Catch up:Hegseth confirmed as America’s defence secretary; Israel’s delay in Lebanon
Overcoming doubts about his fitness, Pete Hegseth secured confirmation as America’s next secretary of defence. J.D. Vance, th...
Catch up:Hegseth confirmed as defence secretary; Hamas releases more hostages
Overcoming doubts about his fitness for the job, Pete Hegseth secured confirmation as America’s next secretary of defence by ...
Catch up:Israel’s delay in Lebanon; America’s foreign-aid freeze
Israel said it would not fully withdraw its troops from Lebanon by the end of the weekend, the deadline it had agreed to in a...
Tom Homan, unleashed
IN 2003 Tom Homan was in Dallas talking about a new agency he was helping to set up. It would eventually be known as Immigrat...
The warlord, the oligarch and the unravelling of Russia’s Amazon.com
One bright afternoon last September, a 47-year-old Russian entrepreneur walked down an elegant street near the Kremlin toward...
Should you worry about microplastics?
Ever since Austrian scientists first began looking for them in people in 2018, microplastics have turned up in the blood, lun...
Catch up:Israel delays Lebanon withdrawal; Trump’s FEMA “overhaul”
Israel said it would not fully withdraw its troops from Lebanon by the end of the weekend, the deadline it had agreed in a ce...
Catch up:Israel delays withdrawal from Lebanon; Japan raises rates
Israel said it would not fully withdraw its troops from Lebanon by the end of the weekend, the deadline it had agreed in a ce...
Catch up:Japan’s rate rise; the vote on Pete Hegseth
The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate from 0.25 to “around” 0.5%, the highest level in 17 years. The decision, which was e...
Catch up:Trump’s warning at Davos; BoJ raises interest rate
Donald Trump offered international companies “among the lowest taxes of any nation” if they produce their goods in America—an...