A UK-EU trade war would be "shocking" and "unnecessary", the Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin has said.

The price of wheat has jumped on international markets after India banned the export of the staple cereal.

Ride-hailing and delivery group Uber has made a $5.9bn (£4.7bn) loss, mostly due to its stakes in other companies.

Twitter is usually awash with topics for discussion, but over the past couple of days one has stood out on the platform above others - what does the future hold for Twitter itself?

Patrick Paumen causes a stir whenever he pays for something in a shop or restaurant.

Twitter has confirmed that it is working on an edit button that would allow users to change tweets after they have been posted.

The world's biggest companies "have a choice to make" whether to do business in Russia or in Western allied nations, a top US official has told the BBC.

The US can has the natural resources to produce more natural gas, but needs more pipelines and terminals, says one energy chief executive

Thirty years ago when communism collapsed in the Soviet Union, Western firms jostled to be first through the door.

Russia is under sanctions by its major trading partners such as the EU and the UK after the invasion of Ukraine.

Google's plan to limit data tracking on its Chrome browser has been extended to cover apps on its Android-based smartphones.

The UK economy rebounded last year with growth of 7.5% despite falling back in December due to Omicron restrictions, official figures show.

Amazon has dropped plans to block UK Visa credit card payments this week, as the two sides continue to try to resolve a dispute over payment fees.

Prices in the US are rising at their fastest rate in almost 40 years, with inflation up 7% year-on-year in December.

US technology giant Apple has become the first company to hit a stock market valuation of $3tn (£2.2tn).

Move over Google, TikTok is the world's new most popular online destination.

UK shoppers chose to avoid High Streets and city centres on the crucial weekend just before Christmas, amid fears over the Omicron Covid-19 variant.

Amazon is facing questions over health and safety policies at a warehouse in the US state of Illinois after six workers died when the building was destroyed by a tornado.

On Tuesday all international arrivals to the UK will need to take a pre-departure Covid-19 test to tackle the new Omicron variant.

President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron variant from coast to coast.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's Singles Day is known for being the world's biggest online shopping extravaganza.

Americans' cost of living is rising faster than it has for three decades, with food and fuel driving the increases.

Facebook has posted better-than-expected profits for the third quarter, as it continues to face bad press over leaked internal documents.

The government is due to announce its plan for how to reduce the UK's carbon emissions, possibly this coming week.

Most of the world's nations have signed up to a historic deal to ensure big companies pay a fairer share of tax.

The US added a disappointing 194,000 jobs in September, as the Delta variant of coronavirus continued to drag on the economy, official figures show.

A Chinese technology executive held in Canada on US fraud charges has left the country after a deal with prosecutors, following years of diplomatic tensions over her fate.

Millions of low income families are facing a squeeze on their finances from October, a charity has said.

The UK needs to be better prepared for future economic shocks, says the TUC.

The chip shortage that is disrupting global car production could continue into 2022 and even 2023, a leading German car industry figure has said.