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  • Friday, 24 October, 2025
    Food & Beverage
    The rise of the eat-at-home economy

    Consumers are increasingly shunning the restaurant experience for the comfort and cost savings of their living rooms

    Montage of images of a Deliveroo rider and a waiter holding two plates of food against a background of pound coins
  • Friday, 24 October, 2025
    Fund management
    Can Fidelity keep its grip on America’s investments?

    A vast distribution network helped the asset manager navigate the shift to passive investing, but new challenges are looming

    Montage of Edward Johnson, Ned Johnson, and Abigail Johnson against a green background of a financial chart and the Fidelity emblem
  • Thursday, 23 October, 2025
    Argentine economy
    Milei’s make-or-break moment

    US support has helped calm markets, but Argentina’s president is politically weakened as his party faces midterm elections

    Montage of images of Javier Milei and the facade of Argentina’s central bank
  • Wednesday, 22 October, 2025
    Natural gas
    The fallout from the AI-fuelled dash for gas

    A supply crunch in giant turbines for gas-powered plants threatens environmental and geopolitical consequences

    An employee works on a generator at a GE Vernova facility in New York
  • Tuesday, 21 October, 2025
    German politics
    Friedrich Merz is testing Germany’s patience

    With the economy stagnant and the far-right AfD gaining popularity, the chancellor is under pressure to deliver his promised reforms

    Montage of images. Head and shoulders of a glum-looking Friedrich Merz against background pictures of a steelworks and a construction site in Paderborn
  • Monday, 20 October, 2025
    Climate change
    Flying blind: how Trump’s climate censorship threatens global disaster defences

    Datasets have been removed, federal websites scrubbed and thousands of Noaa staff purged. Experts warn disaster defences are at risk

    A worker who is reinforcing a home on stilts which is at risk of falling into the ocean stands ankle deep in water and looks out towards the waves as a storm approaches
  • Friday, 17 October, 2025
    US economy
    America’s gravity-defying economy

    The AI boom is helping to sustain growth but demand is coming from the richest consumers who own stocks while poorer Americans are being squeezed

    Wall Street bull statue in front of an ascending line graphic
  • Friday, 17 October, 2025
    US politics & policy
    How dozens of Trump’s donors have benefited from his second term

    While previous presidents have introduced policies that have helped supporters, such incidents are now more common and overt

    Picture of Donald Trump with outstretched arms over donors Marc Andreessen, Jeff Yass, Ben Horowitz, Trevor Milton, William Ford and the Winklevoss twins
  • Thursday, 16 October, 2025
    Cryptocurrencies
    How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto

    The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration’s industry-friendly policies

    Montage of images of Donald Trump Jr giving a thumbs up and Eric Trump pumping his fist in the air against a background of a Trump coin
  • Wednesday, 15 October, 2025
    Mexico
    How long can Mexico’s president straddle populism and pragmatism?

    In her first year in office, Claudia Sheinbaum has deftly managed tensions with the US and at home. But the pressure is starting to mount

    Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum at a podium
  • Tuesday, 14 October, 2025
    Commodities
    Gold mania spreads around the world

    Professional and retail investors are swarming to buy the precious metal, raising the risk of a bubble

    Picture of a gold bar and a line chart showing the metal’s rise
  • Friday, 10 October, 2025
    Artificial intelligence
    How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals

    The company behind ChatGPT has signed agreements with many of the largest tech groups, adding to a growing web of financial dependencies across the AI world

    Montage image of Sam Altman, the OpenAI logo and a 50 dollar bill
  • Friday, 10 October, 2025
    Consumer trends
    Japan buckles under matcha mania

    Booming demand is straining a supply chain that prioritises quality and cannot expand quickly enough

    Jiro Katahira, a Shizuoka-based tea farmer
  • Thursday, 9 October, 2025
    World Economic Forum
    The Davos set in decline: can the World Economic Forum save itself?

    Battered by scandal, the Swiss organisation behind the annual summit faces a moment of crisis. Insiders say its future may depend on the success of next year’s meeting

    Founder of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab beside a sign with the forum’s logo
  • Wednesday, 8 October, 2025
    Global Economy
    The populist shadow hanging over central banks and QE

    The massive bond purchases are being unwound at a time of fierce political criticism of the monetary authorities. The controversy could limit options in future crises

    A montage showing two central bank buildings in blue and red tones with a red financial graph line overlaying them
  • Tuesday, 7 October, 2025
    Climate change
    How politicians and passengers gave up on greener air travel

    A renewed push for economic growth has added to technological challenges and problems with carbon offset schemes

    Montage of an image of a control tower surrounded by incoming flights and a background criss-crossed with contrails
  • Monday, 6 October, 2025
    China-India relations
    China’s charm offensive in India’s backyard

    Beijing’s new diplomatic forays in south Asia have stoked New Delhi fears of being ‘encircled’

    Montage image of Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping
  • Friday, 3 October, 2025
    UK politics
    Are the Tories facing oblivion?

    With the Conservatives at their lowest ebb ever, leader Kemi Badenoch faces a fierce struggle to maintain the party’s relevance

    A montage of Kemi Badenoch with the City of London and a chart line in the background
  • Friday, 3 October, 2025
    Middle East war
    What remains of Gaza?

    Israel has reduced large swaths of the territory to rubble. It will take decades and tens of billions of dollars to repair the damage

    An explosion engulfs a residential building in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood, south-west of Gaza City, last month
  • Thursday, 2 October, 2025
    Japanese economy
    Why Japan resents its tourism boom

    Foreign visitor numbers have grown more than fivefold, but for some the surge is a reminder of the country’s economic malaise

    Crowds make their way through a street near Kiyomizu-dera, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto
  • Wednesday, 1 October, 2025
    Nvidia
    How long can Nvidia stay ahead of Chinese competition?

    The country has been a critical market for the AI chipmaker but the company is entangled in geopolitical tensions and is watching the rise of new rivals

    Montage image of Jensen Huang, a circuit board, chart lines and the Chinese flag
  • Tuesday, 30 September, 2025
    Nvidia
    ‘Thank you so much Jensen’: How Nvidia’s showman boss is selling AI to governments

    Chipmaker’s chief is urging countries to build their own AI ecosystems — but using its tech

    A montage showing Jensen Huang against a black and green background featuring the Nvidia logo and a dotted map of the Americas
  • Monday, 29 September, 2025
    US politics & policy
    How pressure from Trump is demoralising the US’s top financial prosecutors

    The Southern District of New York once took pride in its independence. But interference from Washington is taking a toll

    The Southern District of New York courthouse
  • Friday, 26 September, 2025
    US politics & policy
    The never-ending Trump show

    The US president is dialling up his radical agenda and escalating personal vendettas in a bid to dominate America’s attention

    Several pictures of Donald Trump
  • Thursday, 25 September, 2025
    Andrej Babiš
    The billionaire politician making a Trump-like comeback in Europe

    Former Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš is seeking a second tilt at power, with potentially serious ramifications for Europe

    Former Czech leader Andrej Babiš, holding a cap with the words ‘Strong Czechia’
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  5. The fallout from the AI-fuelled dash for gas

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