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...
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...
German business is being suffocated by high costs and red tape
Editor’s note (February 10th): This article has been updated with comments from Germany’s interim finance minister. ON A DRIV...
Putin Has Long Wanted More Power in Europe. Trump Could Grant It.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia shocked the audience at the annual security conference in Munich in 2007 by demanding ...
Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese Actress and Star of ‘Meteor Garden,’ Dies at 48
Barbie Hsu, a Taiwanese actress, television host and pop star who catapulted to Pan-Asian popularity in 2001 as the star of t...
British Couple on World Motorcycle Tour Is Detained in Iran
A British couple who had been on a motorcycle tour around the world were detained in Iran, Britain’s foreign office said on S...
Amazon Union Push Falls Short at North Carolina Warehouse
Amazon workers voted overwhelmingly against a bid to unionize their North Carolina warehouse, the National Labor Relations Bo...
How Did DeepSeek Build Its A.I. With Less Money?
Last month, U.S. financial markets tumbled after a Chinese start-up called DeepSeek said it had built one of the world’s m...
With Trump’s Help, Intel Could Hand Control of Chip Plants to TSMC
Intel, a fallen Silicon Valley icon trying to restore its reputation as America’s most prominent semiconductor company, is wo...
Where China’s Exports Begin:Inside the Vast Markets of Guangzhou
Rows of white concrete buildings near the Pearl River in southern China house one of the world’s fastest-growing industries: ...