The educator and broadcaster on the search for life beyond Earth, what we might gain from mining on the Moon — and how to divert a killer asteroid

When it came to using frozen Russian assets as leverage, the EU blinked

Foreign Office was hacked in October, ministers have revealed

Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski have both had good years thanks to disastrous strategy from the two main parties

France sided with Belgium, Italy and smaller states in backing Ukraine funding raised against EU budget

Volumes edged down 0.1% in November, reflecting subdued mood among consumers

A stalled economic conveyor belt is behind the rise of anti-system, anti-growth parties on both the right and left

Financial gamification has upended traditional patterns of trust and oversight

Airlines on track for the biggest holiday season getaway in history as industry braces for record demand

Restricted chipmaking tools are being retrofitted to make advanced AI chips, exposing cracks in US-led export controls

Money to be borrowed against bloc’s budget after leaders fail to agree on proposal using Moscow’s funds

Yields on 10-year government bonds hit highest level since 1990s after central bank’s fourth rate increase

CEO Murray Auchincloss clashed repeatedly with Albert Manifold over strategy before his abrupt departure

Latest transatlantic tie-up would create firm with $3.6bn in revenues and 3,000 lawyers

US congressional Democrats publish another batch of images from late sex offender’s estate

Diplomat due to be Britain’s UN envoy is handed key post in Washington after contest to replace Peter Mandelson

Deal replaces $2.6bn of GDP warrants that had become a ‘serious fiscal risk’ for Kyiv, says finance minister

Concerns that November figures showing fall to 2.7% distorted by missing data after shutdown

Net zero is difficult enough — but an age of net negative emissions goals would be far tougher

Experts say latest BoE interest rate cut should lead to cheaper borrowing costs for homeowners

Decision follows signs of Eurozone resilience to Trump’s tariffs 

Hedge fund billionaire says acquisition of Vantage is milestone in effort to transform real estate company Howard Hughes

Nearly a third of businesses were lossmaking last year as rising costs and volatile weather hit household income

Do social freedoms come via resistance to the Islamic regime or are they concessions that will ensure its survival?