The charge was swiftly approved by the city’s transport authority and will be levied south of 60th Street from January 5 — making New York the first city in the US to impose congestion pricing.

Nato’s new secretary-general has warned Donald Trump that the US would face a “dire threat” from China, Iran and North Korea if Ukraine is pushed to sign a peace deal on terms that are favourable to ...

Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hizbollah of a “serious violation” of the ceasefire in Lebanon on Monday, as Israeli air strikes and a rocket attack by the militant group put the five-day truce under ...

“For, so it please, there’s no fantastic lie/You cannot make men swallow if you try,” sings Nick Shadow. Back in 1951, penning Stravinsky’s text, WH Auden predicted a hellish reality of alternative ...

Arrangements such as the ceasefire in Lebanon are all the more important as the region lurches from one convulsion to the next ...

Retail billionaire Mike Ashley has accused HM Revenue & Customs of “egregious” breaches of data protection legislation in a dispute stemming from a tax bill on an £88mn property transfer.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government will face a no-confidence vote in coming days after he moved to force through draft budget measures without parliamentary approval.

The EU wants its students to pay the domestic fee of £9,535, compared with current international charges that can run to £30,000. It is also planning to request that Britain explores whether EU ...

Die Frau ohne Schatten is Richard Strauss’s most ambitious work, requiring enormous vocal and orchestral forces as well as ...

Belgium has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the kidnapping of mixed-race children in the Congo, the first time the country is held accountable for its actions as a colonial power.

Nebius, the artificial intelligence infrastructure group that was formed from Yandex’s operations outside Russia earlier this year, has raised $700mn from investors including chipmaker Nvidia to ...

Stellantis shares tumbled on Monday, leaving them almost 60 per cent below a record high hit in March, after the abrupt exit of chief Carlos Tavares laid bare the tensions at the world’s ...