‘Soft Power Suicide’: Samantha Power on One Year Without USAID
On July 1, 2025, the US effectively ended operations of the United States Agency for International Development, the global aid organization founded in 1961, cutting most staff and moving it into the U...
26 Jun 24min
Iran’s Leaders Are in No Hurry to Get a Peace Deal
Nearly four months after the war in Iran began, US and Iranian negotiators are trying to turn their cease-fire into lasting peace. But critics of the latest memorandum of understanding say it mostly l...
25 Jun 16min
What if the Best Retirement is No Retirement at All?
For a growing number of older workers, retirement is no longer feeling so achievable—or appealing. But staying in the workforce or going back to work in your 60s and 70s comes with challenges, for wor...
24 Jun 15min
China’s Instagram Gets Ready to Go Public
After more than a decade as a private company, Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, known internationally as RedNote, is testing China’s mood for all things tech with its plan to list in Hong Kong. O...
23 Jun 18min
And Starmer Makes Six, Why Britain Can’t Keep a Prime Minister
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation Monday after less than two years in office. Starmer is the sixth Prime Minister to resign in the decade since the Brexit vote, raising maj...
22 Jun 14min
Special Report: Alan Greenspan Dies at 100
Longtime former Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States Alan Greenspan had died at 100. We're bringing you some of our coverage from Bloomberg's News Now, covering the latest global business...
22 Jun 2min
Weekend Listen: Anthropic's Co-Founder and Top Economist on Doing Research at the AI Frontier
There’s a lot to unpack with AI right now — everything from its potential impacts on the labor market and society to more extreme questions about existential risk. Anthropic, which builds frontier mod...
21 Jun 1h 6min
Everlane, Shein and the Decline of Millennial Optimism
Everlane, the sustainability-focused basics clothing brand, is being acquired by Shein, the e-commerce giant known for fast fashion. To Bloomberg’s Amanda Mull, the sale reflected how far consumers ar...
19 Jun 19min
