Virgin Trains: Final service departs as UK’s longest-running rail franchise ends
The last service left Euston on Saturday evening, ending Britain’s longest-running rail franchise.
Seychelles: The island nation with a novel way to tackle climate change
The Seychelles has swapped 5% of its national debt for a cash injection to fight climate change and save its ocean.
Trade disputes settlement system facing crisis
The World Trade Organization faces a crisis in its system for resolving disputes between members.
HMV faces the music in Christmas crunch test
Canadian Doug Putman rescued the UK music chain, but will the festive season make or break it?
Pensioner in £193,000 inheritance battle after sort code error
A 74-year-old had his share of an inheritance withheld after providing the wrong sort code number.
North Korea’s UN envoy says denuclearization off negotiating table with United States
Ambassador Kim Song said the “sustained and substantial dialogue” sought by the U.S. was a “time-saving trick” to suit its domestic political agenda.
Trump thanks Iran for releasing American grad student: ‘We can make a deal’
The swap comes amid growing tensions between Iran and the U.S. and massive protests in Iran.
Wall Street bets international stocks will top US equities in 2020 after a decade-long slump
The U.S. has been the place to invest when it comes to stocks over the past 10 years. That dominance could shift in 2020.
It’s possible the US economy is not ‘late cycle’ but rather just recharging
The question of which stage the economic cycle is in now after a decade-long expansion is not that simple.
Managing China is NATO’s biggest challenge yet
The biggest news to come out of this week’s summit – though woefully underreported – was that NATO, history’s most enduring and successful alliance, for the first-time defined China as a strategic challenge.