Health and beauty chain cites ‘unprecedented decline’ in footfall

Office group founder files lawsuit over largest investor’s decision to pull out of $3bn tender offer

Company must not bet the bank on expansion; estate agents have nowhere to go

Office providers warn chancellor that companies will go bankrupt without relief

President acts as though Latin America’s second-largest economy is immune to pandemic

Oil price collapse and crumbling health system put Latin American nation at risk

Maduro regime rejects latest Washington plan despite fears of humanitarian catastrophe from Covid-19

Behaviour of Brazil’s ‘walking crisis’ president sparks backlash among one-time allies

Officials’ barbs come at a precarious time for Latin American country

Approval ratings for the billionaire president have more than doubled

Work dries up under lockdown but returning home could be more perilous than staying put

Justice minister’s departure raises risk of yet another impeachment in Latin America’s largest democracy

Finance minister Paulo Guedes has had his liberal economic agenda sidelined by emergency measures

Former justice minister had accused president of political interference in police work

President Macri asks for early disbursement of funds as refinancing worries grow

Franklin Templeton funds have lost $1.2bn on biggest Argentine positions

Revised agreement comes a day after the exit of central bank governor

Iron ore giant in second disaster in 3 years after mud and waste surges through valley

President Lenín Moreno says deal will save his country from Venezuela’s fate

Peso tumbles and cost to hedge against debt default surges

Macri tries to shore up confidence amid market worries over prolonged political instability and $101bn owed

Bondholders weigh deal with Macri against negotiating with likely successor Fernández

Reimposition of currency controls is admission of defeat by president

Revised terms draw support from some creditors in key test before government debt crunch

Creditors prepare for tough negotiations after IMF calls on them to share the pain

Governors seize on criticisms of president over lack of coronavirus stimulus

Jeremy Corbyn unveils party's ‘most radical’ plans in decades, Tories backtrack on national insurance pledge while pressure on public finances increases

The Brexit party and the Welsh Plaid Cymru reveal their policies; Corbyn and McDonnell defend tax plans; Tories propose stamp duty rise for foreign buyers; while UK figures show more gloomy outlook

Former prime minister intervenes with warning that both Tories and Labour ‘pose a risk’ to country, Conservative manifesto in the spotlight, Lib Dems change tune with calls to avert Johnson majority, Sterling rallies as Tories extend lead.

Jeremy Corbyn defends party's processes for dealing with racism after Ephraim Mirvis's criticism. Conservatives put opposition to independence at heart of Scottish campaign. Sterling slips as Labour makes inroads on Tories' polling lead.

Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have offered a "credible prospectus" for government in the election, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said this morning, in a damning assessment that highlighted the gulf between different political visions for Britain.

The Conservatives vowed to bring in a new state aid system to protect British industry after Brexit, as the party finesses its message to Leave voters ahead of election day.

The Labour and Conservative parties are making a final push on key issues — border security and rail fares — as the election campaign nears the home stretch. Brexit concerns are also bubbling again.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

The pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its biggest rise since 2017 after an exit poll has projected a strong victory for Boris Johnson’s Conservative party.

The Conservatives secure the biggest majority in parliament since Margaret Thatcher with Labour's 'red wall' crumbling; stocks in London surge while the pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its sharpest rally in nearly three years

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Tokyo’s Topix dropped 2.5% at the open, taking the benchmark index down more than 30% for the year. The move followed S&P 500 index's collapse of 12 per cent on Monday, marking the biggest one-day fall since the crash of October 1987.

Forecast of a quick rebound from crisis without sustaining any persistent damage is disputed

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