'Cockroach' activist ends hunger strike as Indian youth movement vows to press on with protests

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news. On the corporate front today, the consumer goods group Reckitt Benckiser has warned it will take a £175m hit from…

France asks EU for help while Spain declares national emergency around Madrid, as marine heatwave sees parts of Mediterranean Sea 5C hotter than normal. Brutal heat torching…

Power has been too centralised in Britain and tackling that is key to progress and prosperity. This initiative is ambitious: we’re remaking the state. Andy Burnham is prime…

French evacuees using hundreds of mobilised boats or the only road linking the area with the mainland as evacuation also ordered in areas near Spanish capital. Over in France,…

Ramaphosa has faced scrutiny following the theft of large sums of cash from his private farm in 2020

About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning…

Local people and tourists were evacuated from the Arcachon Bay area overnight into Thursday after a huge fire engulfed more than 3,400 hectares (8,400 acres) of forest. Pushed by…

The incident is stirring debates over the need for stronger AI guardrails and the extent to which AI agents are capable of acting on their own

PM says ‘those who try to harm the future of our youth will not be spared’ as scandal spirals into widespread anger. Narendra Modi has vowed to set up “fast-track courts” to speed…

Researchers listening off the Caribbean island of Dominica found variations in the mammals’ audible clicks when marine traffic was close. Sperm whales produce a specific pattern…

The UK's largest onshore windfarm is set to double in generating capacity as part of a massive £1.5bn rebuilding project

Jurgen Klopp last coached in 2024 at Liverpool but was Red Bull's head of global football, leading Leipzig and New York

Oil surged to $100 per barrel after Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea. And, President Trump overnight replaced expiring tariffs with a slew of…

The Justice Department is dropping the subpoenas it filed demanding grand jury testimony and phone records from New York Times journalists after sharp questioning Thursday from a…

It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement

The Trump administration announced a new round of tariffs of as much as 12.5% on 60 trading partners on Thursday, preventing a lapse in import taxes as a temporary tariff program…

The deaths of 52 people on the Clipper Endeavor led to the introduction of mandatory pre-flight safety briefings

Washington and the technology industry are on high alert this week after OpenAI revealed that some of its AI agents went rogue and hacked into the systems of technology start-up…

A group including the former England footballer write to the new PM telling him "we can afford it"

President’s remarks follow Houthi strikes on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and oil prices rising past $100 a barrel again. Donald Trump has said he is close to deciding whether to…

Firm told to treat third-party services that appear in its results in ‘fair and non-discriminatory manner’. Google has been fined a total of €890m (£760m) by the EU for breaches…

The price of crude oil is rising again following Houthi claims of attacks on tankers in the Red Sea. What could it mean for gas prices, inflation and the global economy?

The United States will slap taxes of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries accounting for 99% of U.S. imports, charging that they have inadequately enforced bans on goods…

President Donald Trump on Monday imposed 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products

While many people in the UK recognise the need to preserve water, others are furious and planning to flout the ban in their area. The target of their anger? Failing water…

Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment. Every…

The new PM’s localism agenda doesn’t stop the UK being one of the most centralised counties in Europe. Can you imagine Meloni in charge of social care or Macron discussing buses?.…

A new survey suggests voters are becoming more cynical and pessimistic. A few goodwill gestures from No 10 won’t change all that – but it’s a start. Who are we, the people Andy…

Foreign minister Penny Wong will deliver speech criticising China’s recent launch of a nuclear-capable submarine-launched missile. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…

Sadiq Khan’s heat-ready plan for London is a sensible strategy for adaptation that should provide a roadmap for other cities. “Our ability to trust that our homes will keep us…

An incident in which an autonomous OpenAI agent hacked a startup either confirms that the end is nigh – or that the product is just amazingly sophisticated. Throughout history,…

As fear and fighting ease in Mogadishu, coffee shops have become catalysts for change, bringing jobs for women and creating much-needed social spaces. Every morning at six,…

From being abused by staff and other travellers to being denied access to toilets, flying is an increasingly distressing and frustrating experience for many wheelchair users.…

Industrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide?. There’s a slightly mean…

Taiwanese people look on with concern at fate of Hong Kong’s independent booksellers, after series of arrests in recent months. Walking out of one of Hong Kong’s last remaining…