Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has reportedly been the target of an alleged Chinese intelligence operation involving a young woman working as a manager in the technology industry, according to reports by
UBS has won a significant boost in its battle with the Swiss government after influential lawmakers backed a proposal to substantially reduce the bank’s proposed new capital requirements. Under the compromise plan,
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An unprecedented agreement giving the United States access to a fifth of Venezuela’s oil reserves, and the central role assigned to Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt, are prompting questions and hesitation among some
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China has completed a high-resolution mapping of the seabed in its claimed waters, including the South China Sea, after more than two decades of work, according to scientists involved in the project.
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As relations between US President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have become increasingly strained, America’s ambassador to Italy has embarked on a very different form of diplomacy: a 383-foot
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The relationship between the United States and Taiwan has “never been stronger”, the top American diplomat in Taipei said on Monday, highlighting Taiwan’s growing role in US high-tech manufacturing and investment. Although
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China’s three biggest state-owned airlines have reported first-half losses for the seventh consecutive year, hit by sharply higher jet fuel prices and a weaker-than-expected summer travel season. Air China, China Eastern Airlines
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The sharp rise in government bond yields is increasing debt-servicing costs across the Group of Seven, adding pressure to public finances already strained by historically high levels of borrowing. The United States
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Russia has extended its ban on diesel exports until September 30 as the government seeks to stabilise the domestic fuel market amid persistent shortages and disruptions to refinery operations. The ban, announced
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Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday that an energy agreement with the United States would remain in force for 25 years, setting an initial target of more than 1.5 million
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European central bankers left their annual meeting with US counterparts in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, far from reassured about the future of long-standing norms in global financial cooperation, according to sources familiar with
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Anthropic is preparing for a potential stock market debut in the autumn and is reportedly approaching investors with an extraordinary proposition: the future market for artificial intelligence could be worth more than
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The US government is facing a growing warning from bond markets as investors demand increasingly high returns to lend money to the world’s largest economy. At a recent auction of 30-year US
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At the edge of Szeged in southern Hungary, a new industrial presence is taking shape. Dozens of Chinese construction workers walk or cycle towards a supermarket beside a sprawling construction site, where
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has formed an alliance with the leaders of Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden to oppose a major expansion of the European Union’s long-term budget, arguing that
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More than 200 tonnes of jellyfish have accumulated around the cooling-water systems of France’s largest nuclear power station, forcing operators to shut down two reactor units and reduce the output of two
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