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Big Oil boomed under Biden. So why does it hate him?

The president’s focus on tackling climate change has upset US producers, who are instead funding Trump

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The painful slump in Hong Kong property

Prices and rents have fallen amid higher interest rates and a slowdown in China. Some experts warn that recovery could be elusive

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How deep are the problems at St James’s Place?

A regulatory clampdown has led to lower inflows, a falling share price and talk that the wealth manager could face a takeover bid

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Can Elon Musk’s Tesla keep straddling the US and China?

The EV maker has agreed a deal over driving technology with a leading Chinese internet company just as Washington is on edge about data security

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The clash over whether to commandeer Russia’s frozen assets

Confiscating hundreds of billions of foreign reserves could transform Ukraine’s war. But the US and Europe disagree on how far to go

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Why Xi Jinping is afraid to unleash China’s consumers

The pressure on Beijing to find a new growth model is acute but the president seems resistant to deeper economic reform

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The bitter fight over the legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles

A new UK government law seeks to move the region past the conflict. Victims’ families say it denies them truth and justice

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How Europe solved its Russian gas problem

The bloc has avoided an energy crisis, but the short-term solutions could harm competitiveness and the green transition down the line

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With Trump in court, can Biden take control of the election?

As polls show the race tied, the president is campaigning around the country and his opponent is stuck spending his days in a Manhattan courtroom

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Inside the UK’s failing plans to ‘level up’ left-behind towns

The promise of billions in regeneration funding helped Boris Johnson win power in 2019. But critics say little has changed on the ground

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The ambitions of China’s BYD stretch well beyond electric vehicles

The company’s global plans range from solar modules and electric buses, trucks and trains to complex transport systems. But is it trying to do too...

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How young South Africans are rethinking Nelson Mandela’s legacy

Some of those born after the end of apartheid are taking inspiration from the radical politics of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

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Can long-term mortgages help solve the UK’s housing crisis?

Home loans with interest rates fixed for a decade or more could get more buyers on to the ladder — and disrupt a £1.6tn industry

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Is South Korea’s economic miracle over?

Decades of growth are tapering off as the country struggles to reform its model and reduce its dependence on manufacturing

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Is the global economy stumbling into ‘the tepid Twenties’?

Growth is picking up in the short term, but fears are mounting of a stagnant decade, with bleak political consequences

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The ‘brain waste’ of skilled migrants in Europe

A new investigation shows how countries hold back educated people from overseas from working in their fields of training

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The Baltic balancing act over the threat from Russia

Fears grow in the region that Putin could test Nato’s resolve with provocations or the ‘nightmare scenario’ of an outright attack

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Inside the formidable grassroots operation of India’s BJP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has built one of the most efficient electoral machines in modern democratic politics

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The overlooked threats to the global financial system

As western governments shy away from debt reduction and structural reform, investors must reassess their view of ‘safe’ assets

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Should governments tax the great boomer wealth transfer?

The scale of accumulated wealth makes it a tempting target. But critics say inheritance taxes are unpopular and ineffective

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The pensioners and babies behind a new era of climate lawsuits

Leading courts around the world are recognising for the first time that governments have legally binding obligations on emissions

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Is time starting to run out for Benjamin Netanyahu?

Facing growing political pressure at home and abroad over the war in Gaza, the Israeli prime minister is as defiant as ever

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How Europe is paying other countries to police its borders

Under pressure from the far right ahead of this year’s elections, the EU is turning to draconian tactics to curb migration

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Meloni’s radical plan: rewriting Italy’s post-fascist constitution

The prime minister says the current system leads to unstable governments. Opponents say her plan would weaken parliament and the president

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Is Japan finally becoming a ‘normal’ economy?

Prices are rising, workers are demanding higher pay and the stock market is booming. But the country still has to fix deep-rooted problems

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How Google lost ground in the AI race

The Silicon Valley group has stumbled in the rollout of generative AI. Insiders say cultural and organisational issues are to blame

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The uneasy truce between Donald Trump and Fox News

A network emblematic of the American right has forged a delicate new relationship with the former president

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Will the world be ready for the next pandemic?

WHO member states are struggling to agree the terms of the first global treaty to deal with the threat of another Covid-19

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Can Africa one day help feed the world’s growing population?

The continent is a big net importer of food but optimists say better seed varieties and greater use of fertilisers are potentially transformational

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How Gulf states are putting their money into mining

Hungry to diversify their economies beyond fossil fuels, Middle Eastern powers are investing in the resources needed to produce clean energy

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The implosion in luxury ecommerce

The pandemic created a boom in retailers selling designer brands. But Matches is now in administration and Farfetch was sold to avoid insolvency

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The world’s broken market for medicines 

Record shortages of common drugs have countries scrambling for alternatives while patients skip treatments

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Will Xi’s manufacturing plan be enough to rescue China’s economy?

The president has won praise for ending a credit boom, but trading partners now fear a flood of cheap exports

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The Trump machine: the inner circle preparing for a second term

In 2016, Donald Trump was the ultimate political outsider. If he wins this year’s election, he will be backed by a group of experienced former...

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Infrastructure: from investment backwater to a $1tn asset class

Early movers profited from unloved assets, but higher interest rates and more competition mean windfalls will become harder to achieve

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How Big Tech is winning the AI talent war

Microsoft’s agreement with two founders of Inflection is the latest sign that deep-pocketed companies are scooping up much of the expertise in AI

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Will the ‘red wall’ reshape British politics again?

Labour is leading the polls in the post-industrial towns where it suffered humiliating defeats to the Conservatives in 2019

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The ferocious US pushback against new banking rules

America’s regulators are proposing a regime that is stricter than the globally agreed standard, provoking a backlash from its banks

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The divisive politics of India’s movement to ‘reclaim’ temples

Hindu litigants are mounting court challenges to allow them to worship at mosques in moves Muslims see as intruding on their rights

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How the UK is falling behind on tackling child poverty

Almost a third of children in the country are living in relative poverty, which has increased more than any advanced economy

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The battle over TikTok

US Congress took a first step this week to forcing the app’s Chinese owner to sell it off. Can the company fight back?

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The lost future of young Gazans

War has robbed the strip of promising talents and decimated its education system. Academics warn a brain drain will follow

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Shipbuilding: the new battleground in the US-China trade war

Labour unions are urging the Biden administration to investigate China’s dominance of naval engineering, potentially inflaming Sino-American...

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Telegram: social media giant or the new ‘dark web’?

As the messaging platform gears up for a potential stock market flotation, it is under pressure to curtail use by criminals

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Malaysia: the surprise winner from US-China chip wars

Tension between Beijing and Washington over access to technology has prompted many companies to open factories in south-east Asia

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The precarious future facing Brazil’s new boomtowns

Agriculture is creating fast wealth and boosting the nation’s economy. But can ‘green gold’ survive an increasingly extreme climate?

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Can Joe Biden turn things around?

Polls give Donald Trump a slim lead over the US president in a 2024 match-up. Democrats say the fightback begins here

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Can Europe’s trains compete with low-cost airlines?

Despite huge investments and increasing competition, travelling by rail is still slower and more expensive than flying

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The mysterious rise of the Chinese e-commerce giant behind Temu

Its finances are a black box and its operations shrouded in secrecy, but PDD’s extraordinary growth has made it a darling of Wall Street

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Will Big Tech agree to play by Europe’s rules?

This week is the deadline for large online platforms to comply with new EU regulations on competition. Too little too late, say some

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