Sinead O’Connor performs at the 49th Montreux Jazz Festival, in Switzerland, in 2015 © Jean-Christophe Bott/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Sinéad O’Connor, one of Ireland’s best known singers, has died, her family announced. O’Connor, who shot to fame with the hit “Nothing Compares 2 U” in 1990, was 56. The cause of her death was not immediately known. “It
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Matt Moulding’s online retailer THG is in talks to buy London-based business newspaper City AM through a prepack administration. City AM was put up for sale this month by its owners, who were seeking either an investment or a disposal after calling time on their involvement with the 17-year-old news group. However, the most likely
Chinese equities jumped on Tuesday, led by gains in property and technology stocks after the country’s ruling politburo vowed to boost employment, give more support to the real estate sector and revive a “tortuous” economic recovery. Mainland China’s CSI 300 rose 2.8 per cent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was up 3.4 per cent.
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez was trailing his conservative rival Alberto Núñez Feijóo in the country’s general election on Sunday night, but the race was unexpectedly close with more than 90 per cent of the vote counted. The preliminary results defied the predictions of most pollsters that Feijóo’s People’s party would comfortably oust the incumbent Socialist
Russia is pushing a plan to supply grain to Africa and cut Ukraine out of the global market after Moscow’s withdrawal this week from a UN-backed deal, according to three people familiar with the matter. President Vladimir Putin has proposed a replacement initiative whereby Qatar would pay Moscow to ship Russian grain to Turkey, which
China is importing record volumes of oil despite a weak economy as it takes advantage of cheap Russian crude to build stockpiles and export refined products. The rise in oil imports to record levels this year comes against the backdrop of a faltering recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. It shows how sanctions on Russia
UK inflation eased more than expected to 7.9 per cent in June, providing some relief for the Bank of England ahead of its decision on interest rates next month. Annual inflation was down from 8.7 per cent in May, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. It was lower than the 8.2 per cent
Rows of cars stretched in every direction from a customs office building on the outskirts of Gyumri, Armenia’s second city. Many were missing a bumper; some had squashed fenders or doors taped up with plastic bags. Young Russian men roamed between the vehicles. For them, this corner of the Caucasus has become a key stop
While central banks in developed countries wrestle with stubbornly high inflation, China has the opposite problem — the world’s second-largest economy is flirting with deflation. Beijing revealed this week that consumer prices were flat in June compared with a year earlier while producer prices plunged at the fastest pace since 2016. That compares with a
Elon Musk claimed on Friday that his new artificial intelligence company, xAI, could be trusted more than OpenAI and Google to build safe AI systems when computers become smarter than humans. However, discussing his AI plans on Twitter two days after launching the company, he did not shed light on how xAI’s work would differ
The rules of the game for making the transition from youth to adulthood in the UK are — by and large — that if you work hard and get a good job with a solid salary, you’ll be able to pay your way to a decent standard of living. Socialising, holidays, somewhere to rent: if
The writer is author of ‘Chip War’ China’s emergence as the world’s largest auto exporter caught many people — including the biggest carmakers — by surprise. Cars used to be a rare type of manufacture in which western companies retained durable technological advantages. The transition to electric vehicles has given Chinese companies an opportunity to
Microsoft’s stunning courtroom victory over US regulators trying to block its acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard has just revived the prospects of a $75bn deal that many on Wall Street had thought, only weeks ago, was on its last legs. Tuesday’s ruling marked a dramatic about-turn in the software company’s first clash with
The 20-storey tower at 529 Fifth Avenue stands out from the other buildings around Grand Central Station for the surreal pink designs of an Alice in Wonderland-inspired art exhibit installed to fill vacant retail space on its ground floor. It is also remarkable as one among a small number of towers that have recently changed
Elon Musk has sued the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to recover a portion of the $90mn fee paid by Twitter, the bulk of which was wired in the hours before the billionaire took over the social media company. Wachtell Lipton, an elite Wall Street firm, had helped Twitter’s then-board to close the
Federal Reserve officials signalled they intend to resume interest rate increases amid a growing consensus that more tightening is needed to stamp out high inflation in the world’s largest economy. According to minutes from June’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, “almost all” officials who participated said that “additional increases” in the Fed’s benchmark interest
Ireland and Luxembourg have intensified calls for tougher global rules on shadow banks in a bid to curb the risk of further financial turmoil erupting from a sector that spans everything from hedge funds to crypto firms. Senior officials from the two EU member states, which together host shadow banks with around €10tn in assets,
Australia: The Reserve Bank of Australia will announce its cash rate target. Economists are split over whether the central bank will raise the cash rate to 4.35 per cent or pause, according to a Reuters poll. Thailand: Parliament is expected to choose a House speaker. Progressive opposition party Move Forward and the biggest partner in
On the same day that a 17-year-old of North African descent was killed by police outside Paris, teenagers attending a workshop at a youth centre in another of the city’s low-income neighbourhoods said his fate was a fresh reminder of the discrimination they faced in French society. “One asked, ‘since when should driving without a
Rioting erupted across France for a fourth night in the wake of the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver of North African origin as his family prepared to bury him on Saturday in his hometown of Nanterre. The interior ministry said 994 arrests were made overnight compared with 875 on Thursday night and suggested
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