End of an era? Germany in disarray as US scolds staunchest European ally
The vice-president’s words rattled even the staunchest German transatlanticists. Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democrats and favourite to become the next German chancellor, ...
Litigation funding in the dock as crunch UK judgments loom
Litigation funders lured to the UK by the prospect of sharing in the winnings from multibillion-pound class action lawsuits ...
The world’s most wonderful places of worship: the readers’ choices
Before Christmas we published a list of the holy spaces that have moved our writers most. Here’s where you thought we’d ...
US demands Europe sets out arms and troops support for postwar Ukraine
The US has asked European capitals to provide detailed proposals on the weaponry, peacekeeping troops and security arrangements they could provide Ukraine with as part of any security guarantees to ...
Match enlists AI to nudge men into better behaviour on dating apps
The efforts to enlist AI to help improve dating behaviour come as the three largest online matchmaking brands globally — ...
‘We are concerned when we give up on fairness’: the professors charting a new route for DEI
The choice of fairness as an objective is deliberate — and timely, given the spreading allergic reaction to DEI. When they talked to senior corporate leaders, mainly men, about their research, Bohnet ...
China tightens grip on tech, minerals and engineers as trade war spirals
In strategic materials and minerals, Beijing has gradually broadened its curbs to include both controlling exports of the key elements — such as rare earths, tungsten and tellurium, among others — to ...
South Africa fights to save its apartheid-era steel mills
Looming closure of century-old plants threatens to kill manufacturing in continent’s most industrialised economy ...
Japan’s $1.5bn bet on ultra-thin solar cells in challenge to China
Japan is betting $1.5bn on a breakthrough in next-generation ultra-thin, light and bendy solar panels, subsidising the commercialisation of a technology that analysts say could disrupt China’s ...
Biotech behind Alzheimer’s drug seeks partners for blood-brain barrier technology
BioArctic signed the first deal for its “brain transporter” with Bristol Myers Squibb late last year. The deal is worth up to $1.4bn and allows the US drugmaker to start trials using the technology to ...
UK housing market debt falls as older generations pay off mortgages
The collective loan-to-value of the UK’s privately owned housing dropped from 23.5 per cent in 2014 to 19.4 per cent last year, according to research by property group Savills, which also showed the ...
VTB Europe’s liquidators accuse Angola of loan default
Liquidators of the European arm of VTB Bank have accused Angola of defaulting on a loan after the lender’s Russian parent was hit by sanctions, according to two people familiar with the matter.