Net selling highlights how rising interest rates in Japan are reshaping global markets

Companies are trying to work out what a flurry of executive orders means for their businesses

Davos shows how many companies are convinced diversity and environmental measures make financial sense

Many nations have been responding to Trump tariffs not by retaliating but by courting other trade partners

Call for stronger action comes on warning of growing risk the virus will evolve to spread more easily between humans

Top tech leaders at Davos such as DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and Meta’s Yann LeCun in fiery debate

US intelligence agency changes assessment of pandemic’s likely origins

Support for schools, hospitals and economic development in Ukraine at risk from Trump administration’s order

South Dakota governor has mandate to tackle immigration crisis after president declared national emergency

High interest rates and thrifty consumers pushed record number of portfolio companies into bankruptcy last year

Nigel Farage’s party will hold £25,000-a-head event at private members’ club Oswald’s

Hedge fund billionaire Liang Wenfeng builds model on tight budget despite US attempt to halt China’s high-tech ambitions

Disagreement lingers over the last living woman civilian being held hostage

In politics, media and sport, the advantages of looseness are becoming clear

Star presenters such as Joe Rogan and Theo Von have monetised the ‘manosphere’ and influenced politics. Will traditional media be next?

The natural buyers of new equity have suffered relentless outflows

Military delays withdrawal as it carries out hundreds of operations during ceasefire with Hizbollah

France turns down power from nuclear fleet as it sucks in electricity imports from neighbour after Storm Eowyn

VP casts deciding vote after three Republican senators break ranks over claims of sexual abuse and excessive drinking

UK chancellor has made more muscular use of Treasury to push changes

Secretary of state freezes contracts around the world, fulfilling executive order from Donald Trump

The president’s ultimatums and demands on allies and rivals suggest he will use America’s financial might as a cudgel

Saba loses key battle to take over management of Herald trust

Axel Rudakubana’s actions prompt questions about contempt of court and why disinformation spread online