The global boom in defence spending

Anew study has revealed the astronomical scale of the US military’s carbon footprint – and how relatively modest budget cuts could significantly reduce it. Published in the journal PLOS Climate, the r

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When a president uses his office to launch a cryptocurrency, it is clear that his modus operandi is to part people from their money. Apply this analysis to the global stage, tune out the furore over h

The EU’s trade deal with US president Donald Trump drew furious reactions in Paris and Berlin (see our politics page), but behind the theatrics the deal seems likely to be approved. The unequal accord

Matthew Partridge: In your new book, The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump: What the Trade War Means for the World, you posit that president Donald Trump’s threats over tariffs are real, rather than a

In rude health: AstraZeneca, Britain’s biggest drugmaker, has “risen to the challenge” of US healthcare providers negotiating drug prices by posting “solid first-half sales growth”, says Derren Nathan