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Banks planning to set up units in the euro area for life after Brexit got some welcoming words from their future supervisor.

The U.K. Supreme Court will hear arguments about U.K. government hacking for the first time, as a public-interest group seeks to challenge a decision permitting the government to collect large amounts

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The laughter and the applause could be heard all the way down the hall, where the press had been instructed to stay. Loud, spontaneous outbursts of glee that came in waves -- one after another -- over

The Bank of England cited the loss of European Union workers as it warned that British companies are facing a mounting labor shortage.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said governments must step up efforts to integrate the euro area because the European Central Bank’s expansive monetary policy won’t last forever.

Diesel’s demise in Europe, the main market for the engine type, is accelerating with Volvo Cars saying it won’t be offered for the upcoming S60 sedan as the shift to electrified cars takes shape.

Italian bonds slumped as populist parties struggling to form a government discussed a potential government debt write-down worth billions of euros.

The wave of strikes in the past three months is just the latest sign that Tea Party-style austerity is losing favor.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has accused Mick Mulvaney of waging war on consumers by transforming an aggressive financial regulator into an industry lapdog.

The days of Pennsylvania’s all-male congressional delegation have come to an end.

Democratic attorneys general spent the past 16 months suing the current administration at a record pace, often thwarting President Donald Trump’s most ambitious policy maneuvers with lawsuits

Unlike just about everyone else on Capitol Hill, the Republican and the Democrat who head the Senate Intelligence Committee have made a determined show of bipartisanship in their Russia probe. Soon

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe’s relationship with the U.S. remains fundamental to global security despite mounting differences with President Donald Trump’s administration.

Today in Brexit: Theresa May will set out a detailed plan on what she wants from the future relationship next month, in time for a key EU summit.

Novartis AG’s top lawyer became the first executive to take the fall for the controversial $1.2 million in payments he helped arrange to Donald Trump’s attorney, as the drugmaker tries to contain the

As anti-establishment parties gain ground across Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron is seen by many investors as a beacon of hope in the region.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said more wrongdoing occurred at state fund 1MDB than was publicly known, as he accelerates efforts to reopen a probe into the scandal-plagued company and the

Justin Trudeau’s government is prepared to reimburse Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. for any financial losses incurred by “politically motivated” delays in its proposed pipeline expansion to the Pacific

The leader of the anti-migrant League Matteo Salvini said talks with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement on a populist government for Italy have entered their final lap.