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British oil giant Shell is denying reports that it is in talks to buy rival BP

Nickyl Raithatha will continue to head the firm while it hunts for a successor.

No party would win an overall majority, but a YouGov poll suggests Nigel Farage would have the most seats by far

Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon imprisoned in the country’s largest financial fraud case

Shell told investors on Thursday that no discussions with BP over a possible deal had taken place.

Donald Trump appeared concerned for a BBC Ukrainian reporter during his Nato press conference.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are in Venice for what is already being dubbed “the wedding of the century.”

A minister said on Thursday discussions were underway about how to implement welfare reforms

Judge summarises evidence heard in marathon trial including Patterson lying about using dried mushrooms from an Asian grocery and handing police a secondary phone

The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a discussion paper

Greenland is covered in ice and snow, and its locals retreat indoors for most of the year

Tesla's stock price fell by more than 4 per cent in early afternoon trading

Zohran Mamdani had been a state lawmaker unknown even to most New Yorkers before announcing his run for mayor

Tehran says its nuclear sites ‘badly damaged’

Many of the protections and behaviours that helped us during the pandemic — like staying home when sick, wearing masks, and improving ventilation – have quietly disappeared, say Independent readers

Stock markets latest updates and business news on Thursday

President doesn’t rule out more defense aid for Kyiv and voices frustration with Russian leader at end of NATO summit

Exclusive: Julie Bishop lost two-and-a-half stone in eight weeks by taking Mounjaro before she was sent to hospital with pancreatitis and told to stop taking the weight-loss jab

Artefact found along with human digit fossil in Poland’s Obłazowa cave

Shares are mixed in Asia after U.S. stocks hung near their all-time high as financial markets caught their breath following recent bouts of volatility

Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist and state lawmaker, won New York City’s Democratic primary on Tuesday and now faces reelection bid from current mayor Eric Adams, who will run as an independent

During weeks of testimony at the sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, nearly three dozen witnesses took their turns in front of a federal jury

Financier Robert Granieri was allegedly duped into handing over millions to fund the purported attempt to topple the South Sudanese government

North Korea will open a tourist site on its east coast next week that it called a prelude to a new era in its tourism industry, though there is no word on when the country will fully reopen to foreign visitors

CIA Director John Ratcliffe says the bombed Iranian nuclear facilities ‘would have to be rebuilt over the course of years’