US demands Europe sets out arms and troops support for postwar Ukraine
The US has asked European capitals to provide detailed proposals on the weaponry, peacekeeping troops and security arrangements they could provide Ukraine with as part of any security guarantees to ...
Match enlists AI to nudge men into better behaviour on dating apps
The efforts to enlist AI to help improve dating behaviour come as the three largest online matchmaking brands globally — ...
MI5 investigates use of Chinese green technology in UK
MI5 is helping establish the extent to which the use of Chinese technology such as solar panels or industrial batteries could pose potential future security threats, according to people close to the ...
The 5 hectic weeks that will define Thames Water’s future
Thames Water only has enough cash to survive little more than five weeks. The UK’s biggest water provider, which serves 16mn customers in and around London, does not have enough money to repay a ...
JPMorgan snubs regulators over disclosure of private equity loans
Even excluding JPMorgan from the FDIC data, the new disclosures show how private credit and private equity funds have become big borrowers from traditional banks. US banks reported $214bn in ...
‘Braintainment’ boom sees BC Partners aim to sell puzzle-setting big shot
BC Partners has appointed Rothschild to explore strategic options for the business, according to two people familiar with the situation. A sale could raise as much as €550mn, they added, with rival ...
JD Vance emboldens pro-Putin Romanian presidential candidate
US vice-president JD Vance’s scathing criticism of a country cancelling an election due to alleged Russian meddling has emboldened a pro-Putin candidate in his bid to become the next president of ...
Ukraine rejects Trump bid to take rights to half its mineral reserves
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered Zelenskyy the deal during a visit to Kyiv on Wednesday, which came after Trump suggested the US was owed half a trillion dollars’ worth of Ukraine’s ...
Europe’s wake-up call
The focus of Europe’s attention right now is Trump’s démarche on the Ukraine war. But just before that, it was the threat of US tariffs and the breakdown of an open international trade order.
Billionaire Ratcliffe’s big sports bet misfires
Magnus Carlsen, the five-time World Chess Champion and arguably the greatest player in history, has brought his peers and ...
She ‘defies the archetype of the good feminist’ — now Lisa Yuskavage is on top of the art world
The artist once courted disapproval from critics but her latest paintings prove that she’s at the peak of her powers ...
Robert De Niro and Eric Newman on thriller Zero Day: ‘It’s anxiety-provoking — but that’s OK’
The actor and the showrunner discuss their new Netflix series — and how it gives America the kind of president it needs ...