Hours after a ceasefire took hold between Israel and Hizbollah on Wednesday morning, thousands of people began streaming back to their homes in areas across Lebanon that have been shattered by Israel ...

Brookfield Asset Management has walked away from an acquisition of Spanish healthcare group Grifols after months of negotiations, sending shares in the short seller target down almost 13 per cent.

Following personal and professional turmoil, the designer has moved into a 1970s villa whose ‘challenging’ aesthetic is an oddly inspiring canvas ...

Whether a patient receives specialist palliative care can depend on whether they have a prognosis and a referral, or if a specialist service is even available in the area. Royston said the “postcode ...

By turns seductive and sinister, the artist’s images of the Sunshine State offer a disorienting view of the US today ...

Christine McVie described writing “Songbird”, the crystalline piano ballad that closes side one of Rumours, Fleetwood Mac’s multimillion-selling 1977 album, as something like a spiritual visitation.

North’s raise to 3H carries risk: a flat hand; weak partner; vulnerable. West led 2♦ and declarer saw five certain losers. Uncertain that 3D was making by East-West, he tried to make the contract. How ...

Poland is pushing Nordic and Baltic states to patrol their waters jointly against any Russian sabotage attempts, following the suspicious severing of two data cables last week.

American imports of used Chinese cooking oil as a biofuel feedstock have surged since passage of Inflation Reduction Act ...

Nationwide, the UK’s largest building society, recorded a £2.3bn gain from its purchase last month of listed lender Virgin Money, as it posted a drop in first-half profits. In annual results published ...

Profits for the peak summer months rose 11 per cent to a record £960mn, as easyJet carried more passengers and airfares held steady. Its package holiday business also reported a strong year, as ...

The S&P 500 trimmed some of its gains following the release of the minutes, but recovered to close 0.6 per cent higher at a record. The Nasdaq Composite also climbed 0.6 per cent, but was shy of a new ...