London Financial News

A blanket of snow has covered London and parts of the UK causing major travel disruption on the roads and at airports - with more than 300 flight cancellations.

Elon Musk once again tried to launch a paid subscription for Twitter on Monday, after a first attempt marred confusion and the influx of fake accounts.

Calls to reform lobbying rules for European Union institutions are growing as Brussels reels from a corruption scandal involving the European Parliament.

Eva Kaili is the name on everyone's lips in Brussels.

Three boys who fell into an icy lake in England have died, police have confirmed.

Several explosions were heard on Monday morning in Kyiv, exactly one week after Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, AFP journalists noted.

A month on from Sweden's general election on 11 September and everything looks like business as usual in the Nordic nation. 

The United Kingdom and the world are saying their final goodbyes to Queen Elizabeth II.

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has openly blamed Azerbaijan for renewed conflict in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, though this was challenged by Baku. 

Ukraine claimed to have found makeshift prisons used by Russian forces to "torture" Ukrainian troops on Sunday. 

On the night of 4 September 1972, the Israeli Olympic delegation returned to their apartment at Connollystrasse 31 in the north of Munich.

Canadian police are continuing the searched for two suspects believed to have stabbed to death 10 people in an Indigenous community in Saskatchewan and a nearby town in one of the deadliest mass killings in the country’s history. The suspects also injured 15 people.

The Investment Association, a trade body representing British investment managers, is speeding up the local government and financial regulators to approve blockchain-traded funds with digital tokens substituting traditional shares. 

Bitcoin is on track for its worst quarter in more than a decade, as more hawkish central banks and a string of high-profile crypto blowups hammer sentiment. The 56% drawdown in the biggest cryptocurrency is the largest since the third quarter of 2011, when Bitcoin was still in its infancy, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The decade in between those hallmarks saw several booms and busts, with cryptocurrencies’ market value swelling as they gained more widespread adoption and ultra-low interest rates spurred risk taking. But the current bear market stands out for the amount of crypto leverage that’s been unwound — and for the regulatory scrutiny being heaped on an asset class many central banks now consider a threat to financial stability.

Lawmakers in Georgia have been left heartbroken after Brussels dashed the country's hopes of a quick entry into the European Union (EU).

An intense and unprecedently early heatwave is baking western Europe, with temperatures in many places topping 40C Saturday. 

Slovenia says a 200-kilometre fence on its border with Croatia to deter migrants has not fulfilled its purpose and will be taken down.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a further blow to his authority on Wednesday when his second ethics adviser in less than two years quit his post.

The European Union's political heavyweights were en route for Kyiv on Thursday morning in a bid to underscore Europe's support for Ukraine. 

Brazilian police have found two bodies in their search for the missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades — and signaling more large rate increases to come that would raise the risk of another recession.