W HEN HE FIRES his trade weapons at China, President Donald Trump often appears to shoot from the hip. Officials in Beijing, ...

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America is reviving the base as a staging ground for its expanding war against Latin America’s drug gangs. Since August it ...

The number of mega-deals—mergers, acquisitions and investments worth more than $10bn—announced this year is approaching a ...

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Next, the editorials insist that China is profoundly resilient. They note risks, including American protectionism and weak ...

To succeed, the process will require new leadership and sustained external pressure, writes the peace-deal veteran ...

The effect is still hard to spot in official data. But a study of 300,000 companies suggests where hiring is weakening ...

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IT TOOK Donald Trump less than 12 hours on the ground to bring peace to the Middle East. At least this is how the American president’s whirlwind visit to the region on October 13th was framed. It ...

Why is there a bear market in plutocratic assets? The most obvious explanation would be that the super-rich are ...

Since the foundation of the welfare state its critics have warned that it would be captured and abused by coalitions with ...