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Yields on American ten-year Treasuries briefly hit 5.34%, its highest level since 2002, before retreating slightly. Investors, rushing to dump American government debt, pushed borrowing costs higher ...

Yet America’s monthly labour-market statistics have told a consistent story this year: employment remains robust despite ...

British pubs are calling last orders. Just one in four is profitable. Around 160 closed in the first three months of 2026, 26 ...

Donald Trump won it by 30 points in 2024. So some Republican strategists are puzzled by his decision to hold a rally there 33 ...

India’s government has ordered 112 coal-fired power plants—owned by Tata Steel, Reliance and other industrial giants to ...

Eurostat publishes September inflation figures for the euro-zone on Friday. Economists think the annual rate rose from 3.2% ...