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Euro zone ministers tell France to pass 2027 budget to calm markets

Euro zone finance ministers and the ECB meet in Luxembourg…

French students keep up protest pressure with some demonstrations hit by violence

The Interior Ministry said 71,500 people participated in the day’s…

EU exec rejects Greek, Italian requests for more fiscal rules flexibility

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked the European Commission to…

Trump says US will not attack Iran before midterm elections in November

The war, which began in February when the US and…

Two men arrested after breaking into UK airbase used by US, counter-terrorism police say

The arrests come weeks after a suspected plot targeting another…

French teens march for decent schools despite government’s pledge to act

The protest movement, now into its third week, has exposed…

FTSE 100 slips as bond yields hit multi-decade highs, energy shares soar

The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed 0.2% lower, after touching…

Spanish politicians trade blame after death of octogenarian at heart of housing protests

Maricarmen Abascal, who died on Wednesday, had been hospitalised for…

UK watchdog proposes 90-day redemption notice period for illiquid assets

The Financial Conduct Authority said the new notice period would…

One dead, two injured in Poland’s second school attack in two days

Authorities said a 37-year-old woman who worked as a caretaker…

Genre-defying Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

Carson’s work often blends verse, prose, dialogue and translation in…

Italy launches EU-backed probe into Microsoft-owned gaming companies

Italy’s probe is aimed at Activision Blizzard, among other companies…

UK 10-year borrowing costs rise to 19-year high after oil prices jump

Twenty-year and 30-year gilt yields rose to their highest since…

ECB to hike rates again in December as inflation almost doubles 2% target: Reuters poll

Global government bond yields have climbed sharply over the past…

UK’s FTSE 100 dips as oil surges; investors eye BoE Governor’s speech

The blue-chip FTSE 100 index fell 0.41% to 10,413.43 points…

Sterling edges down before BoE’s Bailey speech 

Sterling was last down 0.2% against the dollar at $1.3185,…

AI companies run virtual drug trials, aim to improve success of human studies

The global biopharmaceutical industry spends some $140 billion a year…

Microsoft brings more AI to PCs as it challenges Apple

The software company also presented at the event in San…

Russia says plague institute worker’s death does not risk an epidemic

Russian authorities say the 28-year-old laboratory worker died last Friday…

France to release 10 million barrels of diesel from stocks, French PM says

Lecornu said the move “will automatically lower prices at the…

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