Trump cracks down on Los Angeles protests
The head of the operator of the Panama Canal has warned that a $23bn global ports deal could put the waterway’s neutrality mandate at risk, Donald Trump is testing the limits of presidential power by ...
10 Juni 202511min
Who gets to be Italian?
Syria is preparing to rejoin the international banking system, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government is trying to prevent a change to the country’s citizenship rules. Plus, ...
9 Juni 202510min
Swamp Notes: Trump’s big play to save steel production
US President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on steel to 50 per cent this week. He’s also allowing Japan’s Nippon to buy the US Steel Corporation. The moves are meant to bring back manufacturing to Ameri...
7 Juni 202518min
Trump and Xi break the ice
US President Donald Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping agreed to launch a new round of high-level trade talks, the European Central Bank cut interest rates by a quarter point and Europe is being floo...
6 Juni 202511min
Bulgaria moves into the Eurozone
Apple’s rollout of artificial intelligence services in China with Alibaba is being held up, Wells Fargo faces an uphill battle to catch up with its rivals after asset cap was lifted, and US President ...
5 Juni 202510min
Mexico’s new supreme court
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof resigned after far-right leader Geert Wilders walked out of his coalition government, Mexico’s new supreme court is set to solely contain judges nominated by the rulin...
4 Juni 202511min
Trump’s push to privatise Fannie and Freddie
Elon Musk’s xAI is launching a $300mn share sale that values the group at $113bn, and China’s property sector woes are compounded by tariff worries. Plus, Poland’s new president is going to make life ...
3 Juni 202511min
South Korea plots a post-coup future
Private equity dealmaking around the world slowed down in the second quarter of 2025, and South Korea holds elections on Tuesday after months of political instability. Plus, office space construction ...
2 Juni 202511min
