Best books of 2024: from our own stable

Netanyahu unveils Lebanon ceasefire deal after year of conflict

Address by Israeli prime minister raises hopes of end to conflict with Hizbollah

Published: 2024-11-26 19:08:48

England’s top judge hits out at government’s refusal to boost court funding

Sue Carr says preventing full operating capacity at crown courts has had a ‘drastic effect’ in worsening backlogs

Published: 2024-11-26 18:58:41

Welfare drive undermined by worker rights reforms, warns business

Groups say changes would make it riskier to take a chance on new hires

Published: 2024-11-26 18:47:46

Oil producers warn Trump tariffs on Canada will push up US petrol prices

President-elect’s threat could add 25% to the cost of crude from US’s biggest foreign supplier

Published: 2024-11-26 18:35:05

Mexico caught cold by threat of Trump trade war

President Claudia Sheinbaum talks tough in response to tariff threat but slide in peso highlights country’s vulnerability

Published: 2024-11-26 18:21:49

Rouble slides as new Russian sanctions stifle foreign trade

Pressure on currency set to continue as curbs against lenders such as Gazprombank hit export payments

Published: 2024-11-26 18:11:00

Tariffs sound simple — and that’s what makes them so fiendish

Donald Trump’s threat of 25 per cent levies on Canada and Mexico is a hard one to hedge

Published: 2024-11-26 18:04:55

Climate change is a global problem — it requires a global solution

The deal on financing agreed at COP29 is too little, too late

Published: 2024-11-26 17:55:48

Vauxhall owner Stellantis blames EV rules as it closes Luton van plant

1,100 jobs at risk as auto group says government mandate played a ‘significant role’

Published: 2024-11-26 17:51:43

Russia expels British diplomat over spying claims

Moscow’s move adds to growing list of expulsions amid escalating tensions over Ukraine war

Published: 2024-11-26 17:48:16

City of London votes to close Smithfield meat market

Plans to move trading halls to a new, modern facility in Dagenham were shelved earlier this month

Published: 2024-11-26 17:36:37

Trump’s tariffs are a reality check for markets

Bessent is a pragmatic pick, but he will not make up for the president-elect’s unpredictability

Published: 2024-11-26 17:15:51

Israel pounds Beirut as Netanyahu’s security cabinet meets on ceasefire deal

Air strikes on Lebanese capital come as US seeks to broker truce in conflict with Hizbollah

Published: 2024-11-26 17:12:42

London’s Groucho Club forced to close after claims of ‘serious crime’ on premises

Private club’s licence suspended by Westminster City Council following request by police

Published: 2024-11-26 16:46:59

Mexico hits back as Trump’s tariff threat shakes markets

President Claudia Sheinbaum hints at retaliation and says US southern neighbour is tackling migrant and drug problem

Published: 2024-11-26 16:43:20

Germany stumbles on fiscal rules it championed for EU

Brussels calls out some fiscal hawks for veering from bloc’s spending limits for member states

Published: 2024-11-26 16:28:22

UK dispatches anti-drone specialists after drones spotted near US bases in Britain

Published: 2024-11-26 16:23:32

North Korean casualties in Storm Shadow strike on Kursk, says Kyiv

Ukraine alleges a general injured and several officers killed in last week’s attack on Russian command centre

Published: 2024-11-26 16:22:17

Trump’s tariff pledge hits shares of carmakers

Broader equity markets mostly shrug off plans for US levy on imports from Mexico, Canada and China

Published: 2024-11-26 15:33:44

Romanian centrists back pro-EU Lasconi ahead of presidential run-off

Liberal opposition figure to face Russia-friendly ultranationalist on December 8

Published: 2024-11-26 14:50:41

Poland backs French bid to kill Mercosur trade deal

Prime Minister Donald Tusk wants to protect EU’s largest poultry producers

Published: 2024-11-26 14:41:55

Imran Khan supporters pour into capital to challenge Pakistan’s government

Thousands of demonstrators breach barricades to reach close to Islamabad’s Red Zone before being pushed back

Published: 2024-11-26 14:39:07

How to deal with Trump’s tariff threats

Canada, Mexico and China have options to avoid a trade war

Published: 2024-11-26 14:32:05