Donald Trump slowed the process of choosing his treasury secretary. The contest had narrowed to a close race between two ...

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On November 11th Mr Xi expressed his wish for China’s friendship with Brazil to “flow unceasingly like the Yangtze River and ...

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When Cantor became terminally ill, a nasty dispute ensued between his wife, Iris, and Mr Lutnick over control of the firm.

If a Ukraine peace is predicated on allowing Russia to dictate the terms, that would not be the Finnish lesson,” he adds.

It was during a visit to Paris in June by Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, that his French counterpart, Emmanuel ...

People who want to do more to fight climate change and those who want to do less tend to have one thing in common. Both sides agree that decarbonising the world economy will be dauntingly expensive.

“Trump is a poker player and a bluffer, and many Americans see that. He is not going to slap 60% tariffs in China, nor is he ...

Saharan Africa reached 60% of GDP in 2023, with two dozen countries’ debt burdens widely considered unsustainable.

The most striking aspect of Mr Trump’s gains is their uniformity. Around 90% of American voters live in counties where his ...

Start with the flow of goods. Mr Trump is deeply suspicious of trade. “The most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff,” ...