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Israel Sebastian / Getty‘Publish or perish’ is a common mantra in academia. By that metric, I definitely did not perish in 2025.Last year, I published seven…

Lunchtime market round-upAfter a volatile morning, European stock markets are still in the red – but off their earlier lows – after steep losses in Asia-Pacific…

The rate of people dying from cancer in the UK has fallen by almost a third since the 1980s amid seismic progress in prevention, diagnosis and…

Teenage girls in Europe have the highest rate of tobacco use in their age group around the world, while one in seven adolescents across the continent…

The average long-term US mortgage rate slipped this week below 6% for the first time since late 2022, good news for home shoppers as the spring…

The use of artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening reduces the rate of a cancer diagnosis by 12% in subsequent years and leads to a higher…

The rate of women dying during or soon after pregnancy in the UK has increased by 20% over the last decade, despite the Conservatives having pledged…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldThe US economy grew at an…

US economic growth beats forecasts in Q3Newsflash: US economic growth accelerated in the third quarter of this year, to the fastest rate in two years.US real…

China is set to impose a value-added tax (VAT) on condoms and other contraceptives for the first time in three decades, as the country tries to…