2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1733+ words) Yields on US government debt rose to session highs after the Treasury department’s buyback operations fell short of their target. The buyback operation added to growing angst in global debt markets over the past day that had pushed yields on…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (696+ words) Aime Williams in Washington Welcome to White House Watch. Here’s what we’re looking at today: Bessent continues crusade against rising bond yields Trump vows $5,000 ‘dividend’ to US voters if Republicans win midterms US spy chief prepares for greater role in…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (588+ words) Ask people across Europe which country on the continent has gone the furthest in the privatisation of schools, healthcare and elderly care, and they might not guess the correct answer: Sweden. In the popular imagination, the rich Scandinavian country is…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (674+ words) It would be tempting to dismiss it as too small to matter: Iceland has just 400,000 inhabitants, and its referendum was not even about EU membership, just about whether to pick up long-suspended talks. But for the EU, it was no…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (487+ words) Kate Duguid and Michelle Chan in New York and Emily Herbert in London Borrowing costs in the riskiest corners of corporate America have climbed to their highest levels since the aftermath of Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs last year, as…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (720+ words) Good morning. Today, I unpack how Iceland’s rejection of restarting EU membership talks has put a big dent in the bloc’s campaign to portray itself to would-be members as a geopolitical haven in an uncertain world, and not just an…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (606+ words) Mari Novik in London Icelanders have rejected reopening negotiations on joining the EU despite Donald Trump’s threats against neighbouring Greenland, dealing a blow to Brussels’ efforts to draw the strategically important Arctic state closer. Preliminary results from Saturday’s referendum showed…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (604+ words) Just after 1pm last Tuesday, I bought a £7.50 chicken salad at the Pret around the corner from my office to test a theory. It wasn’t the grim little lunch that interested me. It was the other office workers hunkered down over…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (508+ words) David Pilling and Jacob Judah in London Soldiers attacked the airport in Niger’s capital Niamey, briefly took over the national television station and went on towards the presidential palace in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to witnesses and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (645+ words) Sarah White in Paris French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Thursday pledged sweeping cuts to public spending if she wins next year’s presidential election, as she sought to reassure business leaders who are wary of her party. During a…...