Bank of Scotland fined £160,000 over account for sanctioned Putin ally Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, who had held senior roles in Russian government, used a variant spelling of his name to access UK banking system
Here’s how Europe can file for divorce from Donald Trump Amid the tumult of the WEF in Davos this week, some investors are leading the way by ditching US government bonds
‘Repatriate the gold’: German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults Shift in relations and unpredictability of Donald Trump make it ‘risky to store so much gold in the US’, say experts
‘At the table or on the menu’: a turbulent Davos week with Trump’s circus in town Dissenting voices were few and far between as the US president brought his smash-and-grab politics to the WEF
Get out of Greenland mode and stand up for yourself, Zelenskyy tells Europe Ukraine president accuses EU leaders of waiting for direction from Donald Trump in blistering speech at Davos
World is entering time of ‘great power politics’, warns German chancellor Friedrich Merz says global order changing at ‘breathtaking pace’ and urges leaders in Davos not to accept new reality
The year of the ‘hectocorn’: the $100bn tech companies that could float in 2026 OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are rumoured to be among ten of the biggest companies considering IPOs
Trump paints himself as great white hope in racism-drenched Davos speech President’s anti-Somalia tirade and insults to European leaders were in line with aide Stephen Miller’s worldview
Trump’s rambling Davos speech rehashes warped ideas of US supremacy The president’s fixation on ‘piece of ice’ Greenland carries an echo of Vladimir Putin’s claims about Crimea
Trump steps up Greenland annexation demand and attacks European leaders at Davos US president tells business and political leaders in Davos his country needs ownership to defend ‘unsecured island’
Zelenskyy meeting with Trump expected to take place on Thursday – as it happened Adviser to Zelenskyy says he in Kyiv, not Davos, and meeting will not be today as Trump suggested earlier
EU parliament blocks US trade deal after Trump’s tariff threat Brussels to host emergency summit to discuss options including ‘nuclear deterrent’ of retaliatory sanctions
Middle powers assemble? Trump disorder prompts talk of new liberal alliances As Mark Carney, Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen decide ‘to live in truth’, what will it take for Starmer to call out Trump?
Nato chief urges ‘thoughtful diplomacy’ after US treasury secretary’s jibe at Denmark Trump expected to face tough reception from European leaders in Davos over threat to seize Greenland
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