Rachel Reeves is a "gnat's whisker" away from having to raise taxes in the autumn budget, a leading economist has warned - despite the chancellor insisting her plans are "fully funded".

The Middle East is the world's foremost oil-producing region and a major centre for maritime trade.

The owners of American Golf, Britain's biggest specialist golf retailer, are teeing up a sale of the chain nearly seven years after rescuing the company.

As hundreds lie dead following the latest tragedy to beset a Boeing passenger plane, it is too early to determine blame.

The FTSE 100 has secured a new record closing high after riding out a US trade war-linked slump.

China will "always honour its commitments" when it comes to negotiating trade disagreements with the US, according to a spokesperson for the Chinese government.

The UK economy shrank more than expected in April as the worst of President Trump's tariffs hit.

Thousands of jobs are at risk after discount high street chain Poundland was sold - with dozens of shops expected to shut.

The billionaire who has bankrolled DAZN, the sports-streaming service, is being courted to take a stake in The Daily Telegraph alongside the newspaper's new American majority-owners.

A prominent activist investment firm has begun building a stake in WH Smith, the travel retailer, weeks after it sold off its historic high street arm.