Oil Rises as Hormuz Threats and Yemen Violence Rattle Markets
Oil prices climbed on Tuesday as traders confronted a widening arc of danger stretching from the Strait of Hormuz to Saudi Arabia, with fresh reports of tanker attacks, new British…
SpaceX Jumps as Musk Opens Door to Tesla Merger
SpaceX shares surged in premarket trading on Wednesday after the company reported a sharp jump in quarterly revenue and profit, and after Elon Musk said a combination of SpaceX and…
The AI Boom Meets Its Limits
The AI boom runs into a harsher reality The artificial intelligence boom is colliding with a new set of doubts that cut deeper than the market’s usual swings between exuberance…
Ukraine Pressed by Diplomacy and Dependence
A New Diplomatic Channel, and a New Point of Leverage As a senior American envoy traveled from meetings with President Volodymyr Zelensky and European officials in Oslo to a session…
France Unrest Jolts Markets Across Europe
France’s Unrest Deepens Market Fears as Protest Wave Spreads Across Europe France’s mounting unrest has become something more than a domestic political emergency. It is now rattling financial markets, straining…
The AI Boom’s Hidden Costs
The Costs of the AI Boom Come Into View For much of the past two years, the public conversation around artificial intelligence has been dominated by soaring valuations, blockbuster funding…
China’s Growth Beats Expectations on Export Strength
China’s economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter, buoyed by a surge in exports of technology-related goods that helped offset weak spending at home and kept Beijing on…
Middle East Strains Deepen on Security, Aid and Violence
Strains Spread Across the Middle East as Security Risks, Hunger and Diplomatic Friction Deepen Tensions across the Middle East widened on Monday, stretching from the Gulf’s shipping lanes to the…
As U.S. Support Wavers, Kyiv Sounds the Alarm
A Deepening Rift Between Washington and Kyiv The breach between Ukraine and the United States widened sharply on Monday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Washington of failing to warn Kyiv…
France Considers Curfews as Unrest Rattles Markets
France Weighs Curfews as Unrest Spills Into the Markets France’s government moved on Monday to authorize localized curfews after a weekend of violent unrest that left public buildings damaged, shops…