Inherits

King Charles III built his own empire long before he inherited his mother’s: He spent half a century turning his royal estate into a billion-dollar portfolio and one of the most lucrative moneymakers in the royal family business.While his…

Rishi Sunak has been named as the U.K.'s new prime minister and the country's first leader of color.Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBritain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to assume office Tuesday and, with it, one…

"SUNAK STABILITY"  Truss resigned last Thursday after just 44 days as prime minister. She had succeeded Boris Johnson on Sep 6 after a weeks-long campaign against Tory rival Sunak. The former chancellor of the exchequer had warned in the…

New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss promised during her campaign to cut taxes. — AFP/File  LONDON: New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss inherits an economy set to enter recession before the end of the year, with double-digit inflation…

LONDON: New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss inherits an economy set to enter recession before the end of the year, with double-digit inflation forecast to soar further. COST OF LIVING With inflation at a 40-year high above 10 per cent,…

LONDON: Britain's new finance minister, Iraqi-born Nadhim Zahawi, has inherited a cost-of-living crisis that risks pushing the UK economy into recession. The former education minister was parachuted into the Treasury late Tuesday after…

HONG KONG — John Lee “will make Hong Kongers and international investors feel relaxed, at ease and full of confidence,” a pro-Beijing newspaper declared. He will help the city “start anew to achieve greater glories,” the state-run China…

LONDON — Her admirers see Liz Truss, Britain’s foreign secretary and a rising political star, as a potential successor to the country’s embattled prime minister, Boris Johnson — and in one recent episode, at least, she appeared to play the…