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You can enable subtitles (captions) in the video player China finds itself in an uncomfortable position over the war in Ukraine. Beijing’s no-limits friendship with Russia puts it on the…

Amber Group has raised just half of a planned $100mn funding round and halted expansion plans as the Temasek-backed crypto group fights concerns that it will be pulled into the…

Iran has executed a 23-year-old man who was convicted of stabbing a security official and frightening people by blocking a street during the recent nationwide protests. The Islamic republic has…

Jason Mitchell, head of responsible investment research at Man Group, has been appointed chair of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF). Having previously worked on the board, he…

Hipgnosis, the London-listed investment trust that owns rights to songs by Nirvana, Rihanna and Britney Spears, has maintained the value of its music catalogues at $2.2bn, even as its shares…

The US House of Representatives has passed a sweeping $858bn defence spending bill that provides $10bn to fund the provision of weapons to Taiwan as the country comes under increasing…

Brazil’s president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is expected to name Fernando Haddad, a loyalist from his leftwing Workers’ party, as finance minister on Friday, according to three sources with…

The US Federal Trade Commission says it will sue to block Microsoft’s $75bn acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard after the antitrust watchdog said the deal would suppress competition…

Peru’s ousted president Pedro Castillo made his first appearance in court on Thursday since being removed from office, arrested and charged with “rebellion” for attempting to shut down the Andean…

The US House of Representatives has signed off on legislation protecting the rights of same-sex and interracial couples to marry, sending the bill to president Joe Biden’s desk to be…