Jeremy Hunt has signalled tax cuts will only come “when the time is right” and be matched by “spending restraint”, as he sought to temper restive Conservative backbenchers’ expectations ahead of the budget in March.
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The process of hiring BBC chairman Richard Sharp in exchange to £800,000 benefits to Boris Johnson is to be reviewed by the watchdog that oversees how public appointments are made.
The Thai baht is leading Asian currencies as it bounces back on the return of Chinese tourism during a critical peak travel period.
Some stores in via Montenapoleone, the heart of Milan's most exclusive shopping area, are displaying clothes and accessories dedicated to the Lunar New Year after two years disrupted by the pandemic even though Chinese tourists are yet t...
China's reopening after debilitating pandemic restrictions is likely to add to global inflationary pressures as the world's second-largest economy ramps up commodity consumption, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde sa...
New Zealand Labour MP Chris Hipkins is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after becoming the only nominee for the party's leadership.
In the snow and ice on the main drag in Davos, the impact of the crypto winter is plain for WEF attendees to see.
A rapid drop in wholesale energy prices following a milder than usual winter means Britain's subsidy scheme to help households with costs could be paying out nothing in the second half of the year, analysts said on Thursday.
In mid-December 2020, Nina Morschhaeuser, a lobbyist for Twitter in Europe, emailed colleagues with a dire warning. The drugmaker BioNTech, along with the German government, had contacted her with news of an imminent “campaign targeting ...
Ten Chinese players face match-fixing charges as snooker's governing body investigates the sport's biggest corruption scandal.
Ireland has seen a huge spike in excess mortality that rivals the peak of the pandemic — yet Covid-19 is no longer the primary cause of death, The Sunday Times can reveal.
The National Health Service’s winter crisis has become an annual tradition, but this year’s troubles for the free-at-point-of-service system are significantly worse.
China resumed on Sunday high-speed rail services between Hong Kong and the mainland for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as it dismantles travel curbs after Beijing scrapped quarantine for arrivals a week earl...
In late 2021, as he prepared to make a second run for a suburban New York City House seat, George Santos gave permission for his campaign to commission a routine background study on him.
The U.S. Supreme Court has gaveled itself back in for the new year and is about to embark on a long list of significant decisions due for release in the weeks ahead.
The UK economy unexpectedly grew in November, helped by a boost from the World Cup, official figures show.
The new year started off well for President Biden. As Republicans squabbled publicly over a House speakership election, the president and his old Senate colleague Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the chamber’s Republican leader, embraced in ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that a preliminary COVID-19 vaccine "safety signal" has been identified and is investigating whether the Bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine creates an increased risk of ischemic str...
A Canadian law barring foreigners from buying property in the country took effect Sunday, as part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plan to address inflating prices spurred by a recent uptick in home purchases from Asian immigrants.
Hong Kong's residential property market has suffered along with the rest of the city's economy over the past three years amid social and political unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic. But with the city now emerging from its long COVID se...