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The meltdown at Nestlé

The scandal at the Swiss food giant raises questions about its corporate culture and the health of its conglomerate model

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Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?

Since January, Donald Trump has used tactics reminiscent of the 1950s to stifle critical voices. Over the last week, the threats have intensified

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How Israel is dismantling the dream of a Palestinian state

While attention has been focused on Gaza, Israel has undermined the delicate architecture of governance in the West Bank built up over three decades

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The problem with taxing the rich

Fiscal systems designed around income and consumption struggle to capture wealth, and billionaires are highly mobile

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The left’s radical plan to fix housing in Paris

Authorities are using an arsenal of interventionist tools to make city homes affordable. Critics call it an attack on property rights

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The Gen Z revolution spreading in Asia

Nepal is just the most recent country to have seen the ruling elite toppled by frustrated young people

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How prediction markets are shaking up sports gambling in America

Kalshi is spearheading a legal battle to expand access to online betting, with support from some in Trump’s circle

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America’s dangerous descent into mutual loathing

The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a new cycle of political violence with echoes of the 1960s. But this time, leading figures on the right are...

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The secretive corporate empire that captured a breakaway state

Sheriff dominates the economy of Transnistria and its pro-Russian government, but the war in Ukraine has thrown its future into doubt

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Why is AI struggling to discover new drugs?

A generation of start-ups have failed to live up to the hype. Executives are now betting that more powerful tools will crack the complexities of human...

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Hong Kong: a comeback with Chinese characteristics

After a stagnant few years, the territory’s financial sector is regaining its global standing with a push from Beijing

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The hedge fund billionaire aiming to be king of Queens

Steve Cohen already owns the Mets baseball team and now wants to build one of New York’s first casinos. But that has drawn him into local politics

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Can Belarus move out of Russia’s shadow?

With economic problems mounting as the Ukraine war continues, President Lukashenko is tentatively trying to improve ties with the west

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Xi Jinping plots a post-American world

Led by China, a growing group of nations wants to change the global order — and they seem increasingly inclined to work together

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Making British homes affordable again

Politicians have long blamed a housing shortage for soaring prices, but it is tax reform that can make the market less dysfunctional

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Why memory chips are the new frontier of the AI revolution

Innovation has helped push SK Hynix ahead of Samsung — and put chipmakers in the middle of growing US-China tensions

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Is there a future for the ‘Amazon of Africa’?

Six years after a high-profile listing, Jumia is still trying to prove that it can be a profitable business rather than a relic of the cheap money era

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How Trump gutted America’s disaster relief agency

Hurricane season tests whether Fema is still fit for purpose after radical changes

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How the world’s biggest carmakers are falling behind in software

The shift from a manufacturing model to a digital one is proving difficult and expensive for many of the industry’s traditional companies

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After the shock of war, Iranians yearn for change

Despite an initial mood of wartime solidarity, Iranians across the political spectrum believe the conflict has exposed the vulnerabilities of the...

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The unsustainable boom in India’s Silicon Valley

Over the past two decades, Bengaluru has seen explosive growth in its tech sector. But the city’s infrastructure is not keeping up with the expansion

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Can women’s sport turn itself into big business?

Events like the Rugby World Cup are drawing more fans, but still trail far behind the men’s equivalent in financial terms

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The twilight of the central banking elite

After several decades in which economic technocrats enjoyed a large degree of autonomy, they are under intense pressure from the Trump administration

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The US tourism slump that never happened

Despite fears of a sharp downturn amid foreign visitor boycotts, the sector has had a decent summer. But some predict the problems have only been...

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Why a commodities boom is not lifting Indonesia’s economy

As investment pours into mining projects, the country’s once-mighty manufacturing sector is stagnating and shedding jobs

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The Iranian connection: how China is importing oil from Russia

Networks of brokers and shipowners from Panama to Switzerland are becoming expert at circumventing international sanctions

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The inexorable rise of Latin America’s drug cartels

With the global cocaine business booming as never before, organised crime groups are diversifying into a swath of other illicit activities

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Does HR still need humans?

AI can perform many of the duties of human resources staff, a symbol of how it is changing companies and the nature of work

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Who should benefit from Kenya’s elephants?

The return of Amboseli National Park to local control has raised fears that efforts to protect the country’s wildlife will be set back

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Is AI hitting a wall?

OpenAI’s underwhelming new GPT-5 model suggests progress is slowing — and competition in the space is changing

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Zelenskyy faces his ‘moment of maximum pressure’

Weakened at home, the Ukrainian president must try to shape the Alaska talks from afar as battlefield losses mount

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How the Bayeux Tapestry became a tool of soft power

Months of talks were needed to secure an agreement that has been hailed as evidence of improved Anglo-French relations

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The unprecedented feud between the US and Brazil

Two of the world’s largest countries are at odds over the fate of one man: Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro. Can the rift be mended?

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The story behind Spain’s solar power meltdown

Pedro Sánchez calls his country a ‘global benchmark’ in the transition to greener energy, but prices — and profits — have plunged

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Why struggling companies are loading up on bitcoin

Biotechs, miners and hoteliers are snapping up crypto to boost their share prices, but experts warn of a crisis if markets crash

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How Trump has turned tariffs into diplomatic shakedowns

The US president is increasingly tying trade policy to geopolitics, using economic might to bend countries to his will

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Why Taiwanese fear China could take over from within

While the west focuses on the military threat, activists in Taiwan accuse its own politicians of facilitating Beijing’s subversion efforts

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Can the world’s beaches survive a sand shortage?

From Miami to Barcelona and Australia’s Gold Coast, governments are trying to save shorelines where climate change is accelerating erosion

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What the closure of USAID is really costing the world

The abrupt withdrawal of American funding has stranded millions of patients and will be felt by countries for years to come

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How carmakers are becoming the biggest losers in Trump’s trade war

The so-called Big Three of Ford, GM and Stellantis say the new tariff regime will cost them a combined $7bn this year

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Is California’s economy heading for a deep slump?

A clampdown on migrant labour is adding to concerns about tariffs, a downturn in Hollywood and cost-of-living pressures

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Ireland awakens to the risk of relying on US investment

The country is one of the most exposed in Europe to Trump’s tariffs, intensifying fears that a golden era of growth will slow down

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China struggles to break its addiction to manufacturing

Local governments are steering investment into new factories, adding to overcapacity and eroding profit margins

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Desalination: the costly solution for a thirsty world

As water scarcity spreads governments are ploughing billions into a technology that comes with its own environmental costs

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How long can the US economy defy expectations?

Despite the tariff shock, inflation is modest, stocks are up, and unemployment is low. Some experts insist it is too soon to tell

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Could Hungary’s faltering economy topple Orbán?

Rising prices and declining services for ordinary voters contrast with the excesses of those close to the prime minister

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What will it take for robotaxis to go global?

The concept has been proved, but scaling up services beyond a handful of cities will require tens of billions in new investment

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The evolution of Marco Rubio

Once an advocate of US soft power, the secretary of state has embraced Maga values from isolationism to impatience with foreign aid

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How the diamond industry lost its sparkle

The explosion of lab-grown stones from China has shaken up the sector, leaving established players struggling for relevance

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Can Europe break free of American tech supremacy?

The continent’s dependence on US groups for digital infrastructure is causing growing concern among executives and policymakers

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