For two decades, Venezuela cultivated anti-American allies across the globe, from Russia and China to Cuba and Iran, in the hope of forming a new world order that…
Read more Why Russia and China Are Sitting Out Venezuela’s Clash With TrumpEarlier this year, Armin Papperger opened a new factory that will allow his company to produce more of an essential caliber of artillery shell than the entire U.S.…
Read more The Outspoken CEO Behind the World’s Fastest-Growing Arms MakerChina Vanke’s 000002 -5.60%decrease; red down pointing triangle proposal to delay repayment of an onshore bond led to trading halts in three other local notes and triggered a…
Read more Vanke’s Bid to Delay Bond Payment Sparks Selloff in Chinese DevelopersThe U.K. government’s treasury chief said measures outlined in her latest budget aim to halt a rise in debt while helping to cool inflation. Speaking to lawmakers, Rachel…
Read more U.K. Treasury Chief Says Budget Measures Will Tackle Debt, InflationThe German economy may be showing signs of a life after more than half a decade of stagnation. Europe’s largest economy has suffered a series of recent blows,…
Read more German Economy Shows Signs of RevivalGermany’s largest arms manufacturer, Rheinmetall RHM -3.85%decrease; red down pointing triangle, expects its sales will be five times as much as they were last year by the end…
Read more Rheinmetall Turns to Former Auto Workers to Fuel Hiring SpreeBERLIN—Europe is moving to relax some of the world’s tightest digital regulations in a bid to boost growth and reduce its reliance on U.S. tech. Germany and France…
Read more Europe Aimed to Set Standards for Tech Rules, Now It Wants to Roll Them BackPresident Trump dispatched a high-level Pentagon delegation to Kyiv for talks Wednesday in the administration’s latest attempt to revive negotiations on halting Russia’s war with Ukraine, according to…
Read more Trump Sends Pentagon Officials to Ukraine in Effort to Restart Peace TalksUkraine agreed to buy 100 Rafale fighter jets as part of a larger military equipment deal that triggered a jump in the share price of the French aerospace…
Read more Dassault Aviation Rises After Ukraine Agrees to Buy 100 Rafale Fighter JetsSHANGHAI—Signs of weakness in China’s economy stretched into October, with one measure of investment notching the sharpest slowdown in years. The numbers Momentum in retail sales and industrial…
Read more China Registers Worst Investment Decline in Years as Slowdown ContinuesThe U.S. plans to eliminate tariffs on bananas, coffee, beef and certain apparel and textile products under framework agreements with four Latin American nations, a senior administration official…
Read more U.S. to Cut Tariffs on Bananas, Coffee and Other Goods From Four CountriesArnold Toynbee’s “Cities on the Move” (1970) documents the history of big cities around the world becoming impoverished and insolvent—some never to recover. Many of the patterns he…
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Read more Bessent Says ‘Tenfold’ Growth in Stablecoins Will Lift Demand for TreasurysTwo years on, Israel’s war in Gaza might be finally drawing to a close. The conflict built an unprecedented arms pipeline from the U.S. to Israel that continues…
Read more The Gaza War Has Been Big Business for U.S. CompaniesESTER, Alaska—At a mining site here, Rod Blakestad cracked open a shiny rock with his pick. He found quartz, a sign that the rock may contain gold. But…
Read more Alaska’s New Mining Rush Chases Something More Coveted Than GoldNexperia microchips are leaving China again, easing a shortage of simple but ubiquitous parts that threatened to paralyze the auto industry. German automotive supplier Aumovio, which was recently…
Read more Chips Held Hostage in Trade War Start Flowing Again to Auto SuppliersGunvor pulled its offer to buy the international assets of sanctioned Russian oil producer Lukoil after the U.S. Treasury Department said it opposed the deal and called the…
Read more Trump Administration Blocks Gunvor Takeover of Russian Oil AssetsPARIS—France’s state auditor issued a searing assessment of the Louvre Museum’s finances on Thursday, alleging its management prioritized the acquisition of new artworks over the maintenance and security…
Read more Louvre Skimped on Security to Spend on Art in Years Before Heist, Says AuditorRetail sales in the eurozone unexpectedly inched lower in September, contrasting with some of the rosier sentiment among consumers in recent months. Volumes fell back 0.1%, the same…
Read more Eurozone Retail Sales Edge Lower Despite Improving SentimentOTTAWA—Canada said Tuesday it intends to run wider deficits to finance spending and tax measures aimed at unleashing the massive private-sector investments the economy needs to rebuild amid…
Read more Canada Plans Wider Deficits to Jolt Economy