Medium-term borrowing costs for UK government hit 19-year high
Investors offload global bonds amid fears of rising inflation, increasing pressure on John Healey ahead of first budgetBusiness live – latest updatesM...
Racial and religious hate crimes at record high in England and Wales, data shows
Offences targeting Muslims increased most in 12 months to March – up 15% – while antisemitic hate crimes rose by 10%UK politics live – latest updatesR...
French high school protests continue despite PM’s promise of action – Europe live
Demonstrators have rejected a promise by Sébastien Lecornu to present a plan to fix the country’s education system by the end of the monthHigh school ...
Voting opens in high stakes Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Zack Polanski has led energetic campaign for the Greens, while Labour will hope to hold on to Starmer’s old seatVoting has opened in the Holborn and S...
Datacentre company Firmus’s high flying valuation may be coming back down to earth ahead of expected ASX debut
Sources say Firmus is slashing its price and may even shelve initial public offering altogetherThe momentum behind Firmus Technologies’ high-flying va...
‘All me’: Tory party riding high on Kemi Badenoch’s wave of popularity
At Conservative conference, some worry about becoming a one-woman party, while others say party should thank their lucky stars they have herUK politic...
Greetings from Lahore, Pakistan, whose high court offers an oasis for chatter and chai
The Lahore High Court is a near-perfect specimen of British South Asian colonial architecture and its main square is a pleasant spot shaded by banyan ...
Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case
Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group saysA Hun...
Record high temperatures as southern California swelters under heatwave
Several cities shatter temperatures for time of year as extreme heat warnings in place along California coastAn unprecedented heatwave has gripped sou...
Florida high schooler and one other killed in school bus rollover crash
Authorities say crash in Winter Haven involved three vehicles, including bus filled with dozens of high schoolersA high school student and one other p...
US book bans in public schools reach record annual high of 12,000
Texas tops list with 8,100 bans while Stephen King is again most banned author, PEN America findsThe US saw almost 12,000 book bans in public schools ...
Wu wins first title since Crucible as Chinese snooker hits new high
Wu Yize claims his first ranking title since he became world champion - a result that means China will have the top two players in the rankings for th...
Tories plan to expand free childcare to high earners to end ‘cliff edge’
Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working moreThe Conservatives have unveiled a proposed £700m childc...
Students angry over the state of the country’s education system have blockaded hundreds of schools. Thousands of protesters have been arrested and doz...
Motorists and small businesses struggle with costs as Iran war drives up cost of oil worldwide‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car’Business li...
Daredevil Jaan Roose prepares to walk slackline high above central Seoul
Estonian will navigate narrow ribbon, 160 metres long and 120 metres high, near the city’s famous Gwanghwamun palace on ThursdayEstonian aerial athlet...
High Above Saudi Desert, a Bloody Attack in the Cockpit, and a Terrifying Plunge
“I don’t deserve to die like this,” said one passenger on Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The motive of the cockpit stabbing remains unknown, offi...
