Category: Global

The meaning of Xi’s military purge

Relations between Chinese Communist leaders and the army have always been fraught

Panama court kicks Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison out of cana...

Ruling comes after Donald Trump’s vow to ‘take back control’ of shipping lane and reassert US influence in region

Big US companies set to lay off at least 52,000 workers...

Employers look to cut down on costs as they accelerate investments in AI

Eurozone economy unexpectedly grows by 0.3% in fourth q...

Bloc’s performance in the face of geopolitical and trade tensions has surprised policymakers

Zelenskyy blames Europeans for Ukraine air defence gaps

Delayed western payments keep country’s air defences ‘simply empty’, allowing Russia to knock out power, says president

Gold and silver prices plunge as rally goes into revers...

Platinum and copper also fall on expectations Trump will pick Warsh as next Fed chair

Dollar strengthens ahead of Trump’s Fed decision

President expected to announce Kevin Warsh as next chair of US central bank

Donald Trump nominates Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve c...

President’s decision on successor to Jay Powell comes at pivotal moment for world’s most important central bank

Meta and its peers are everything, everywhere, all of t...

Five big tech titans make up over 40% of capital expenditure of S&P 500

‘I wouldn’t dare take these drugs’: how China supplies ...

The success of weight-loss drugs has driven demand for injectable compounds that claim to improve everything from sleep to skin

OpenAI in talks to raise $40bn in investments from Nvid...

AI start-up turns to three of its biggest suppliers in blockbuster $100bn funding round

Do markets make us moral?

New research describes how commerce shaped our culture