AI’s Infrastructure Reckoning
The AI Boom Meets Its Hardest Test Yet For much of the past two years, the market’s faith in artificial intelligence has rested on a simple proposition: that demand for…
Canada Turns Tariff Fight Into a Sovereignty Battle
Canada on Tuesday formally opened a new front in its deepening trade conflict with the United States, announcing retaliatory tariffs on about C$27.6 billion, or roughly $20 billion, worth of…
Washington Escalates Its Iran Pressure Campaign
Washington Broadens Its Iran Campaign, Testing China and the Strait of Hormuz The Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Iran has entered a new and more consequential phase, shifting from the…
Treasury Jitters Shift Focus to Warsh at Jackson Hole
Bond jitters deepen as Treasury support falters before Jackson Hole A fresh attempt by the Treasury Department to steady the government bond market is failing to calm investors, leaving Wall…
Meta Faces a Reckoning Over Social Media Design
Meta is confronting a widening challenge to the way its platforms are built and governed, as a closely watched U.S. trial tests whether courts can force changes to core social-media…
Kyiv Rejects Wartime Vote as Britain Expands Missile Support
Kyiv Rejects Wartime Vote as Britain Deepens Missile Support KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy moved forcefully this weekend to shut down calls for a presidential election during wartime, warning that…
Washington Opens a New Economic Front Against Iran
Washington is preparing to open a new front in its confrontation with Iran, moving beyond months of military brinkmanship into what American officials are describing as the most aggressive economic…
U.S.-Canada Trade Truce Collapses Into New Tariff War
The fragile cease-fire in the trade dispute between the United States and Canada collapsed on Friday, reopening one of North America’s most consequential economic fights and pushing two of the…
China’s Future Carries the Cost of Its Past
China’s New Bet Meets an Old Reckoning China’s investors were given a stark snapshot this week of the country’s economic transition: the future is proving expensive, and the past is…
Crypto Rallies on Trump’s Push as Regulators Signal Limits
Cryptocurrency prices climbed sharply this week after President Donald Trump, flanked by digital-asset executives at the White House, renewed his push for Congress to pass legislation that would create the…