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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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I N A MESSY age of grinding wars and multiplying tariffs, negotiators are as busy as the stakes are high. Alliances are ...