Canadian entrepreneur has built a single shop into a 16,700-site global convenience store empire
Organisers rush to pin down agenda, guest list and financial backers for October 14 event
Many Haifa residents support offensive against Hizbollah even as rockets land around them
Global airlines look to new fuels and radical designs to offset rising carbon emissions
Axel Dumas says group is still planning to expand in China, where others are hurting
Shan Xiangshuang’s $10bn buyout group quietly became a top US tech investor. That has triggered official concern
Tehran’s restraint in the face of increasingly aggressive Israeli operations has unsettled Lebanese militant group
Opposition retracts support for new interest rate-setting board over concerns about biased appointees
Lebanese militant group fought Israeli troops to a stalemate in 2006. Both sides have tried to learn the lessons
Trading house appoints 39-year-old former British soldier who has risen rapidly within the business
Tech giants argue they’re not breaching copyright because the material they lift is used for a different purpose than originally intended
US President Joe Biden has struggled to constrain Israeli leader from escalating conflict in the Middle East
Denim maker’s chief says it will take longer than expected to reach $10bn revenue target as it plans new stores
Since approving assassinations in Beirut and Tehran, the premier’s Likud party has taken the lead in national surveys
Potentially allowing Ukraine to use long-range missiles on targets in Russia is latest in a series of ‘salami tactics’
US manufacturers say wrongly labelled online goods are eroding their election-year hopes
Tougher policies have contributed to sharp drop in illegal crossings in run-up to presidential election
Nearly 500 people killed after hundreds of Israeli strikes targeting Hizbollah
Moscow is taking advantage of Kyiv’s redeployment into Kursk region
Leader of Tory-led Wiltshire council says ‘more carrots and sticks’ are needed
Legacy carmakers have struggled to keep pace as the focus has turned from the engine to computing power
Trend for smaller families prompts concern among locals who are outnumbered 9 to 1 by migrant population
UK-based bank has more than $3bn in exposure to defaulted commercial real estate loans in the territory
Microsoft, Salesforce and Workday latest to centre their plans on ‘AI agents’ as technology advances
From Portugal to Greece and Monaco to Switzerland, advisers are inundated with residency inquiries from wealthy people