Europe endured a summer of searing heat in 2026, with more than half the continent exposed to dangerous temperatures that posed a serious risk to human health, a new study shows.

China’s quantitative investing sector has added 18 new members to the ranks of funds managing more than 10 billion yuan (US$1.5 billion) in assets this year, underlining the industry’s ability to generate competitive returns despite a tight regulatory environment. The firms were among 159 Chinese hedge funds overseeing more than 10 billion yuan each, according to financial news agency Cailian Press. Their growth has been fuelled by technology-driven momentum in the world’s second-largest stock...

The man was beaten with hammers until he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency.

The man was beaten with hammers until he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency.

Several self-inflicted mistakes have cost the biggest sportswear brand on the planet in recent years.

A growing number of people are opting out of these schemes due to cost-of-living pressures.

Cuban exiles in Florida are increasingly hopeful that regime change in Cuba is now on the horizon.

The Trump administration may have just signed up your child — and more than 60 million others — for a 530A savings account (if you haven’t already done so).