UBS boss Sergio Ermotti plans to step down in April 2027 newsJanuary 13, 20260CommentsRace for coveted role comes as bank fights Swiss government over threat of more stringent capital buffersRead More
‘I don’t want to live in an American empire’: Greenlanders bristle at US threats newsJanuary 12, 20260CommentsInuit fear loss of language and traditions if Donald Trump succeeds in grabbing the vast Arctic islandRead More
India needs to import more capital and export fewer workers newsJanuary 12, 20260CommentsDespite strong headline growth numbers, the country is slipping from the global spotlightRead More
Trump’s new ‘great game’: Mining, mapping and mercantilism newsJanuary 12, 20260CommentsThe contest for resources between the US and China will continue after the president is gone and affect us allRead More
Defence jobs boom as Germany’s arms companies go on hiring spree newsJanuary 12, 20260CommentsData from selection of companies and start-ups suggests limited success in hiring from embattled auto sectorRead More
Ethereum needs better decentralized stablecoins: Vitalik Buterin newsJanuary 12, 20260CommentsIt isn’t a good idea to fully back a stablecoin with a single fiat currency, because if that nation-state fails, so will the stablecoin, argues Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.Read More
Elite German army unit accused of sexual harassment, drug use and making Nazi salutes newsJanuary 11, 20260CommentsScandal comes as Berlin tries to strengthen the military and boost recruitmentRead More
Venezuela: the Hizbollah connection newsJanuary 11, 20260CommentsAcross thousands of miles, the Lebanese militant group forged illicit business links with a Caracas regime frozen out by the USRead More
Digital euro ‘only defence’ against deepening US control of money, economists warn newsJanuary 11, 20260CommentsAcademics including France’s Thomas Piketty press MEPs to resist ‘shortsighted’ lobbying against the projectRead More
Why men should really be reading more fiction newsJanuary 11, 20260CommentsNovels require a kind of attention that the modern world is steadily erodingRead More