“Decapitation is not the end,” says John Authers on Bloomberg. “Anne Boleyn’s lips moved as her head was displayed to the crowd after her execution.” The assassination of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatoll

The US-Israeli war on Iran, and Iran’s military response – and the de facto closure of the critical Strait of Hormuz chokepoint – have shaken financial markets across the world. The war has sent oil a

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“Nobody knows anything.” Screenwriter William Goldman’s showbiz aphorism comes to mind when trying to keep up with the markets (see page 4) and global politics (see page 8). President Donald Trump sai

“Authoritarian politics and military aggression are a dangerous mix,” says Ben Rhodes in The New York Times. The decision to wage war on Iran was made by Donald Trump with “no legal basis, little publ

Issue of the week: the oil and gas ...