Tap play to listen to this article LONDON – Whisper it, but the race to succeed Boris Johnson is underway. Two of the prime minister’s top lieutenants – Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss – are on maneuvers that Westminster insiders like to say, and Johnson’s … Read More

LONDON – Westminster is worried that instead of improving trade between the UK and the US, Brexit will make it harder. The suspicion is rising, also internally in the British government, that a trade dispute between the two countries – which should have been put … Read More

Tap play to listen to this article More than 3,000 days after President Xi Jinping came up with a plan in 2013 to invest massively in critical infrastructure such as railways and ports connecting China with the rest of the world, EU officials have finally … Read More

Tap play to listen to this article Europe and the United States could face a refugee rise from Sudan if they do not support the country’s regime under the new military-led government, according to a top Sudanese general. Senior General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo told POLITICO … Read More

Tap play to listen to this article An outbreak of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in southern Africa is mounting critics of the EU, who say Brussels is preventing a rapid rollout of jabs across poor nations by zealously defending vaccine patents. The European Commission … Read More

The state of corporate America is sad: Its best and wisest are so desperate to make money that they have to ask for forgiveness when they simply say the obvious. Last week at Boston College, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, riffed about the relationship … Read More

Canada is ready to reciprocate a US tariff increase in Canadian coniferous timber producers, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday. “We want to do exactly what we have done successfully with two previous US administrations: We state our case clearly and rationally. We also … Read More

Text size Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says the company’s order cancellation rates are below historical standards despite product shortages. Christopher Goodney / Bloomberg Since supply chain problems plague the tech sector, no company emphasizes the problem more than that Cisco systems . The stock fell … Read More

Text size Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says the company’s order cancellation rates are below historical standards despite product shortages. Christopher Goodney / Bloomberg Since supply chain problems plague the tech sector, no company emphasizes the problem more than that Cisco systems . The stock fell … Read More

The wind came from behind now and pushed it no further into the bank. Yet the ship swung from one side of the channel to the other. Each time he turned the steering wheel, the helmsman was able to bring the ship temporarily back on … Read More