Japan and US issue alerts for coastal areas after 8.8-magnitude temblor

Disgraced financier’s former girlfriend is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Florida

Some Labour MPs and cabinet ministers think the prime minister has been slow to respond to the Gaza crisis

Repricing activity hits record high of $153bn in July in latest sign of investor optimism

Economic data, corporate earnings and tariff news could set the tone for the remainder of the year

Groups rethink how to keep employees safe after second killing of an executive in Manhattan in less than a year

Treasury secretary heads back to Washington after two days of talks with Chinese counterparts

A seminal 1940s study remains hauntingly relevant today

Deal would almost triple valuation of OpenAI’s rival to $170bn

Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Keir Starmer of rewarding Hamas

Israel still not enabling movement of enough food to stave off ‘catastrophic human suffering’, World Food Programme says

Revenue rise comes as drugmaker plans $50bn US investment in face of looming tariff threat

Fund says fall of US currency has helped lessen effect of Donald Trump’s tariffs

Confusion persists over which EU products will be exempt from 15% levy expected to enter into force on Friday

Figures for June show funds were funnelled into savings including Isas

Share slide wipes more than €60bn off value of Danish maker of Ozempic and Wegovy

British Retail Consortium warns that expected tax increases in autumn could lift prices further

Information overload may be contributing to the S&P 500’s resilience

Bank says revamp will deliver £10bn to shareholders by end of 2026

Britain has signalled to oil companies ‘we don’t want you’, US president says

Analysts dismiss plan but executives welcome sign of more support for fossil fuel exports

Central bank at centre of row with employee committee after asking elected representatives to spend more time doing their day jobs

Advisory group’s Johannesburg office to become ‘a services hub supporting global operations’

Swiss bank has told advisers to stop pitching foreign exchange derivatives to many clients after losses