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On the fertile slopes of Mount Kenya, an extinct volcano, smallholder coffee farmer Martin Kinyua has decided against planting new crops. The seedlings, he says, will simply die in the…

The energy crisis is pushing more households onto prepayment gas and electricity meters, research suggests. Comparison website Uswitch said 60,000 new meters were installed in Britain in the six months…

After soaring over the summer months, the cost of wholesale gas in the UK and Europe has fallen dramatically in recent weeks. But it’s unlikely prices will stay low for…

Four more communities have been earmarked for shared banking hubs – becoming the latest on a list of 27 areas waiting for services to begin. At these hubs, customers of…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and France’s Emmanuel Macron will no doubt be all smiles when they meet in Paris to talk future co-operation in Europe. But behind the bonhomie, both…

The head of the International Monetary Fund has said it will downgrade its expectations for global economic growth this month. Its most recent forecast, issued in April, was for 3.6% growth…