On the Eve of the Midterms, Power and Money Collide
In the final hours before Americans vote in the 2026 midterm elections, the country is confronting a familiar but deepening collision of politics, money and markets. Court fights over ballots…
Europe’s Cyberwar Comes Home
A New Front in Europe’s Cyberwarfare: Fear, Food and Fragile Systems A wave of cyberattacks rippled across Europe on Sunday and Monday, disrupting two very different kinds of civilian infrastructure:…
A.I. Boom Enters a More Tangible Phase
A New Phase of the A.I. Boom Takes Shape The artificial intelligence frenzy that first centered on chatbots and cloud software is increasingly spreading into a more concrete and capital-intensive…
AI’s Global Power Play
OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the world’s most prominent artificial intelligence companies, are accelerating their global expansion in ways that underscore how the industry’s next phase is being shaped as…
Oil Falls as U.S.-Iran Diplomacy Eases Hormuz Fears
Oil prices fell sharply on Monday after fresh signs emerged that the United States and Iran, with Qatar acting as an intermediary, were testing a diplomatic path that could avert…
Spain Rail Disaster Upends Election Campaign
Spain was grappling on Thursday with the aftermath of one of the deadliest rail disasters in its recent history, as investigators examined what officials described as an apparent failure in…
As U.S. and Iran Waver, the Gulf Waits on a Fragile Opening
The United States and Iran appeared this week to be edging simultaneously toward a new crisis and a possible last-minute opening, as reports emerged that Vice President JD Vance had…
War Risks and Diesel Shortages Lift Oil Giants
War Risk and Fuel Shortages Lift Oil Giants The world’s largest oil companies reported a fresh wave of outsized quarterly profits on Thursday, as conflict-driven refinery disruptions and mounting fears…
After a $6.3 Billion Binance Hack, Crypto Faces a Reckoning
The breach and the scramble to contain it Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said it was racing to contain what appears to be the biggest theft in the industry’s…
France’s Unrest Deepens Economic Anxiety
France’s political crisis spilled into a second week of street protests and continued to reverberate through financial markets, as investors and businesses weighed whether a wave of anger over inequality…