The Iran war is hitting Asia’s economies. A third of the world’s urea fertilizer supply has been “wiped out,” one analyst told The Washington Post, and prices are up 40%. Accordingly, farmers in Southeast Asia are choosing to skip or cut back on planting this season, or lower fertilizer use, ...
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World’s second-highest tsunami goes unnoticedWorld’s second-highest tsunami goes unnoticed
The second-highest tsunami ever recorded struck Alaska in August last year, but almost no one noticed. A landslide from a glacier dropped over a hundred million tons of rock into Tracy Arm fjord, pushing a 1,580-foot wave up the narrow waterway; it is a tourist hotspot, but the 5am strike ...
With ‘Morning Joe’ and ‘Squawk Box,’ Versant looks to market its influential audience at the upfrontsWith ‘Morning Joe’ and ‘Squawk Box,’ Versant looks to market its influential audience at the upfronts
The News The investor Warren Buffett once told host Becky Quick that he would pay “any amount of money” to watch the show. “He cares about the internet, he cares about his private plane, and he cares about CNBC,” she recalled in an interview Friday. One of the puzzles of ...
Behind the Pulitzer Board’s Epstein reporting plauditsBehind the Pulitzer Board’s Epstein reporting plaudits
The News The Pulitzers this year revived an old internal disagreement among the guardians of journalism’s top award over reporting on Jeffrey Epstein — and showed how the prize is struggling to keep up with both public sentiment and shifting media consumption. Earlier this week, we reported that a years-old ...
Venice Biennale engulfed in geopolitical controversyVenice Biennale engulfed in geopolitical controversy
The Venice Biennale, the world’s most prestigious international art exhibition, is engulfed in controversy this year. The inclusion of Russia, which is participating for the first time since the 2022 Ukraine invasion, has set off protests, while the Biennale’s international jury resigned following backlash over its decision to not award ...
Putin says Ukraine war is ‘coming to an end’Putin says Ukraine war is ‘coming to an end’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he believes the Ukraine war is “coming to an end,” hours after vowing victory over Kyiv at a pared-down Victory Day parade devoid of its usual military hardware display. The Kremlin’s spokesperson tempered Putin’s remarks, saying “reaching a peace agreement is a very long road ...
Misunderstandings test US-China tiesMisunderstandings test US-China ties
The US and China are both heading into a landmark summit in Beijing this week with fundamental misunderstandings of the other, analysts said. Beijing is gripped by a “dangerous new overconfidence” stemming from an entrenched belief in American decline, one expert wrote, as Western scholarly frameworks have been purged from ...
China’s exports rebound ahead of Trump-Xi summitChina’s exports rebound ahead of Trump-Xi summit
China’s exports rebounded in April as overseas buyers rushed to stockpile goods in the second month of the Iran war. The data also showed Beijing’s trade surplus widened, just ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to China later this week. Trump has taken issue with the surplus. The leaders ...
Starmer fights on after poor election showingStarmer fights on after poor election showing
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday pledged to hang on after his party suffered the worst local election losses for a governing faction in decades. The results of last week’s races, largely seen as a referendum on Starmer, triggered calls for his resignation; he is planning a “reset” speech ...
US hiring beats expectations despite Iran warUS hiring beats expectations despite Iran war
The US economy added 115,000 jobs in April, blowing past expectations despite the economic fallout from the US-Israel war with Iran. Data published Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics also showed the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.3%. The figures come even as the war has upended oil and ...