That’s an opportunity for improvement writ large. Finding new materials, catalysts or processes that can produce stuff more ...

The issue is becoming ever more acute, particularly in east Germany, as members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) have begun picking up seats on their supervisory boards. These are ...

The House of Lords has been urged to implement an immediate hiring freeze amid a row over cost control at the upper house of the UK parliament, after almost £10mn was spent on a defective “front door” ...

In July, the Greek government announced the creation of two vast marine parks — one in the Ionian, the other in the southern Aegean — to bring more than 35 per cent of Greece’s waters under protection ...

The next phase will demand exactly what China’s private entrepreneurs have long supplied — relentless innovation, unyielding drive and an ability to spot and seize emerging markets. Chinese ...

JPMorgan Chase has stepped up planning for a new tower at Canary Wharf after determining that refitting its existing office in the Docklands financial district could come at a significant cost.

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The family business started trading 50 years ago in a Cotswolds field. Now, it’s turning over nearly £20mn a year ...

Wealthy individuals are rethinking trading strategy as Beijing tries to fill its coffers to counter economic pressure ...

Document formalising last month’s deal delayed by squabbles over language on ‘non-tariff barriers’, the bloc’s officials say ...

Wang Ziyue, a 37-year-old Shanghai-based artist and curator, started recording a show with her close friends this year. Her podcast Zhong Nü Radio — a pun that can be translated as both China Women ...

The chief executive of artificial intelligence chatbot maker Character.ai believes most people will have “AI friends” in the future, as it faces a string of lawsuits over alleged harm to children and ...