Catch up:Top American and Russian diplomats plan meeting; American demands Ukrainian minerals
Marco Rubio, America’s secretary of state, said that “the next few days” will show whether Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president...
Catch up:European leaders meet in Paris; Rubio arrives in Riyadh
European leaders debated whether to send troops to Ukraine at a meeting in Paris. Germany and Spain rejected the idea, while ...
America has just tried to grab Ukraine’s vast mineral wealth
THE AMERICAN demand was brutal. President Volodymyr Zelensky had hoped to present his offer to give America access to Ukraine...
Team Trump’s shakedown diplomacy
THE AMERICAN demand was brutal. President Volodymyr Zelensky had hoped to present his offer to give America access to Ukraine...
Donald Trump is junking the transatlantic alliance
BUILDING THE transatlantic partnership centred on NATO took decades of troop deployments, joint exercises and steadfast signa...
Donald Trump’s assault on Europe
FOR EUROPE, the shocks came in quick and bewildering succession. First Pete Hegseth, America’s defence secretary, told Americ...
It’s not just AI. China’s medicines are surprising the world, too
Keytruda, a cancer medicine, ranks among the most lucrative drugs ever sold. Since its launch in 2014 it has raked in more th...
Will Europe return to Putin’s gas?
The first proper winter in three years had already reignited energy debates. With temperatures frigid, winds weak and Asian c...
Argentina’s Javier Milei is betting big on an oil gusher
IN A DUSTY desert in north-west Patagonia, a hulking rig is busy drilling. After plunging 3km underground, its drill turns an...
Javier Milei is betting big on an Argentine oil gusher
IN A DUSTY desert in north-west Patagonia, a hulking rig is busy drilling. After plunging 3km underground, its drill turns an...