includes Adani, Nikola, CloverHealth, DraftKings, Block, Icahn Enterprises ...
UK housebuilders predict sector growth on Labour planning reforms
Labour has made significant changes to England’s national planning policy, including increasing targets for local government, opening up part of the greenbelt for building and promoting infrastructure ...
Credit scores are hazardous to your financial health
The US surgeon-general has decided that drinking is hazardous to our health. Alas, no official has warned of the dangers of credit scores. Touted as a signal of financial virtue, credit scores, in ...