Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was reelected president of Brazil in the runoff election on October 25, 2026, receiving 64,256,232...
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the October 25, 2026 presidential runoff, according to the Superior Electoral Court’s announcement on October 26. He secured...
Global supply chains are changing, but the evidence does not support a simple retreat from international trade. Companies are balancing cost against disruption risgek, diversifying suppliers...
Ukraine’s expanding campaign against Russian oil infrastructure is revealing vulnerabilities in Vladimir Putin’s war economy. Yet damaging refineries is only the beginning. The real challenge is...
Key Takeaways Every few years a news story makes investors feel that the world has changed overnight. A tanker stops moving. A central bank surprises the...
The reliable “tells” that once let a wary consumer spot a scam call — bad grammar, robotic cadence, obvious accent mismatches — have largely disappeared. In...
When the Trump administration’s tariff regime rattled export-dependent Asian economies in 2025, Malaysia’s finance ministry response stood out for its composure. “We didn’t panic,” the finance...
Singapore’s economy grew 5.7% year-on-year in Q2 2026, beating consensus forecasts of 5.5% but decelerating from Q1’s revised 6.3% pace. Manufacturing, powered by an AI-related semiconductor...
When the United States and Israel struck Iran in February 2026, they did not merely launch a war. They created a strategic vacuum. Iran — the...
On a rain-slicked platform at Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof last November, the departure board flickered with a distinctly un-German reality. Seven consecutive Intercity-Express (ICE) trains were delayed by...