The US has Greenland (and foreign policy) exactly upside down

If you’re sitting in Copenhagen or Nuuk and looking for bespoke lessons from the trade war that President Donald Trump just declared on the world, here are two. First, what...

Hard work for Harvard

Busy US earnings week confronts market grappling with tariff woes

A heavy slate of US company results in the coming week will test a stock market shaken by a US trade policy overhaul that upended the outlook for the global...

US airlines struggle to forecast their businesses in economic fog

President Donald Trump’s trade war has created the biggest uncertainty for US airlines since the COVID pandemic.With little clarity on how consumers will behave in the face of a potentially...

Unauthorised letter tells Harvard University to stop recognising some pro-Palestinian groups

Harvard said on Saturday the Trump administration was 'doubling down' on far-reaching demands on the university despite a published report that government officials had sent a letter spelling out those...

Iran, US task experts to design framework for a N-deal after Rome talks conclude

Iran and the United States agreed on Saturday to task experts to start drawing up a framework for a potential nuclear deal, Iran's foreign minister said, after a second round...

South Africa investors face global growth storm clouds

Investors have flocked to South Africa’s domestic bond markets, betting the country can stay the course on reforms despite political fractures, but tariff threats and the prospect of a global...

Trump and Meloni talk up EU tariff deal agreement

Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni hit an optimistic note about a possible US-EU tariffs deal on Thursday as the far-right Italian prime minister mounted a charm offensive at the White...

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Dozens of biotech firms face funding barriers

Trump administration cuts across federal health agencies have sent shivers through a biotech industry already struggling through a prolonged downturn, increasing concerns they will have a harder time getting products...