If the scale of Big Tech’s AI spending plans for 2026 was not striking enough, Alphabet’s reported move to issue a rare 100-year bond has added a new…
Jimmy Lai, the billionaire media tycoon and prominent pro-democracy activist, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong in the most high-profile national security case…
The oversupply in the oil market at the beginning of the year is likely to have been sharply lower than previously expected. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has revised…
The sudden resignation of the head of Argentina’s statistics office this week revealed problems at the core of President Javier Milei’s economic plan, turning the country’s inflation numbers…
Wars like the Russia-Ukraine one don’t end when diplomats sit down. They end when pressure becomes harder to absorb than compromise. 4 years later, Russia and Ukraine are…
Britain’s services sector showed a clear pickup in momentum at the start of the year, offering signs that activity and confidence are stabilising after a weak end to…
The US economy has recently taken hits that would have stalled most developed systems. Tariffs were announced and withdrawn, then reintroduced. Trade relationships were tested. Government spending surged…
Crude oil declined more than 5% on Monday as easing tensions between the US and Iran erased the geopolitical premium on prices. Oil prices marked their steepest single-session drop…
European gas prices, already on a downward trend, face fresh uncertainty after heightened rhetoric between the US and Iran, fueled by statements from President Donald Trump, reignited fears…