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Trump’s Global Tariffs: What’s the Latest on the Trade War

The president has unveiled a complicated system to forge ahead with his trade war, after the Supreme Court stuck down his original levies.

Can the ‘Johnny Cash of the Allagash’ win the US Senate for the Democrats?

Last-minute replacement candidate Troy Jackson hopes to deliver Maine for his party in the midterm elections

Russia’s biggest online retailer becomes target in Ukraine drone war

Strikes on Wildberries have killed nine people and left small sellers facing millions of roubles in losses

Welcome to the era of financial candyfloss

The value of real assets in the US is shrinking as financialisation soars

‘Burnham bounce’ and World Cup lift mood in July, says data firm

‘Wave of optimism’ is sparked by prospect of new PM, England football team’s progress and hot weather Consumer confidence in the UK jumped this month by its biggest margin for nearly three years as the prospect of Andy Burnham becoming…

Field Marshal Asim Munir is trying to refashion his country’s place in the world — and his power at home

Why did Trump just gift Saudi Arabia a nuclear win? – podcast

Donald Trump has announced a landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia while pressing ahead with efforts to stop Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon. What’s driving Trump’s new agreement with Riyadh? And how is it likely to be received…

Radical groups have a shared hatred of Jews, royal commission hears

The chief executive of a foundation combating antisemitism says extremist groups from across the political spectrum are posing an unprecedented threat to Australia's Jewish community.

Stocks suffer fresh blow as markets hit by perfect storm

Asian allies push back against Trump’s forced-labor tariffs

The latest duties aim to restore U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist regime after his earlier levies were struck down by the Supreme Court.

Why did Trump slap a 12.5 tariff on Australian imports?

The tariffs are supposed to combat forced labour, but one expert says the US president was just looking for another legal way to tax foreign imports.

As oil soars, experts watch Red Sea tankers for clarity on Houthi blockade

Houthi attacks for now are shaping who moves Saudi crude, not whether it moves, analysts say, even as oil prices soar.