China's beauty product exporters are finding an unexpected degree of resilience in the United States, even as Washington and Beijing continue to use tariffs, technology restrictions and supply chain policies to reduce their economic dependence on each other. Hair extensions, wigs and artificial...

As the United States and China deepen their competition over artificial intelligence, financial markets are revealing a more complicated reality than the increasingly separate technology strategies of the two countries suggest. Companies and governments may be trying to build more independent AI...

Saudi Arabia’s response to the disruption of its East-West oil pipeline has revealed how quickly the kingdom can reorganise crude exports when a major transportation route becomes unavailable. Rather than allowing the pipeline shutdown to translate directly into a comparable fall in shipments,...

President Christine Lagarde of the European Central Bank (ECB) will step down in 2027. "I plan to depart in '27," Lagarde informed Ireland's RTE Radio on Friday. When inquired if this would occur in October—when her term ends—she said, "We will see." "What I can state at this moment is that when...

The reported takeover of a dark web site operated by the cybercrime group cl0p by rival group ShinyHunters has exposed an unusual vulnerability within the criminal digital economy: the organisations that routinely compromise legitimate businesses are themselves increasingly dependent on the same...

China's decision to raise scrutiny around humanoid robotics listings reflects a broader change in how the country's technology sector is being valued. After years of encouraging investment in advanced robotics, regulators are increasingly examining whether companies seeking public-market funding...

The sharp decline in commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is becoming one of the clearest indicators of how deeply the Middle East conflict has disrupted the global energy system. Only a small number of commodity vessels crossed the waterway over the latest weekend, compared with more...

The Federal Reserve has entered a more difficult phase of monetary policy, where restoring control over inflation increasingly requires it to accept greater uncertainty for financial markets. Its latest decision to raise the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point to a range of 3.75...

The rise in the United States 10 year Treasury yield to around 5 percent is more significant than the headline number suggests. The yield is not simply a return earned by investors who buy government debt. It is one of the most important reference points for borrowing costs across the American...