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23.01 / 01:57

Provident security Election Bill President country 2020 Venezuela unveils oil bill to attract investors, lift output

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CARACAS, Venezuela—The country’s interim government unveiled a bill Thursday to loosen the state’s iron-tight control over its beleaguered oil industry, a move aimed at attracting U.S. energy companies but one that analysts say falls short of what is needed to unlock major new investments and revive output as President Trump has demanded.

20.01 / 05:51

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Japan’s long-term government bond yields surged to multi-year highs Tuesday, spurred by fears that an upcoming election could lead to a consumption-tax rate cut that might worsen the country’s public finances. A key focus of the campaigning will be a potential cut to Japan’s consumption tax, as both ruling and opposition parties seek to win over voters with measures to alleviate the burden of rising living costs.

19.01 / 00:45

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. 2026 is a very significant year for India’s economy. The Union Budget will matter, of course, but the Eighth Pay Commission and the Sixteenth Finance Commission are the most consequential milestones to watch.

19.01 / 00:31

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Our intellectual horizon reflects the contagion of election cycles. In a world where nations are indulging in nuclear sabre-rattling, what are our leaders doing? Instead of binding the nation, they are sowing the seeds of dissension.

17.01 / 13:07

markets COST Provident Target Election President How the attacks on the Fed could backfire

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Trump administration’s efforts to bludgeon the Federal Reserve into lowering its policy interest rates appear unlikely to have their desired effect. Indeed, they conceivably could backfire and forestall the rate cuts that the central bank officials and the markets anticipate for this year.

17.01 / 10:45

UPS Action Election President country social rights Over two weeks in January, a boundary-pushing President on full display

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—In the days after Donald Trump approved a risky operation to oust Venezuela’s autocratic leader, some administration officials privately came up with a new moniker for the emboldened commander in chief: “President of the World." The nickname reflected Trump’s expanding ambitions and increasingly aggressive posture as he enters the second year of his second term. The president is pushing boundaries at home and abroad as he looks to demonstrate power, cement his legacy and beat the clock ahead of midterm elections that could end unified Republican control in Washington.

14.01 / 10:51

markets COST Target economy Election President Trump touts affordability push in Detroit speech. Why Wall Street should worry.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The White House is having its “break-the-glass" moment on affordability ahead of the November midterm elections. It has Wall Street in its sights.

14.01 / 10:33

Action Election President Justice country Department International Venezuelan opposition’s calls to oust Maduro aided legal case for removal, memo says

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—A Justice Department memo asserted that the support of the Venezuelan opposition led by Maria Corina Machado for U.S. action to oust Nicolás Maduro helped President Trump’s legal case to overthrow him, people familiar with the matter said.

14.01 / 02:03

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The latest spat between US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell and US President Donald Trump strikes at the very heart of what central banks hold dear as the key to not just long-term financial stability, but also economic growth: central bank independence. Calling the Department of Justice probe into the testimony he gave last year to a Senate panel on renovations of Fed buildings “unprecedented," Powell said he believed the action was a direct consequence of the president’s anger over the Fed’s refusal to reduce interest rates despite White House pressure.

14.01 / 01:33

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Wall Street thought it had an ally in Donald Trump. He’s becoming more of an adversary.

14.01 / 01:33

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DETROIT—President Trump said the U.S. economy was poised for solid growth this year, pointing to steadying inflation data as he sought to address one of Republicans’ biggest vulnerabilities ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

13.01 / 04:15

COST UPS economy Election President Universities show In pivot on affordability, Trump unveils barrage of proposals to address costs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On Monday, President Trump surprised Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren with a phone call after she criticized him during a speech on affordability.

13.01 / 01:39

Election President Justice PAM 2020 Department Investigations Trump has complained about Pam Bondi repeatedly to aides

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump has complained to aides repeatedly in recent weeks about Attorney General Pam Bondi, describing her as weak and an ineffective enforcer of his agenda, administration officials and other people familiar with his complaints said. The criticisms appear to be part of an intense campaign by Trump to pressure the Justice Department to more aggressively pursue his priorities, some of the officials said.

11.01 / 10:01

UPS JPMorgan Election President show social reports Bank stocks brace for impact after Trump calls for 10% cap on credit-card interest rates

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Donald Trump on Friday called for credit-card companies to cap the interest rates they charge customers, as the president leans harder into addressing consumers’ affordability concerns. “Effective January 20, 2026, I, as President of the United States, am calling for a one year cap on Credit Card Interest Rates of 10%," he said in a Truth Social post.

11.01 / 08:51

Election War Interviews International Binyamin Netanyahu’s plan to win Israeli—and global—hearts and minds

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Binyamin Netanyahu will be leading the Likud Party in a general election for the 12th time this year. He is already Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, having spent a total of over 18 years in office.

10.01 / 02:07

Manufacturing Entertainment economy Election Trade Universities country The week in charts: GDP growth estimate, trade deficit concerns, services PMI

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. From India’s economic activity estimated to remain strong in 2025-26, to India's oil companies expected to benefit from the US invasion of Venezuela, services activity losing momentum in December, Niti Aayog expressing worry over India’s high trade deficit with several countries despite trade deals, and rising prices of copper—here’s this week’s news in numbers.Growth dynamicsThe government pegged GDP growth at 7.4% in 2025-26 despite the ongoing uncertainty related to high US tariffs. The first advance estimate released on Wednesday put GDP growth marginally higher than the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) projection of 7.3%.

07.01 / 09:51

markets security Strategy Election Latin shock Updates Caracas shock: The failure of South American leaders paved the way for US intervention in Venezuela

Removing Venezuela’s dictator introduced ‘Trump’s Corollary’ in Latin America with an exclamation point. The White House’s updated take on the Monroe Doctrine had its baptism of fire on Saturday, when US forces captured Nicolás Maduro at his Caracas stronghold, decapitating the Chavista regime responsible for bankrupting one of the world’s richest oil nations. Less than a month after Washington unveiled a new National Security Strategy pledging to restore American pre-eminence in the Western Hemisphere—by force if necessary—Maduro and his wife were on their way to New York to face “narco-terrorism” charges.

06.01 / 12:15

Election Boxing film Actor stars reports Can box-office king Vijay turn his fan following into votes in Tamil Nadu?

entry into politics was not anticipated by the Dravidian establishment or the local media, but neither was it a big surprise. Not just actors, some of the state’s tallest leaders, such as C.N. Annadurai, founder of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and his successor, M.

05.01 / 01:35

markets Election wellness President country Updates peace US plays down quick return to democracy in Venezuela

would run the country indefinitely until a “safe, proper and judicious transition” could be arranged. He didn’t raise the prospect of elections.The president said “it would be tough” for the country’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize, to play a major role, saying she lacked popularity.

04.01 / 05:35

markets Election President country reports Updates peace Maduro is gone. What’s next for Venezuela?

plea for peace was especially rich given his history as an M-19 terrorist.Millions of Venezuelan expat communities around the world erupted in celebration. For the first time in a quarter-century of authoritarian chavismo, a return to democracy and pluralism is possible. Venezuelans want to go home.But the job isn’t finished.

01.01 / 08:09

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European Union, sent a shudder through cosmopolitan elites across the West.As many rushed to stockpile goods in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit, I remember being asked whether the sight of half-empty supermarket shelves reminded me of Albania under Hoxha (they did not). Yet with hindsight—after US President Donald Trump’s first election, a global pandemic, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and Trump’s return to the White House—even die-hard opponents of Brexit might now concede that their panic was somewhat overblown.Or was it? Next year, Brexit will mark its tenth anniversary—certainly an important symbolic milestone in the current age of globalization.

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