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The richest 500 individuals in the world added a record $2.2tn to their wealth in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight billionaires…

Wall Street finished 2025 near record highs on Wednesday, as ballooning tech valuations and hopes of lower interest rates helped stock markets defy a year of…

A record 23 % of Americans believe the United States healthcare system is “in a state of crisis” and 47% think it has “major problems,” according…

The warmest and sunniest spring on record this year led to an increase in the breeding of some of Britain’s best-loved songbirds, data has shown.Scientists said…

The Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to becoming rainier and less…

A surge in the price of silver to record highs this month has prompted a warning from Elon Musk that manufacturers could suffer the consequences.Silver has…

Japan’s cabinet has approved a record high defence budget as tensions with China continue to spiral, with Beijing this week accusing Tokyo of “fuelling a space…

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Forecasters say 2025 is “more likely than not” to break the record for the hottest year in the UK since records began, after a summer of…

This year will conclude as the sunniest on record for the U.K., weather officials say.Britain recorded 1,622 hours of sunshine through the middle of December, putting…