Category: Semafor

David’s view The murals went up in Chicago, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Fort Lauderdale before Democrats finally took notice. In September, weeks after the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train, Elon Musk joined a crowdfunded campaign to paint murals of her ...

The News GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — Rahm Emanuel took the stage at his first New Hampshire town hall, and the land acknowledgement began. “We also want to acknowledge that this land is part of the ancestral homeland of the Abenaki people and the Wabanaki Confederacy, whose connection to this place continues ...

Brent crude fell below $100 a barrel while Asian and European stock markets rose after US President Donald Trump said the war in Iran could end in “two or three weeks.” Trump — who is due to deliver a national address later today — said that “we have had regime ...

Germany’s economy minister said her country should rethink its opposition to nuclear energy, saying it leaves Europe’s biggest economy vulnerable to fossil fuel price swings. Her remarks to the Financial Times are one of a number by senior officials scrambling to address the energy upheaval caused by the Iran war, ...

Argentina’s poverty rate fell last year to its lowest level since 2018, a major victory for President Javier Milei even as progress against inflation stalls. Since becoming president in 2023, Milei has overseen a remarkable turnaround of South America’s second-biggest economy: His cuts to subsidies and pensions have led to ...

There is a question doing the rounds in South Africa’s political circles, often in lowered voices and with careful disclaimers: could the billionaire Patrice Motsepe be the man who stabilizes — perhaps even saves — the African National Congress? Motsepe’s name as a future ANC leader often appears in fragments ...

The Scene For nearly five decades, Gulf Arab countries and Iran have had frosty, but pragmatic, relations. Historic ties between people, a shared geography, and the necessity of trade forced both sides to avoid outright enmity. Tehran’s response to the US and Israeli war has shattered any remaining belief in ...

Japan deployed its first long-range cruise missiles at a military camp, pushing the limits of the country’s pacifist stance. The move marks a “major turning point” in Tokyo’s military policy, a Japanese newspaper wrote: The country has long maintained a strictly defensive posture, but has steadily built up military capabilities, ...

US stocks bounced back on Tuesday on reports that both Tehran and Washington may be looking to exit the month-long conflict. US President Donald Trump is willing to cease hostilities even if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, The Wall Street Journal reported. And Iran’s president suggested the Islamic Republic ...

Global dealmaking had a bumper start to the year despite geopolitical turmoil. The 20% year-on-year increase in transaction values resulted in the largest first-quarter haul on record, Bloomberg reported, thanks largely to several mega mergers and acquisitions. Post-pandemic dealmaking fell after wars broke out in Ukraine and Gaza — and ...