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European stocks followed Asia lower on Friday, extending the sharp global equities sell-off from the previous session, as investors turned to US jobs data to offer further clues on interest rates. Europe’s region-wide Stoxx 600 lost 0.2 per cent, led by declines in utilities and healthcare stocks. France’s Cac 40 fell 0.1 per cent, Germany’s

Llanwrtyd Wells, in mid-Wales, is known as Britain’s smallest town. In the centre, just off the main road, is a Victorian pub, the Neuadd Arms. As well as being a hotel and a brewery, it’s the official HQ of Green Events, a volunteer organisation manned by a loose collective of greying locals, mainly retirees, who

Before dabbling in football as co-owner of Wrexham AFC, Ryan Reynolds was best known as a movie star playing Deadpool in the franchise inspired by the Marvel comics anti-hero and for taking the lead in films such as Free Guy and The Adam Project. On LinkedIn, Reynolds strips the glitter from his stellar acting experience,

The conditions for the greatest bond bull market in modern history were set in the 1970s, when inflation hit runaway levels. Central banks, led by the US Federal Reserve, launched a draconian response, pushing interest rates sky-high. Over the 40 deflationary years to the end of 2021, the annualised real return on bonds in the

Apple’s drastic cuts to production forecasts for its Vision Pro headset have focused attention on the device’s most expensive component: the tiny micro OLED displays required to produce genuinely immersive experiences. The Financial Times reported this week that the US technology giant believes it will make fewer than 400,000 units in 2024, having previously made

Imagine two countries. The first is proudly Christian, it allowed racial segregation in living memory and racism is mentioned more frequently in its media than anywhere else in the developed world. The second is strictly secular and legally prohibits the collection of data on people’s race, a conscious effort by its leaders to avoid using

Six more women have alleged that financier Crispin Odey sexually assaulted or harassed them, expanding the timeline of his abuse across five decades and raising further questions as to the extent his behaviour was tolerated by senior colleagues. The women came forward after the Financial Times last month published the accounts of 13 women who

For 10 years, China’s president Xi Jinping has deployed the Communist party’s internal watchdogs to eradicate political treachery and corruption across almost every facet of Chinese officialdom. Now, these deeply feared investigators are being let loose on a new target: themselves. At least 20 officials from China’s powerful anti-corruption units — the Central Commission for

The budget for the London terminus of Britain’s new HS2 high-speed railway line was “unrealistic” from the beginning, and the government’s decision to delay constructing it will cost at least another £200mn, a report from a cross-party group of MPs warns. The rebuilding of Euston station to accommodate high-speed trains has emerged as one of the