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In 2022 Japan spent more than $60bn of its foreign-exchange reserves defending the yen, its first intervention to strengthen ...
Gregg Abbott, Texas’s Republican governor, instructed the state’s education agency to “ignore” the Biden administration’s ...
In early trading, as Asian markets opened on April 29th, the currency plummeted to a 34-year low of 160 to the dollar, adding to its hefty fall against the greenback over the past three years (see ...
But extremists are on the march again. They have re-emerged in havens old and new, and are thriving in cyberspace. Furthermore, Israel’s war in Gaza is all but certain to radicalise a new generation.
H UMZA YOUSAF announced his resignation as Scotland’s first minister on April 29th after a mere 13 months (or 8.1 Liz Trusses) in office. Four days earlier he had unilaterally t ...
Firms in China have provided Russia with semiconductors that are crucial for making various weapon systems. They have also ...
Scientists have experimented with enzymes, biological molecules that facilitate biochemical reactions, to remove A and B antigens to make O -type blood for decades. But enzyme-treated blood can still ...
The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Joe Biden and the Democrats, Donald Trump and the Republicans plus daily ...
P icture a pair of adversaries—let’s call them Joe and Donald. In a story of rivalry, vanquishment and triumph, Joe beats Donald in a race or a fight. Now imagine they face off again. This drama is ...
Customers began vanishing, as the fear of being sent to the front lines grew. In late 2023 the bar’s owner escaped across the ...