Category: Global

The oil tankers slipping through Hormuz

How trading houses Vitol, Trafigura and Mercuria have managed to get some of their vessels out of the Gulf

Top Republican pushes party to shun $300mn AI lobby

Senator Josh Hawley warns of ‘political cost’ if Washington fails to rein in Big Tech and artificial intelligence

It’s a ‘sontaku’ world — we are just living in it

Pre-emptive interpretation of a leader’s wishes can be dangerous and reveals a vacuum where direction should be

The secret diary of a middle power

So much economic conflict, so many feelings

French weather service alerts police to tampering after...

Users of weather forum say Paris temperature data may have been manipulated for wagers on prediction market platform

Iran says it has seized two container ships in Strait o...

Oil rises back above $100 a barrel following incidents in waters close to Iran

Anthropic investigating unauthorised access of powerful...

Start-up has limited the release of the new tool because of concerns about its hacking abilities

Hormuz disruption raises risk of global food shock, tra...

World ‘on borrowed time’ to avert crisis as higher gas prices squeeze fertiliser production

Dollar gives up bulk of war gains as traders abandon bu...

Almost every major currency has gained against the greenback this month amid hopes for end to Iran conflict

Germany to take on ‘more responsibility’ for Europe’s d...

Berlin publishes its first military strategy since second world war

Taxes on wages hit decade high across OECD countries

Governments tap labour income as an ‘easy’ revenue raiser but risk undermining incentives to work and hire

Moscow to suspend Kazakh oil flows through key pipeline...

Russian plan puts majority of German city’s supplies of petrol, kerosene and heating fuel at risk