Europe wants bigger firms. Its apparatchiks say so every time they talk about integration and competitiveness. „The leaders want true European champions,” announced António Costa, the Portuguese head ...

A tugboat guides a ship at one of the major container ports in Sharjah Emirate, along the Gulf of Oman on July 14, 2026.

It is too darn hot. On July 14th the surface temperature of Earth’s tropical and mid-latitude oceans was higher than on any ...

Putting boots on the ground would not help Ukraine, but it might help Europe find the stomach for war, writes Nathalie Tocci.

More than that, they represent a new turn in China’s economic management, as officials try to ease fiscal straits by squeezing more out of state assets. The physical transformation is stunning. The ...

When the war in Ukraine ends, Moscow will need to be part of the new security architecture, argues Andrey Melnichenko.

It is working with AI companies on voluntary standards that could soon be released. Unfortunately, its efforts so far have ...

A minister in Turkey has spoken of one day „ruling” Jerusalem. Israeli officials have warned darkly that Turkey is „the new ...

As in previous decades, the recommendations of investment gurus—how to cut expenses, build a savings fund or avoid scams—are ...

Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley want to change the world. The ones profiled in „The Everywhere Millionaire”, a forthcoming book by Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick, are different. They find something boring, ...

Known as Nord Stream 1 and 2, the twin tubes comprised the world’s longest undersea pipeline network when they were laid in ...

The stock MARKET is not the economy” might be a cliché, but it is still jarring to see quite how far the two can part ways.