Ursula von der Leyen will preside over the most rightwing European Commission in decades, as EU lawmakers are set to approve her team for the next five years on Wednesday.

All the more strange, then, that on social care — which is umbilically tied to the NHS in many ways — it has stumbled from one mis-step to another.

Wizz Air’s former supply chain manager has been fined by the UK financial watchdog for failing to properly disclose 115 personal trades in shares of the low-cost airline worth more than £4mn, many of ...

Italian authorities this year launched a special initiative, Piracy Shield, to attempt to crack down on illegal streaming of live matches in real time. Under the scheme, Italy’s telecoms regulator is ...

Gordon Brown’s former communications chief has been tapped up for the role of “EU sherpa”, leading the UK government’s reset talks with Brussels, as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer looks to strengthen ...

While Poland spearheaded western military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine following Russia’s all-out invasion in February 2022, historic grievances resurfaced in recent years against Kyiv’s ...

As the title of Duggan’s third book — preceded by Killer Thinking and Cult Status — suggests, we should work backwards by identifying the lifestyle to which we aspire, pinpointing the income that ...

The serving president Salome Zourabichvili was initially elected with the nationalist Georgian Dream’s backing, but later became one of the ruling party’s strongest critics. She later emerged as one ...

Tapestry’s dream of building a US “accessible luxury” powerhouse is in tatters. The company behind Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman this month called off its plans to acquire Capri Holdings, home ...

The European parliament has approved Ursula von der Leyen’s team for her second five-year term as president of the European Commission, which will begin on December 1. Von der Leyen’s slate of ...

At the November meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee lowered rates by a quarter-point to a range of 4.5-4.75 per cent — the second cut in as many meetings.

Leading female athletes, including Serena Williams, explain why beauty has become core to game-day preparations ...