French Prime Minister François Bayrou survived a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly on Wednesday and pushed through a delayed 2025 budget aimed at taming the country’s deficits.

Read on for excellent advice on how to navigate transitions and endings at work, and in Office Therapy I commiserate with a reader frustrated with persistent “meeting lateness”. Last week marked the ...

Kurtág’s setting of mystical texts sung by baritone Benjamin Appl form the centrepiece of a compelling recording ...

The untimely death of Toumani Diabaté last summer makes his sometime collaborator (on the groundbreaking album New Ancient Strings) Ballaké Sissoko undisputedly Mali’s finest living kora player.

Some south-east Asian leaders perceive a once-in-a-generation chance for re-industrialisation. Countries like Thailand and Malaysia used to be considered rising tigers. Yet in the wake of the Asian ...

British Airways has backtracked on some changes to its new loyalty programme and premium cabin catering following a backlash from frequent flyers. The airline sparked controversy in December when it ...

Reform UK attacks move to ‘cancel over 5.5mn votes in May’ after poll surge left it on course to win scores of seats ...

Rami Malek and Indira Varma star in a London production that uses dance brilliantly but lacks emotional connection ...

Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Rebecca Long Bailey have been permitted back into parliamentary party ...

KKR-backed healthcare data company Cotiviti is close to securing a deal to buy smaller rival Edifecs for just over $3bn, after it opted against accepting a higher bid from UnitedHealth Group out of ...

Donald Trump’s plans for the US to take over Gaza have been met with anger and dismay across the Arab world, and raised fears of reigniting conflict in the region.

Santander has said that it intends to return €10bn to investors over the next two years through buybacks after reporting ...