Days earlier QatarEnergy, which produces a fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas (LNG), shut down its production and ...

The kidnapping was to take place in the busy middle-class neighbourhood of Delmas in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. The commercial hub is one of the few districts still mostly under government ...

The country spends some $5trn a year on health care, about a fifth of its GDP and twice as much per person as its rich-world ...

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T HE STRAIT of Hormuz is tricky for mariners at the best of times—narrow, shallow, congested and often hazy with humidity and dust. In times of conflict, it is a potential death ...

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Donald Trump faces limited options to contain oil prices as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz traps 15m barrels per day, with strategic reserves and escorts offering partial relief.

In short, a world in turmoil is terrible for India. That is to the country’s credit. It has plans to become a prosperous, advanced economy that chaos would derail. For reasons of pride and propaganda, ...

Software still matters. But as it becomes commoditised, economic power is flowing back to the physical layer of the economy. Control over energy, materials, infrastructure, robotics and industrial ...

The downside of the broader overlap between growth and quality stocks arises because much of a growth stock’s value comes from the far higher earnings investors expect of it in the distant future.

Now those gains are slipping away. A CNN poll found that in the year to February Mr Trump’s approval rating among Latinos nationwide fell from 41% to 22%. Another poll, from Pew in November, shows ...