Rishi Sunak will slash a tax surcharge on bank profits by more than 60 per cent in next week’s Budget in an effort to keep the City of London competitive on a global scale in the wake of Brexit. The ...
Singapore launches quarantine-free travel to 10 countries
Singapore has eased one of the world’s most stringent pandemic regimes, launching quarantine-free travel arrangements with 10 countries after nearly 21 months of closed borders. Vaccinated people will ...
Piraeus port deal intensifies Greek unease over China links
Beijing cements control of key EU infrastructure but locals say they have not seen the investment they expected ...
Centre-left takes control of key Italian cities in blow to Five Star
Italy’s Democratic Party has taken control of the cities of Rome and Turin in a revival of the fortunes of the country’s centre-left and a blow to both the populist right and the struggling Five Star ...
New taxes likely as part of UK’s net zero transition by 2050, Treasury warns
Long-awaited strategy to hit climate goals details state backing for technologies including nuclear and electric vehicles ...
Regeneron claims Covid antibody drugs might have saved Colin Powell
An executive at Regeneron, a biotech group that makes an antibody treatment for Covid-19, has made the unsubstantiated claim that Colin Powell’s life could have been saved if he ...
WeWork to make belated arrival on stock market after Spac merger
WeWork will finally make its debut on the stock market after a $9bn merger was approved by shareholders of a blank-cheque company, bringing to an end the property group’s tumultuous two-year journey ...
‘Squid Game’ boosts Netflix’s third quarter subscriber growth
The breakout success of Squid Game helped Netflix double its net new subscribers in the third quarter to 4.4m, exceeding forecasts and signalling a strong finish to the year. The South Korean hit ...
What blockbuster? China spurns Hollywood’s advances
The highly anticipated Black Widow and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings have not secured release dates in mainland China even though they have already made splashes overseas and Shang-Chi was ...
Facebook launches digital currency wallet Novi
Facebook has launched a long-awaited pilot of its digital currency wallet Novi in the US, but has chosen to use the Paxos Dollar stablecoin after its own Diem faile ...
