Two cheers for Bidenomics,but America is pushing its luck
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Two cheers for Bidenomics,but America is pushing its luck

The US has racked up debt over the last fifteen years that’s comparable to the cost of two world wars and the Great Depression combined. Even a global hegemon can go bust.

  • byAmbrose Evans-Pritchard

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Putin and the prince are playing a very dangerous game

Putin and the prince are playing a very dangerous game

Saudi Arabia and Russia are tightening their grip on oil markets,and it risks driving a fragile global economy into recession.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
House speaker announces impeachment inquiry into Biden

House speaker announces impeachment inquiry into Biden

The decision comes after Republicans spent months attempting to tie Biden to the business ventures of his son,Hunter Biden,whose history of sex,drugs and shady money have made him an ongoing liability for the White House.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Weakened China too poor to consider attacking Taiwan,Biden says

Weakened China too poor to consider attacking Taiwan,Biden says

The US president,tired from a gruelling four-day trip to Asia,said China’s slowing economy might prove a reprieve for the island.

  • byDavid Millward
The biggest problem with Biden’s economic plan? Its name
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The biggest problem with Biden’s economic plan? Its name

Joe Biden has taken a leaf out of Barack Obama’s book to try and sell his economic agenda,which is crucial to his hopes of winning a second term in the White House.

  • byGregory Korte
The good news about China’s looming financial crisis

The good news about China’s looming financial crisis

China seems to be teetering on the edge of a crisis that looks a lot like what the rest of the world went through in 2008. But it’s not the same.

  • byPaul Krugman
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One year on,the price tag of Biden’s climate agenda remains unclear

One year on,the price tag of Biden’s climate agenda remains unclear

It’s been exactly one year since US President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act,by far the most significant climate law in history. But how much it will cost - or end up saving?

  • byLeslie Kaufman
Ticking time bomb:China is facing an economic crisis

Ticking time bomb:China is facing an economic crisis

Xi Jinping is at a make-or-break moment as China’s financial system sits on the precipice.

  • byAmbrose Evans-Pritchard
Going to trial is ‘not inevitable’,says Hunter Biden’s lawyer

Going to trial is ‘not inevitable’,says Hunter Biden’s lawyer

President Joe Biden’s son faces a potentially extended probe after Attorney-General Merrick Garland elevated the prosecutor investigating him to a special counsel.

  • byAlicia Diaz
How Caroline Kennedy discovered her inner bogan in Australia

How Caroline Kennedy discovered her inner bogan in Australia

The US ambassador to Australia,a member of America’s most storied political dynasty,has embraced everything from sausages and surfing to sheep and “shitboxes”.

  • byMatthew Knott andPeter Hartcher
‘Nose candy in the White House’:Outrage after cocaine probe ends with no leads

‘Nose candy in the White House’:Outrage after cocaine probe ends with no leads

Rarely has a small bag of white powder caused such a kerfuffle within the corridors of power in Washington.

  • byFarrah Tomazin