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 ...

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

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 ...

Also in today’s newsletter, EU explores legal options for ending Russian gas deals and UK consumers plan to ‘buy British’ ...

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 ...

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has warned the Irish airline could delay deliveries of Boeing aircraft if they become more expensive, setting up a battle between manufacturers and airlines over who will ...

One of Donald Trump’s top officials has warned European allies hesitant about working with Elon Musk’s satellite internet company that they needed to choose between US and Chinese technology.

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

The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, a new Netflix documentary, presents a troubling case study of how children are being exploited by parents trying to tap into the lucrative, woefully unregulated, ...

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 ...

Unlike Russian coal, gas has not been subject to an import ban, while the EU has prohibited 90 per cent of oil imports from Moscow. Imports of the country’s shipped gas increased about 60 per cent ...