Historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s book Country of Lords looks back at the many men who have tried to fight against egalitarianism, from John Adams to Peter Thiel The historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s new book is published amid celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence and its truth “self-evident, that ...
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Hunter Biden for president? Stranger things have happened | Arwa MahdawiHunter Biden for president? Stranger things have happened | Arwa Mahdawi
Once Republicans’ favourite punchline, Joe Biden’s son is now building an online following by trolling JD Vance, taunting Trump and embracing the absurdity of US politics What sort of longshot candidate do we reckon is going to run for US president in 2028? The Rock? Kim Kardashian? Kermit the Frog? ...
Tick bites are on the rise in the US and UK. Here’s how to protect yourselfTick bites are on the rise in the US and UK. Here’s how to protect yourself
Experts share tips to avoid the blood-sucking pests that can transmit Lyme disease and other illnesses on to humans I won’t go into gory detail about the tick I found latched behind my ear approximately 35 hours after a hike in early June. Suffice it to say, the parasite was ...
Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s top army commander after days of protestsZelensky sacks Ukraine’s top army commander after days of protests
Oleksandr Syrskyi is dismissed after days of unrest over the removal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. ...
Lebanese army says troops deploying in ‘pilot zone’ after Israeli withdrawalLebanese army says troops deploying in ‘pilot zone’ after Israeli withdrawal
A US-brokered agreement should see Israeli troops pulling out of a small part of Lebanon occupied during their conflict with Hezbollah. ...
Banks pay backhanded compliments to private creditBanks pay backhanded compliments to private credit
Liz’s view The narrative about private credit is familiar by now — it’s a garbage heap of bad loans, waiting to ignite. A tiny corrective comes from a strange place: the industry’s biggest competitors. Big banks have been busy refinancing loans made by private-credit firms. By putting their own balance ...
Burnham faces Britain’s overseas business woesBurnham faces Britain’s overseas business woes
The UK’s new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, wants to make British business great again. But businesses want to be where their customers and investors are, and with the UK’s wan economic growth and thinner capital markets, that’s increasingly elsewhere. Many of Britain’s corporate crown jewels make more of their money ...
Chinese magnet shipments to US fall despite trade truceChinese magnet shipments to US fall despite trade truce
China’s US-bound shipments of rare-earth magnets so far this year are 20% below average levels seen between 2022 and 2024, customs data showed, despite the countries’ trade truce. As part of last year’s agreement with Washington, Beijing committed to a one-year pause in implementing sweeping export restrictions over the critical ...
Chinese startup founded by AI pioneer eyes potential IPOChinese startup founded by AI pioneer eyes potential IPO
O1.ai, the Chinese AI startup founded by AI pioneer Kai-Fu Lee, is aiming to raise funds ahead of a potential 2027 IPO, joining other AI labs that have gone public or plan to. Unlike China’s other “AI Tigers,” including Zhipu, DeepSeek, and Moonshot, O1.ai has pivoted from building frontier models ...
BlackRock’s M&A spree comes into clear viewBlackRock’s M&A spree comes into clear view
BlackRock’s $25 billion M&A spree is starting to click. The company is raising $12 billion of debt for a Texas data center to be occupied by Meta — its first deal that puts infrastructure investor GIP and private-credit firm HPS to work in a major way since BlackRock bought them ...