Amid reports of more wins for Zelensky's forces in Belgorod, Putin may yet regret invading his neighbour's land. The change in fortunes shows how Kyiv kept its elite combat troops ready to strike.
With escalating geopolitical tensions, increased sanctions, and discussions around de-dollarisation, interest in gold is rising.Central banks, particularly those of Russia and China, have bought gold…
Private jets are in demand as status symbols and mid-size planes have taken off in popularity, helping the São Paulo firm show how the Global South can compete with the giants of the industry
Amsterdam's stock exchange is thought to be the world's oldest, dating back to 1602. Three centuries later, in 1900, European countries accounted for 67% of global market capitalisation.Today, the…
If filmmakers flock to Cannes, and billionaires dovetail at Davos, then economists and central bankers make for Jackson Hole in Wyoming. Ahead of US elections, all eyes are on the Federal Reserve
The master of the mysterious and the surreal plays with time, space, and our concepts of normality to create masterpieces with influences from German expressionism to Borges and Edgar Allan Poe
Donald Trump's MAGA crowd may be more inclined towards the baser instincts, so what attracts the tech bros? The promised land offers more than money or a bonfire of regulation. It offers revolution
In 2023, cyber-attacks from data breaches to hostile account takeovers were estimated to have cost $8tn globally. This year, that is expected to rise to $9.5tn, as reported by research company…
The first Arab and African woman to win Olympic boxing gold stepped into both a ring and a global culture war that reveals more about our divisive times than it does about sports or gender
A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?
As the FIFA World Cup 2026 shows, identity, belonging, and tension combine to make football fandom unlike any other sport. So, what is going on in fans' brains?
Beijing's duty-free access for African exports promises mutual economic gains, but more importantly, it deepens its strategic influence across the continent