FT survey finds ‘large fiscal capacity’, but economists urge would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz to spend funds wisely ...

Former central banker Mark Carney favoured over Chrystia Freeland to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal party head ...

Zelenskyy in bid to persuade Trump he wants an end to war with Russia after freeze on military and intelligence aid ...

Donald Trump has been urged to appoint a special envoy to Northern Ireland as US lawmakers warn of “genuine concern” over the ...

The Trump administration is filled with people who are continually contradicted and undermined in public by their capricious boss, and to save face they claim it’s a cunning plan in the same way my ...

The preamble on last week’s chart quiz was about William Playfair, inventor of time-series graphs and irrepressible blaggard. It’s a pity that both modern biographies of Playf ...

Almost two-thirds of the arms imported by European members of Nato over the past five years were produced by the US, ...

Between the ages of 11 and 16, I wore a tie every school day. The thick, shiny bottle-green and gold-striped style was the bane of my teenage existence: a stuffy symbol of repression and tool for ...

Commercial insurance prices likely to remain high because of natural disasters and geopolitical risk, says marketplace ...

Translated by Olena Jennings and Oksana Rosenblum, Chekh’s portrait of Ukraine in the 1990s is unflinching. It is a place of alcoholism, violence and poverty. Yet Rock, Paper, Grenade is not without ...

Polls show Carney is the preferred leader to negotiate with Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to annex Canada and make it ...

For example, as of the fourth quarter, Helocs totalled just under $400bn, roughly 2 per cent of tappable home equity. At its ...