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Dublin-based Keywords, which is listed on London’s junior Aim market, has backed a cash bid worth £24.50 a share from Swedish private equity firm EQT.

Boris Johnson made a surprise appearance at a Tory rally last night (2 July), in a last-ditch attempt to help his successor win the general election later this week.

Asian shares are trading mostly higher after Tesla zoomed upward, helping drive the U.S. stock market to more records

The retailer suggested it is seeing a small improvement in “challenging” market conditions, amid an ongoing decline in trade.

The UK’s cost of living will be a major talking point in the run up to July’s general election

Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, yen packed with 3-D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting

Critics have long debated which books qualify as a ‘Great American Novel

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they travel to Kazakhstan for a session of an international group founded to counter Western alliances

Investment in electric vehicle manufacturing is booming in Morocco, a country that neighbors Europe and enjoys a free trade agreement with the United States

A federal judge in Kansas has blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation

The U.S. Department of Justice says that discipline used by educators in the largest public school district in Kansas was discriminatory against Black and disabled students

The National Black Farmers Association is calling on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO to step down, days after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts

An appeals court has rejected an appeal by a Tony Award-winning producer who claims that a union for actors and stage managers organized an illegal boycott that prevented him from producing live Broadway shows

In London, the average advertised rent is £2,652 per month

Former Speaker of the House suggested Biden and Trump should undergo ‘tests’ at the request of voters

Forty percent of those who voted for Biden in 2020 and who took part in a post-debate poll says president should end campaign

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against a gig work company, saying it misled people about the money they could make on its platform

Hunter Biden joined meetings to prepare for his father’s response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s immunity

While Biden is ‘sharp’ in his national security meetings, Carl Bernstein says people close to the president believe they have a problem

Federal health officials are investigating a possible death and dozens of illnesses tied to recalled microdosing candies sold online and at vape shops

U.S. new-vehicle sales rose only slightly in the second quarter, despite larger discounts and slightly lower prices

The U.S. Interior Department has approved the proposed Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey

White House Press Secretary Jean-Pierre did acknowledge that it was ‘fair’ to ask for an explanation for Biden’s performance against Trump

Supreme Court asked lower appeals courts to remand a case cited by Hunter Biden’s lawyers

The Independent's White House Correspondent Andrew Feinberg pressed the White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Biden's health during the daily press briefing on 2 July.

Bob Good tried to make amends with trip to New York to support Trump in court, but ultimately failed

The group, which contains some of Joe Biden’s most ardent supporters, reportedly startled by lack of contact with the president following first debate

Trump pushed for delay after Supreme Court ruling that partially shields him from criminal prosecution

Biden’s strength has been his ability to unify the Democratic Party. Now Republicans are using that against vulnerable Democrats

Techne UK poll for The Independent reveals Tories have slightly narrowed the gap on Labour – but remain on course for a ‘devastating’ wipeout