U.S. stocks closed at an all-time high Friday, another milestone in the market's remarkable recovery from a springtime plunge caused by fears that the Trump administration's trade policies could harm ...

Several of President Donald Trump's biggest policy goals are acting as cross-currents and severely impacting his aim at ...

On July 9, 2025, Asia Society France & Salzburg Global & Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis will gather top China analysts, investors, academics and cultural figures at Columbia ...

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Leir Professor of the Economics of the Middle East in the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University, reflects on the internal and external pressures shaping Iran’s future — from ...

Winston Churchill once described watching the inner workings of the USSR’s Marxists as “bulldogs fighting under a carpet.” ...

Rare earth shipment delays raise concerns of a US-China trade truce collapse and global supply disruptions. Trump seen ...

While there have been no major disruptions to the global oil supply so far, the attacks on Iran — by Israel and then the ...

The Middle East is a melting pot of ­imperialist tensions. Global ­rivalries have combined with regional power struggles to ...

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The national budget for 2026 may be the first big casualty if Parliament is again dissolved. Read more at straitstimes.com.

THERE is an upsurge in military expenditure all over the world which is spearheaded by the upsurge in Europe. Of course there are different estimates of military expenditure, depending on what one ...