Stalled bridge project highlights how Tower Hamlets has struggled to drive infrastructure improvements in England’s fastest-growing borough

Tourists rush to Iceland and Spain to glimpse the first solar alignment of its kind visible from the continent this century

Ulf Kristersson says mass regularisation threatens integrity of Schengen free-travel zone

Gulf shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz falls to six vessels Reuters

European markets are charging ahead this year, defying doom-laden forecasts that the Iran war would tip the region into stagflation.

ECB and Frankfurt Radio Symphony invite the public to Europa Open Air concert on 20 August 2026

New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has gotten off to a rocky start. The main problem is an unwillingness to share his thoughts about how he would adjust monetary policy to changes in the economic outlook. Getting rid of forward guidance is desirable, but outsourcing monetary policy to financial m

Gautam Adani has won the dismissal of US fraud charges that threatened his global ambitions. After months of legal maneuvering, a major hurdle is gone, potentially clearing the way for the Indian billionaire to expand in the US. (Source: Bloomberg)

It is an odd confession to make about a statistic, I realize, but then again I am an economist, so I am just going to go ahead: I love GDP. There. I said it.

Earnings and economic growth turn out to be surprisingly robust.