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KFC, the

fast food

The chain’s parent company, Yum! Brands, told investors it would move about …

Painted with the support of the city council in 2017, a mural spanning the entire side of a six-story building in Guayaquil’s financial district went largely unnoticed for more than a year in Ecuador’s most populous city – until it triggered outrage.

The painting

showed two men …

Andrew Bailey had warned there would be a bump in the road. But after inflation jumped by more than expected to 3% in January, the Bank of England governor could be in for a rockier ride than anticipated.

For the chancellor,

Rachel Reeves

HSBC is delaying key parts of its climate goals by 20 years, while watering down environmental targets in a new long-term bonus plan for its chief executive, Georges Elhedery, that could be worth up to 600% of his salary.

The London-headquartered lender said it had launched a formal review of …

Good morning. Kemi Badenoch has dismissed the idea of any kind of pact between the Conservatives and Reform UK – but, as the last couple of days have made abundantly clear, they are drinking from the same well.

On Monday, Badenoch spoke at a conference organised by the Alliance for …

UK inflation accelerated at the start of this year, eating into workers’ wages and putting pressure on employers to boost monthly pay packets.

The consumer prices index (CPI) measure of inflation rose to 3% in January, the Office for National Statistics reported, up from 2.5% in December.

City economists had …

“Hi I haven’t received anything.” “Where is my DVD, I placed the order 14 days ago.” “Never got DVD. Probably lost in the mail.” “Please refund me.”

These are the types of messages that Charlene Leworthy, an eBay seller in Hampshire, gets increasingly frequently – which she finds disappointing, but …

Putting aside the petulant Giorgia Meloni, who drove up to the steps of the Élysée Palace in a Maserati one hour late wearing a white coat and a pose designed to reveal her disdain at being anywhere near

Emmanuel Macron

Chris Jones has always had an eye for talent and for cultivating relationships. As a cadet reporter with Leader Newspapers in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, he struck up a friendship with a young local player, Sam Mitchell. He introduced Mitchell to his future wife. Their respective careers blossomed, and Jones was …

Clean energy contributed a record 10% of China’s gross domestic product in 2024, an analysis has found.

With sales and investments worth 13.6tn yuan (£1.5tn; $1.9tn), the sector has now overtaken real estate sales in value.

Solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries have all played a major role in …