Category: International

The risks of Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade plan

Naval embargo designed to cut off Iran’s exports threatens to destabilise global energy markets

Sotheby’s offers to pay sellers interest as art market ...

Patrick Drahi-owned auction house contends with heavy debt burden in shrinking market

Bets against US stocks will have ‘wind at their backs’,...

Muddy Waters founder says bets against US stocks will have ‘wind at their backs’ as technology upends markets

Meta builds AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact w...

CEO is training and testing his own character as part of wider push to develop ‘personal superintelligence’

Pope Leo says he has ‘no fear’ of Trump administration

Comments from Catholic Church head come hours after US president launched scathing attack on him

Goldman reports best quarter in 5 years even as fixed-i...

Equities traders powered bank’s earnings, while fixed-income, currencies and commodities business fell well short

The historic Iranian palaces caught up in US-Israeli st...

World Heritage sites including Tehran’s Golestan Palace were damaged in bombings

Hungarian voters turn out in force for biggest test of ...

Election follows bitter campaign that has energised both government loyalists and opposition behind Péter Magyar

US and Iran fail to reach deal after marathon talks

Negotiations foundered over Tehran’s unwillingness to concede ground on nuclear weapons, says JD Vance

Social media is for picking up vibes, not information

Users trust it even less than they do mainstream news outlets

Fees for seas: a history of taxing waterways

From Ottoman Sultans to Danish kings, Iran’s toll system for Strait of Hormuz revives an old maritime fight

Commodity traders lost ‘billions’ in early days of Iran...

Firms that normally profit from volatility were caught out by sudden rise in energy prices, new report finds