Wall Street is disconnected from reality

Wall Street is disconnected from reality

Wall Street is ignoring what is happening in the world’s biggest economy.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Why the world fears four more years of Trump

Why the world fears four more years of Trump

Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance has made the likelihood of a second Trump term far more real and has China and the rest of the world on edge.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Macron’s snap election could trigger the next debt crisis

Macron’s snap election could trigger the next debt crisis

This weekend’s elections have the potential to blow out France’s debt and threaten the stability of the eurozone and its single currency.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Apple’s future could be shaped outside the US amid $57b threat in Europe

Apple’s future could be shaped outside the US amid $57b threat in Europe

Apple has just become the first tech giant to be accused of breaching new European competition laws designed to rein in Big Tech.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
‘Le TikTok king’:Meet the 28-year-old fronting France’s far right

‘Le TikTok king’:Meet the 28-year-old fronting France’s far right

Snap elections in France have put a spotlight on the leader of its major far-right party. Who is he? And why is French politics in turmoil?

  • byAngus Holland andJackson Graham
Mountains of debt:Finances of US,Europe and China are deteriorating

Mountains of debt:Finances of US,Europe and China are deteriorating

Widening government debt in the US,key European economies and China and the spectres of Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen are increasing the threats to global financial stability.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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China is facing an electric car dilemma

China is facing an electric car dilemma

China has some big decisions to make about its electric car industry. It can’t afford to get them wrong.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Europe,long considered a climate leader,has dumped Greens at the polls

Europe,long considered a climate leader,has dumped Greens at the polls

New voter priorities on immigration,the cost of living and war have hurt climate-focused parties,which just lost a third of their EU seats.

  • byMatina Stevis-Gridneff
What will happen if Australia keeps virtue-signalling on immigration

What will happen if Australia keeps virtue-signalling on immigration

On immigration policy,nations need to telegraph their meanness – growling menacingly so they can gentle their claws when dealing with real cases of need.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
German youth look to far-right in latest elections

German youth look to far-right in latest elections

A Tik Tok campaign helped Germany’s far-right AfD win a record number of votes in European elections,outpolling each of Germany’s three ruling coalition parties.

  • byRob Harris
Far-right parties rattle traditional EU powers as humiliated Macron calls snap French election

Far-right parties rattle traditional EU powers as humiliated Macron calls snap French election

Far-right parties have dealt stunning defeats to two of the bloc’s most important leaders:French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

  • byRaf Casert,Lorne Cook andSamuel Petrequin