Trump’s new $1.8bn fund under fire
Nvidia will return more than $80bn to shareholders, and Donald Trump attracted ire this week with the creation of a $1.8bn “anti-weaponisation fund”. Plus, OpenAI is getting ready to go public, and Af...
21 Touko 10min
The EU wants a Putin whisperer
EU governments are discussing whether former leaders could represent the bloc in potential negotiations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and rising fuel prices have triggered deadly protests across Afric...
20 Touko 11min
Inside a Lebanese village under Israeli occupation
A California court threw out Elon Musk’s case against Sam Altman and OpenAI, the global bond sell-off rages on, and a $420bn power behemoth was born after NextEra Energy struck a deal with its rival D...
19 Touko 10min
Are we at the tipping point for global energy supplies?
The cost for companies to circumvent shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is reaching record levels, and the world is bracing for an energy cliff edge this summer as the US-Iran war continues. But th...
18 Touko 12min
The Bethlehem Project: Democrats battle over their party’s future
Democrats are looking for a bit of a rebrand after losing the White House and both houses of Congress in 2024. They have an opportunity this November to test out some new types of candidates. In a cri...
17 Touko 23min
What Big Tech wants out of Trump’s China visit
Opponents are lining up to potentially challenge UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will ‘open wider’ for American tech, and Saudi Arabia is considering a Mi...
15 Touko 12min
Germany’s far-right boosted by stance against Iran war
The US Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve yesterday, and the Bank of England is set to water down its rules on stablecoins. Plus, the popularity of Germany’s AfD par...
14 Touko 11min
UK bond vigilantes ride again
UK gilt investors are weighing in on who they would like to see replace Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and the fund raising for Blue Owl is running dry. Plus, the US economy is hurting due to high i...
13 Touko 11min
