Digital euro ‘only defence’ against deepening US control of money, economists warn

Academics including France’s Thomas Piketty press MEPs to resist ‘shortsighted’ lobbying against the project

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026

AIG edges back towards risk two decades after financial crisis bailout

Nascent strategic shift complicated by sudden departure of chief who led group’s rebirth as a US-focused insurer

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026

Trump calls for credit card interest rates to be capped at 10%

President demands one-year limit should come into force on January 20 but gave no details

Posted on Saturday January 10, 2026

UK’s ‘star’ stockpickers underperform as they fail to beat cash

Active managers such as Nick Train and Terry Smith have struggled amid the rise of passive funds and US tech stocks

Posted on Saturday January 10, 2026

Do gummy bears and cocktails count as reasonable legal costs?

JPMorgan seeks to rein in expenses related to legal action on fraud claims over a fintech start-up it acquired

Posted on Saturday January 10, 2026

Iran warns US against intervention

Civil unrest poses biggest threat to the Islamic republic in years

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026

Why men should really be reading more fiction

Novels require a kind of attention that the modern world is steadily eroding

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026

Venezuela: the Hizbollah connection

Across thousands of miles, the Lebanese militant group forged illicit business links with a Caracas regime frozen out by the US

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026

Nato silence on Trump’s Greenland threats rattles European allies

Military alliance yet to issue public statement asserting territorial integrity of Arctic island and kingdom of Denmark

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026

Digital euro ‘only defence’ against deepening US control of money, economists warn

Academics including France’s Thomas Piketty press MEPs to resist ‘shortsighted’ lobbying against the project

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026