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China and Russia have been notably absent from the Middle Eastern conflict, after the U.S. and Israel launched joint attacks on Iran over the weekend. Both Russia and China have condemned the military action that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, but haven’t been forthcoming with any

Artificial intelligence has rapidly moved from a niche technology to an everyday companion, with millions of people turning to chatbots for advice, emotional support, and conversation. But a growing body of research and expert testimony suggests that

When the Supreme Court ruled late last month that the majority of tariffs implemented by the second Trump administration in 2025 were illegal, it left something of a hole in the Treasury’s coffers.

The White House had been relying on the circa $300 billion a year in revenues to help fund a

Europe’s leaders say they want digital sovereignty. They give speeches about reducing dependence on foreign technology. They publish strategies, declarations and frameworks. But when it comes to actually making that shift happen, even in the simplest cases, progress stalls.
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When the U.S. and Israel launched attacks against Iran this weekend, prompting a military response across the Middle East, concerns spiraled from the humanitarian cost to the macroeconomic. On the latter, analysts have been carefully watching for signals that Iran may disrupt global oil supply,

There is a quiet revolution unfolding in corporate America, and we cannot let the noise of news cycles, algorithms, and click-bait narratives mislead us. The headlines may suggest that corporate leaders have tucked their tail and abandoned their values. But that’s simply not true. And there’s data t

The past three years have been the world’s hottest on record by far, with 2025 almost tied with 2023 for second place. With that energy came extreme weather, from flash flooding to powerful hurricanes and severe droughts. Yet, by most indicators, the planet should have been cooler in 2025 than it

The scars of the Iraq War run deep in Europe. At the time, France, led by President Jacques Chirac, could not countenance supporting an attack on Saddam Hussein, given the weak evidence for either weapons of mass destruction or a link to the horrors of 9/11. When the Spanish prime minister, Jose

In 2025, Sea more than doubled its profits, fueled by fintech growth and market expansion, notably in Brazil. Despite record revenue, a disappointing profit report led to a significant drop in share prices, causing concerns among investors.

Luck may have been what got Ring founder Jamie Siminoff cast for Shark Tank, but preparing for the pitch that supercharged his company required nothing short of Olympic-level preparation.
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In the year 2000, the population of Nigeria was 125 million people. The number of fixed telephone lines was officially 700,000, but of those, it is likely just 500,000 actually worked. The country was a communication desert, with a tele-density (a key metric of economic development) languishing at 0

The Great Wealth Transfer is reshaping the landscape for family offices — and it’s happening at the same moment that real estate markets are seeing their share of both challenges and opportunities. Over the past several years, shifting valuations, tighter lending standards and uneven performance

The remarkable turn in markets and the narrative around artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is turning, frankly, a bit spooky in early 2026. Citrini Research’s widely read AI doomsday essay coined the phrase “ghost GDP,” with predictions of an almost supernaturally hollowed-out white-collar

Gen Z graduates are tossing their tassels with six-figure salaries in their eyes. But some won’t be making $50,000—even if they chased college degrees hailed as AI-proof. 
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Nearly 80% of voters — including nearly two-thirds of Republicans — worry that the federal government is making vaccine policy decisions based on political considerations, not the underlying science. And three in five voters are concerned that Americans who want to get vaccinated won’t

At the end of February, Rep. Jamie Raskin, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and his son Brandon Lutnick, who took over as chair of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, replacing his father as top brass when Lutnick took a

Students using AI to cheat on homework or tests is a source of much discussion. But some scholars argue the greater risk of students using AI is that they will simply not learn.
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Approximately 90% of 1,100 U.S. students surveyed at two-year and four-year colleges in 2025

Ever since the inception of flashy music festivals like Coachella and Lollapalooza (even a special mention for the beleaguered Fyre Festival), the archetype for aspirational concert-going has been the same: a pricey flight to an exclusive destination, a hotel that costs more than a month’s rent

Almost every major capital spending boom during the past 200 years has ended in bankruptcies, consolidations, and tears—but also wins for the victors.
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The late 1990s buildout of fiber-optic networks, in which companies spent billions to pull dark fiber across continents and u

As the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee prepares to reauthorize surface transportation programs before the September 2026 deadline, lawmakers face a critical test of their ability to separate political theater from policy substance. Furthermore, three years after the East Palestine