South African opposition parties have accused the government of making a “backdoor deal” with Elon Musk after it proposed to loosen Black empowerment laws to meet the US billionaire’s conditions for ...

Sequoia Capital is hoping to cash in on rising global demand for art house cinema after leading a $100mn investment in Mubi that values the indie streaming service at $1bn, marking a rare foray into ...

The medical case against it — as far as a layman can judge these things — has strengthened with time. “Risks start from the ...

Police on Saturday raided municipal offices and arrested three district mayors in Istanbul, as well as a former lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), the state news agency ...

Donald Trump said he would double tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from 25 per cent to 50 per cent in a fresh ...

The blue-chip S&P 500 rose 6.2 per cent in May, its best monthly performance since November 2023, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq ...

Only three women have been granted membership to London’s Garrick Club, one year after a rancorous battle to reverse a ...

Japan’s government and central bank face important decisions in the coming weeks as they decide how best to deal with a surge ...

The novelist has written the libretto with composer Colin Matthews — an opera within an opera in which life begins to imitate ...

Jamie Dimon has warned that the US bond market will “crack” under the weight of the country’s rising debt as he called on ...

Scion of a flamenco dynasty, Farruquito dazzled audiences as a child — and now contemplates the line of succession ...

One of the problems of Bordeaux’s tight-knit wine community is that it tends to console itself by remembering that the wine ...