Planning, diversified markets and control of strategic materials potentially give Beijing leverage — if it can bear the pain ...

China’s President Xi Jinping has urged Vietnam to work with Beijing to oppose “unilateral bullying”, in a thinly veiled criticism of Donald Trump’s imposition of high tariffs on trading partners. Xi ...

Instead, Wolfspeed got caught up in the politics and bureaucracy of the Chips Act and a change of administration, and is now left (to switch from land to sea) swimming with the sharks. Ironically or ...

Context: Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts a “Victory Parade” each year to commemorate the Soviet Union’s victory in the second world war. Foreign leaders are guests of honour to watch the column ...

On show in Venice, Schütte’s work — ranging from monumental sculptures to intimate watercolours — explores themes such as death and anxiety ...

The young, dreamy twentysomethings who populated Summerhouse, Later (1998), Hermann’s first short-story collection, which became an international bestseller, are now firmly in middle age yet as ...

Shaken by October 7, the country is seizing territory and flattening villages to build buffer zones while routinely striking neighbours ...

The fact is that keeping steel production in the UK requires a forever subsidy. Globally, capacity is perhaps 30 per cent higher than demand. The cost of energy is a big factor in steelmaking; ...

Brussels is exploring legal options that would allow European companies to break long-term Russian gas contracts, and Goldman Sachs had a mixed first quarter. Plus, China’s President Xi Jinping is ...

Argentina is getting an enormous lifeline. Last week, the International Monetary Fund agreed to loan the country $20bn. It is the 23rd deal between the IMF and the country, but this money comes with ...

In this season of Tech Tonic, John Thornhill looks at how this new type of warfare is transforming conflicts in places such as Ukraine and Gaza. He also explores how start-ups in the US and Europe are ...

The crackdown on household credit is clearly an important reason for slower growth in India recently, and the FT has just ...