Friedrich Merz is facing renewed pressure within Germany’s governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after a series of poor regional election results, with senior figures in the party calling for changes to its
The Trump administration announced it will step up scrutiny of imports of steel, copper, lithium, and other materials from China to enforce a US ban on goods allegedly produced with forced labor
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said some of India’s wealthiest families benefited from purchases of Russian crude, while reaffirming plans to raise tariffs on the country, Bloomberg reports. In a CNBC interview,
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Kelly Zong, chairwoman of Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co. and daughter of the late beverage tycoon Zong Qinghou, is seeking to appeal two Hong Kong court orders restricting her access to $1.8 billion
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Latin America is witnessing an unprecedented surge in organized crime as drug cartels expand their operations and diversify into a range of illicit activities, according to reporting by the Financial Times. Once
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A shocking teenage honeypot scam in China has shed light on the perilous fate of thousands of Chinese migrant workers held captive by criminal gangs in Myanmar. The case centers on a
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For the first time since the country’s return to democracy in 1982, Bolivia’s presidential election will go to a runoff after no candidate secured the required absolute majority in the first-round vote on Aug.
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Editorial Half a century after its publication, George Orwell’s Animal Farm remains far more than a historical allegory; it has evolved into a lens through which to scrutinise the moral bankruptcy of
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Taiwan is set to dramatically expand its drone arsenal, with plans to purchase nearly 50,000 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the next two years as part of efforts to bolster asymmetric combat
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China and India appear to be charting a cautious path toward rapprochement, as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited New Delhi for the first time in three years, underscoring a renewed effort
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by A Warrior The pain I am enduring is neither poetic nor performative; it is a raw, unrelenting testament to service rendered and now forgotten. We fight a war—not for accolades,
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Japan’s SoftBank has agreed to invest $2 billion in Intel, the troubled US chipmaker, as the Trump administration considers taking its own stake in the company, the Financial Times reports. Under the
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The United Kingdom has stepped back from its controversial demand that Apple provide a “back door” to encrypted customer data after pressure from the Trump administration, Financial Times sources report, effectively ending
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Ukraine has outlined plans to purchase $100 billion in American weapons, financed by European allies, as part of efforts to secure US guarantees for its security after a potential peace settlement with
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Self-described “Spac King” Chamath Palihapitiya is making a high-profile return to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), launching a new blank-cheque vehicle after helping drive the pandemic-era SPAC boom that later fizzled. Palihapitiya,
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into Meta and AI start-up Character.ai over concerns that their artificial intelligence chatbots are being marketed as therapists and mental health support tools
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