Concerns over energy security, the U.S.’s slower-than-expected switch to electric cars, and political fragmentation exemplified by the current tariff war are among factors that will drive oil demand steadily higher until about 2040, French oil major TotalEnergies wrote in its annual outlook report.
Just six companies deeply involved in the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) technology have driven half the gains in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng stock index this year, according to calculations by the Financial Times.
The amount of goods and services consumers bought among the 20 countries sharing the euro currency ticked down by 0.1 percent in October, despite a survey of consumer confidence that found consumers to be more optimistic than at any time since February.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who is famous for clashing with what he has called the “fake news” media, has been benefiting from a useful relationship with a consortium of social media titans, billionaires, and primary alternative media sites to amplify his message.
Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old mayor-elect of New York City, has vowed to turn the city’s business and political establishment on its head, but his first move after being elected was picking an all-women transition team filled with establishment insiders.
At least 69,179 Palestinians have been killed by Israel inside Gaza since October 2023 and 170,693, have been injured.
America has been backsliding into kleptocratic territory for years now, but this may finally be it.
There are moments in every age when humanity pauses, looks at its own inventions, and wonders whether it has gone too far. We stand in such a moment now.
Depression is one of the most common mental health challenges today, affecting 332 million people worldwide.
Even the big banks that welcomed the revolution are finding that the cost of managing security could rise out of control and exceed the labor cost of the analogue system.