Hot demand for bitcoin ETF as ‘Wild West’ meets Wall St

Launch of crypto-linked investment fund lends ‘professional’ edge to swashbuckling asset class

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From Baltic to Balkans, Covid crisis engulfs central and eastern Europe

Infection and death rates are the world’s highest and vaccination take-up is low, forcing renewed restrictions

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US stocks pull back from record highs

Investors brace for bumpier performance with interest rate rises on the horizon

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US Supreme Court agrees to hear challenges to Texas abortion law

Court will allow restrictive law to remain in effect for now but will hear oral arguments next month

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Health leaders accuse ministers of bungling rollout of UK booster jab

Vaccine drive described as ‘fragmented’ with half the people eligible for third dose yet to come forward

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How Poland became Europe’s biggest rebel

Support for the EU remains strong, but the confrontation with Brussels is prompting a debate on the Polish right about ‘Polexit’

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Supply chains: spending and output flexibility keys to resilience

The winners of this crisis must have deep pockets

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EU leaders warn of risk to industry over shortage of magnesium from China

Unless smelters restart carmakers and many others are threatened by lack of essential ingredient for aluminium alloys

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Supply chain pressures cast shadow over manufacturing recovery

PMI surveys show overall growth in business activity slowing in Europe but improving in the UK and US

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Merkel warns of ‘spiral’ in Brussels’ conflict with Poland

Chancellor expresses concern over state of EU at last European summit as German leader

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