US retail chain Target is facing pressure from an activist investor after a sales slump that has wiped out nearly a third of its share value this year, according to people familiar with the details.

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At least eight people were killed in an explosion at a mosque in a predominantly Alawite neighbourhood in the Syrian city of Homs in what authorities said was an attack aimed at destabilising the ...

Ukrainian leader says he expects to address the most sensitive parts of US peace plan, particularly security guarantees ...

The head of Australian intelligence on the Hanukkah attack at Bondi Beach, the risk of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan — and his new role as ambassador to Japan ...

Worldwide mergers and acquisitions increased by almost 50 per cent from 2024 to $4.5tn, according to data from the London Stock Exchange Group. It is the second-highest total in more than 40 years of ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing to meet Donald Trump within days to discuss the most politically sensitive parts of a US peace proposal that would ultimately be presented to ...

Another winner from the AI boom is Jensen Huang, the founder of AI chipmaker Nvidia, which has rapidly grown to become the world’s biggest listed company with a market capitalisation above $4tn. He ...

Sir Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, has claimed that President Donald Trump continually attacks the British capital because he is “jealous he hasn’t got any global cities in the US that can compete with ...

The grand old body of multilateralism, the UN, also badly needs a reboot under new leadership. It should sharpen its focus on how to avert the two greatest risks to humanity right now: war between ...

What’s the common two-word alliterative name for the parasitic insect * Cimex lectularius*? Which film, which had a 2022 sequel, was the highest grossing worldwide in 1986? Which phrase meaning “to ...

Elon Musk is wrong to call positive discrimination “openly racist” given South Africa’s history. But the practical impact of a requirement that his Starlink company relinquish 30 per cent of its ...