Senior State Department officials have drawn up plans to close a dozen consulates overseas by this summer and are considering shutting down many more missions, in what could be a blow to the U.S. government’s efforts to build partnerships and gather intelligence, American officials say. The department also plans to lay off many local citizens … Read more
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer was vice-president Kamala Harris’s national security adviser. Daleep Singh, deputy national security adviser for international economics in the Biden administration, also contributed Europe’s response to the Trump administration’s shocking withdrawal of … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is co-founder and co-chair of Oaktree Capital Management and author of “Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side” The questions I get from clients enable me to understand in real … Read more
Una franja de la costa oriental de Australia, alrededor de Brisbane, la tercera ciudad más grande del país, se preparaba para la llegada a tierra del primer ciclón previsto en la región en décadas, mientras las autoridades advertían de la posibilidad de inundaciones generalizadas y vientos destructivos. Se esperaba que el ciclón tropical Alfred, de … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s almost 20 years since Industrial and Commercial Bank of China raised $22bn in a Hong Kong listing — the largest in history at the time. Since then, the city has been the go-to place … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the author of ‘Chip War’ “I’m a little bit nervous,” admitted CC Wei, the CEO of Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, taking the podium at the White House this week as he announced the … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world There is nothing cryptic about Donald Trump’s endorsement of cryptocurrency. Four years ago, he said bitcoin was a “scam”. Now he wants to make America the “crypto capital of the world”. To see … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world On March 3, Donald Trump made two highly significant decisions. One was to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico at a rate of 25 per cent, as well as on Chinese imports at … Read more
