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Barclays has agreed to buy UK specialist lender Kensington Mortgages in a £2.3bn deal, as the bank moves to improve...

British retail sales contracted in May as consumers tightened their belts amid a cost of living crisis, fuelling concerns for...

Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election was thwarted at the last minute in part because of the resistance...

Government bond markets rallied on Thursday after a sharp slowdown in eurozone business activity intensified fears about the health of...

Germany took a step closer to rationing gas after a drastic drop in supplies from Russia, saying Moscow’s decision to...

Ezra Ngala, an informal construction worker, is struggling to make ends meet in a slum in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. “I...

The breakdown of regulatory co-operation between the UK and EU over financial services has become “collateral damage” in the dispute...

Jay Powell said a US recession is “certainly a possibility” and warned that avoiding a downturn now largely depends on...

An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan killed more than 900 people on Wednesday, the Taliban government said, with the toll expected...

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