The British pound rallied to its highest level in almost four years on Thursday, even as analysts remain divided on the potential for further upside. Sterling was last seen trading more than 0.5% higher against the U.S. dollar, hitting $1.3736 — its…
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Basic principles of decency and the modern world are being taught to asylum seekers, who were apparently unaware of how to behave in a Western nation. The re-education scheme, conducted by the Northamptonshire Police, was reportedly launched after a group of…
It’s been rare for a string of positive economic news to emerge out of the U.K. in 2025 — but this week in particular has given Britain three reasons to be optimistic. Data on Friday signaled unexpected positive momentum in…
This week saw one of the most important — and perhaps surprising — events in corporate Britain’s annual calendar: the gala night of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show. This traditionally marks the beginning of what, in English high…
A year after the $15-billion electric vehicle project in Ontario was announced, Honda Canada is pushing the project back. The company said Tuesday it would put the plan to build an EV supply chain — which included a proposed EV battery plant and retooled…
In the red dirt near Laverton in Western Australia, two rows of poles sit side by side, stretching three kilometres into the distance. They are antennas — 480 sets of them — and they are just one part of a…
The UK’s job market has continued to weaken with the number of workers on payrolls falling in the first few months of the year and job vacancies declining again. Analysts said the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics…
LONDON — When Britain’s Supreme Court made its landmark ruling last month that only biological women are women, some people said it helped settle the long, contentious debate over the rights of transgender people and their access to single-sex spaces. In…
The Bank of England has cut its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, citing lower UK inflation. The move, which had been widely expected, brings the main cost of borrowing in Britain to 4.25%. It is…
The British government made faster economic growth its No. 1 mission. But efforts to kick-start it have been repeatedly knocked off course by a global economy lurching from one crisis to another. On Thursday, British officials secured a win. They…
