European Union leaders agreed not to use frozen Russian assets to help fund Ukraine’s defence in the ongoing war with Russia early on Friday. Instead, 90 billion euros ($106bn) will come from an ...

This may be the moment when Western Europe realizes that the US has abandoned the core values that united them for the past century, writes the head of Chatham House’s International Law Programme.

The pact between Microsoft and the Australian Council of Trade Unions on AI deployment and skills training shows the boom’s ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Drake faces a new lawsuit as data reveals illegal gambling captured $38.7 billion of the U.S. crypto betting market in 2025—74% of volume goes to unlicensed operators. According to digital asset tax ...

Mark Carney visited China this week, the first Canadian prime minister to do so since 2017. Canada is looking to build stronger trade ties outside the U.S. as the Trump administration has thrown the ...

Seoul-based financial firm Mirae Asset Financial Group is considering buying Korean cryptocurrency exchange Korbit Inc., the Korea Times reported today. The Korean cryptocurrency market is dominated ...

BRUSSELS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The European Union is searching for a way to finance Ukraine's defence and budget needs in 2026 and 2027 with Russian central bank assets immobilised in the West after ...

The debate comes amid fresh warnings about Britain’s own military readiness. Former RAF chief Air Marshal Edward Stringer has ...

How U.S. Mixed Signals and Territorial Concessions Are Setting the Stage for a 2026 Strike on Moldova - and the Final ...

Turkey has been watching closely, not out of solidarity or rivalry, but recognition. Ankara is undergoing a parallel test, conducted with a different instrument. In Iran, the referendum is the ...

When Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley posed her question to the heart of the global financial order—why was quantitative easing anathema to the Barbados PM Mia Mottley challenges the G7's ...