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China breaks into UN’s top 10 most innovative countries, pushing Germany out
GENEVA (Realist English). China has entered the top 10 of the United Nations’ Global Innovation Index (GII) for the first...
Read moreSenate confirms Trump nominee Stephen Miran to Federal Reserve Board
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board...
Read moreFrance’s borrowing costs rise after Fitch downgrades credit rating
PARIS (Realist English). France’s borrowing costs edged higher on Monday after Fitch Ratings downgraded the country’s sovereign credit rating from...
Read moreOracle’s record stock surge driven by OpenAI’s massive cloud commitments
NEW YORK (Realist English). Oracle shares soared 36% this week — their biggest single-day gain since 1992 — after the...
Read moreFed rate cuts test durability of record $7.6tn in money market funds
NEW YORK (Realist English). Investors who have benefitted from higher yields on cash parked in money market funds and high-yield...
Read moreBarclays CEO warns UK to curb public sector pay rises and avoid new bank taxes
LONDON (Realist English). CS Venkatakrishnan, chief executive of Barclays, has urged the UK government to limit wage increases for public...
Read moreOpenAI and Nvidia to unveil UK data centre investment during Trump’s state visit
LONDON (Realist English). Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, are expected to announce a major...
Read moreEurope’s auto industry ‘in mortal danger,’ Mercedes-Benz chief warns
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Europe’s automotive industry is grappling with faltering sales, high energy prices and intensifying global competition, prompting urgent...
Read moreChevron moves to boost Israeli gas supplies to Egypt amid soaring demand
MILAN (Realist English). Chevron Corp. is working to expand Israeli natural gas supplies to Egypt, as the North African nation’s...
Read moreElliott takes top-three stake in Kansai Electric, presses for asset sales and shareholder returns
TOKYO (Realist English). U.S. activist fund Elliott Management has become one of the top three shareholders in Kansai Electric Power,...
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Xi Jinping Warns U.S. About the Threat of War Between Great Powers
BEIJING (Realist English). Chinese President Xi Jinping raised the central question of the current U.S.-China rivalry during talks with U.S....
Metropolitan Shio Moudjiri elected Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church
TBILISI (Realist English). On 11 May, Georgia saw the succession of the head of its Orthodox Church for the first time...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
From War to Cooperation: How Iraq Became Iran’s Main Partner but Maintained Neutrality
ERBIL (Realist English). Amid the escalating Middle East crisis, with Iran and the United States standing on the brink of...
Lula and Trump Find “Chemistry” as China Is Pushed Out of Latin America
BRASILIA (Realist English). Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s popular left‑wing president, recently visited the United States. Contrary to sceptical forecasts,...
Can Trump Get a New Nuclear Deal With Iran?
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Since the US and Israeli war against Iran began in late February 2026, President Donald Trump has struggled...
Oil Shock Worsens the Plight of the Poor in Asia and Africa
MOSCOW (Realist English). The conflict in the Middle East, triggered by a joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, has led to...
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