This is one of the most joyous weekends in the American calendar, high summer and the commemoration of the nation’s historic leap towards freedom from colonial dominion 245 years ago. The British, some readers may be surprised to learn, cherish no matching holiday to celebrate our deliverance from decades of funding the defense of those ungrateful folks. If Americans were ...

While the US, the United Kingdom and Russia are expected to sit high on any list of cyber nations, one surprise name also mixes with the best, highlighting the value of having solid allies over technical prowess. Malaysia came in eighth out of 194 states in this year’s Global Cybersecurity Index by the International Telecoms Union, a United Nations agency. ...

The latest private equity deal in the UK — the biggest in more than a decade — raises an awkward question for investors in the London stock market. How can the UK’s fourth-biggest supermarket chain be worth more to a consortium comprising Canadian pensioners and US buyout and real-estate investors than to the home crowd? It looks like the starkest ...