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His approval rating has fallen by 14 points since he entered office, more steeply than the five-point drop he had suffered by ...

During the stockmarket slumps of 2008 and 2020, for instance, the dollar rose. When investors are fearful, they normally rush ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court has inexorably gained clout and prestige as the executive branch has lost legitimacy and Congress has ...

The depth of a $27trn market helps make Treasuries a haven; the dollar dominates trade in everything from goods and ...

Plastics have also eased the world’s reliance on older materials, and on the living beings from which many of them came.

W hat do the following three companies have in common? Stellantis, owner of the Fiat, Jeep and Chrysler brands; Merck, which ...

E urope’s first reserve currency was the tetradrachm, upon which was inscribed an owl. The symbol of wisdom was intended to ...

Daniel Noboa, Ecuador’s conservative president, trounced his left-wing opponent, Luisa González, to win a second term. A ...

It has also shocked many observers in a country whose constitution guarantees the free expression and distribution of ...

By 2021 annual production had roughly doubled, with the trade in plastics (and goods containing it) estimated to be worth ...

Once turned away, where will China’s exports to America go instead? As supply chains adjust, firms will expand abroad to ...