Catch up:Trump’s tariff U-turn; Europe’s new era of defence
Donald Trump delayed implementing tariffs on some imports from Canada and Mexico. The reprieve, which lasts until April 2nd, ...
Catch up:Trump’s “happy” tariff u-turn; Hamas’s “last warning”
Donald Trump said he was “happy” to exempt the big three American carmakers—Ford, General Motors and Stellantis—from paying 2...
Catch up:Europe’s new era of defence; Trump’s U-turns on tariffs
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, thanked European leaders for “staying” with his country as they gathered for a defen...
Catch up:Trump’s “happy” tariff U-turn; Hamas’s “last warning”
Donald Trump said he was “happy” to exempt the big three American carmakers—Ford, General Motors and Stellantis—from paying 2...
China’s leaders reveal their plan to cope with 2025
It is not often that the world’s two superpowers hold state-of-the-nation addresses back-to-back. But thanks to a quirk of sc...
Why silver is the new gold
It is a fabulous time to be a gold bug. Not long ago, outing yourself as one was a good way of getting people to back away fr...
A fantastic start for Friedrich Merz
FOR YEARS Germany’s aversion to debt has been a millstone, leading to crippling underinvestment in defence and infrastructure...
Camille Grand on why Ukraine’s future turns on security guarantees
THE NOTION of security guarantees has become critical to efforts to secure a sustainable peace in Ukraine. The country demand...
Can Friedrich Merz get Europe out of its funk?
The man now all but certain to become Germany’s next chancellor may not be anybody’s first choice to share a krug of Oktoberf...
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are forging a tight link
Less than three years ago Liz Truss, not yet British prime minister, could not decide whether Emmanuel Macron, France’s presi...