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‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Rising gas prices are Americans’ top concern in Iran war
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Nearly six weeks into the U.S. military campaign against Iran, a new Pew Research Center survey conducted from...
Apple CEO Tim Cook to hand over to John Ternus in September
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). Tim Cook will step down as Apple's CEO on September 1, 2026, and will be replaced by...
US gasoline prices jumped 21.2% in a month — biggest spike since 1967
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US inflation accelerated to 3.3% year-on-year in March, the highest since May 2024, according to Bureau of Labor...
US importers face record customs bond shortfalls amid tariff surge
WASHINGTON (Realist English). A record number of companies importing goods into the United States are failing to meet federal requirements...
US economy posts strongest growth in two years, complicating Fed rate-cut outlook
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The US economy expanded at a robust 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter, marking its fastest...
CBO cuts $1 trillion from Trump’s projected tariff revenues
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Congressional Budget Office has sharply reduced its forecast for tariff revenues, cutting an estimated $1 trillion...
Amazon returns to US bond markets with $12bn offering to fuel massive AI infrastructure build-out
NEW YORK (Realist English). Amazon is raising $12bn in its first US bond sale in three years, joining a wave...
Banking on national security: JPMorganChase commits $1.5 trillion to America’s economic future
NEW YORK (Realist English). JPMorganChase on Monday unveiled a sweeping $1.5 trillion, 10-year initiative aimed at strengthening U.S. economic security...
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...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
Pentagon withdraws troops from Germany: minus 5,000 soldiers in Europe and cancellation of a missile battalion
BERLIN (Realist English). On 2 May, the Pentagon officially announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next...
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