Kennedy, a scion of the storied Democratic family, has been among Trump’s most controversial picks given his goal of dismantling America’s health and pharmaceutical industries and bureaucracies — an ...

Tehran’s glass architecture is not just a matter of changing taste. Open facades symbolise a yearning for transparency. In a society where private freedoms have long flourished behind closed doors, ...

The directors of hedge fund Quadrature Capital, one of the Labour party’s largest donors, have taken £160mn in loans from the business in a move that could lead to a lower tax bill than if they ...

Ten miles south of Edinburgh’s Waverley Station or about 20 minutes’ drive from its airport, on the edge of the small commuter town of Penicuik (pronounced Pennycook), lies the Penicuik Estate.

This is an edited transcript of a Financial Times interview with European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde. The interview took place at the ECB’s Frankfurt headquarters on the afternoon of ...

“Production first, safety later,” said a worker at Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel, another Tsingshan unit operating at IMIP. An explosion at ITSS killed 21 workers last year — the worst accident ...

Almost £6bn of suspicious funds have been channelled through companies registered in the British Overseas Territories to purchase UK properties since 2016, new analysis has revealed.

It is easier than ever to forge graphic video and images. But campaigners hope that new laws could offer a template for controlling artificial intelligence ...

Every autumn, partners at elite British law firm Slaughter and May are invited for the “paterfamilias” — a chat with the senior partner or “father of the family” — about their performance. The ritual ...

Sir Keir Starmer will be invited to meet EU leaders to discuss European security as Brussels seeks closer ties with the UK, in a significant post-Brexit move.

Some market-watchers had already combed through the Bessent back catalogue and decided that the important thing is that he’s an economic historian. The idea is now out there that he’s all about ...

Hizbollah began firing at northern Israel last October in solidarity with Hamas after the Palestinian militant group’s devastating attack on the country’s south.