High electricity bills targeted in planned shakeup to energy pricing
The war in the Middle East has brought renewed attention to Britain’s vulnerability to energy price shocks.
Japan loosens arms export rules in break from post-WW2 pacifism
This clears the way for Japan to sell weapons to more than a dozen countries.
King says late Queen may have been ‘troubled deeply’ by world we live in
The final design for a statue of the late Queen Elizabeth is to be unveiled, 100 years after her birth.
UK unemployment rate drops unexpectedly
Most analysts had predicted the rate would remain unchanged at 5.2%.
Petrol thefts surge as Iran war pushes up fuel costs
One petrol retailer says he is experiencing about five drive-offs a week at each forecourt, costing him thousands.
Purdue Pharma to be sentenced in criminal opioids case, allowing settlement money to flow
Protesters who have lost love ones to the opioid crisis protest outside a courthouse in Boston, Aug. 2, 2019, where a judge heard arguments in…
South Korean police seek to arrest K-pop mogul behind BTS
Bang Si-Hyuk, a chairman of HYBE answers reporters’ question upon his arrival at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 15,…
Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at her office in Tokyo Monday, April 13, 2026, after holding telephone talks with her Pakistani counterpart…
Trump’s Federal Reserve nominee is set to face a tough hearing before Senate panel
Kevin Warsh speaks to the media about his report on transparency at the Bank of England, in London, Dec., 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool,…
Pope’s visit to Equatorial Guinea is a diplomatic challenge as he closes his Africa trip
Pope Leo XIV listens to a girl as he arrives at the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima in Luanda, Angola, for a meeting with…