Students of modern Chinese history may hear a faint, ironic echo. In 1982, Deng Xiaoping famously launched his reform era by declaring China would pursue “socialism with Chinese characteristics”: an ...

Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been pulled from the air “indefinitely” by Disney-owned ABC after comments he made on Monday about the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

But after spending time with the King, the US president may face a tricky final day as he holds talks with Sir Keir Starmer ...

Argentina’s central bank has propped up the country’s tumbling peso, marking its first direct intervention since President Javier Milei partially floated the currency in April as a political crisis ...

Also in today’s newsletter, Saudi Arabia signs defence pact with Pakistan, and the Fed cuts rates by quarter point ...

US President Donald Trump has lavished praise on the US-UK relationship during a speech to open the state banquet in his honour, and called on the two countries to defend the “values and the people of ...

Emma Walmsley, chief executive of UK-listed pharmaceutical group GSK, proceeded next to Steve Witkoff, the US special envoy to the Middle East. American businessman Michael Boulos, who is married to ...

Novo hopes that because the Wegovy pill has the same active ingredient as the injectable version, regulators and doctors will recognise the broader health benefits of both. Previous trials have found ...

The European Commission announced it would suspend €14mn of funding for “institutional co-operation projects” in Israel, rather than €14bn worth as incorrectly stated in an article on September 11 ...

In spite of its title, the legislation does not offer the terminally ill a genuine choice ...

The UK faces gruelling talks with the EU over the fee for participating in a €150bn defence procurement fund as it races to meet a November deadline to join.

The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the first time this year, reducing borrowing costs by a quarter point as weakness in the jobs market overshadows fears that Donald Trump’s tariffs will ...