The balance of power in oil markets may shift again. For a while, once the Gulf crisis abates, there could be a “superglut” ...

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to direct the United States Postal Service to oversee mail-in ballots. Mr Trump has falsely linked their use to fraudulent voting. It is ...

Yet surely European integration is about more than summits and regulation (right?). Those who make Europe feel like a single ...

Russian drones caused a fire and damage at Izmail, a grain export hub and Ukraine’s largest Danube port. The attack follows a big Ukrainian strike on Novorossiysk, one of Russia’s most strategically ...

Rohingyas will doubtless keep trying to reach Malaysia, no matter how bad things get there. Some 6,500 Rohingyas are known to have attempted the voyage by boat last year, up from 4,300 in 2023 and ...

V ladimir Putin will not end his war on Ukraine until he believes the costs of fighting on exceed the costs of stopping. The ...

Business leaders can be naive when it comes to politics. It was a mistake for them to cheerlead for Labour before the most ...

The first is Japan’s shortage of risk-taking venture capital. A decade ago traditional vc funds were rare. In 2015 only $1bn ...

Shareholders of Hugo Boss, Germany’s biggest luxury fashion firm, must decide whether to accept a takeover offer from Mike ...

The West’s Afghanistan strategy has failed. In 2021, America withdrew from the country, ending two decades of fighting and ...

AMERICA’S TREASURY secretary, Scott Bessent, is used to making audacious bets against central banks. He once worked for Soros Fund Management, the hedge fund famous for “breaking” the Bank of England ...

Donald Trump insisted America has “total control” of the waterway, but Iran claims it will remain shut until America accepts its conditions for ending the war, including the easing of economic ...