2026-01-31 01:26:27
The Panamanian Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday night invalidating Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.’s contract to operate two key ports at either end of the Panama Canal caps a month marked by high-profile strategic defeats for Beijing in the region.
2026-01-30 22:00:27
Even if you think that the Fed attempts to swing elections, it’s just about impossible.
2026-01-30 21:53:30
President Donald Trump turned the search for a new Federal Reserve chair into a game show. The winner is the most curious possible pick: Kevin Warsh. That choice is bound to add to market volatility and satisfy no one — probably not even the president.
2026-01-30 21:30:27
Google DeepMind, the artificial intelligence subsidiary of Alphabet, has made another leap in its efforts to illuminate human biology: progress toward using AI to interpret the many still-mysterious chapters in the text of life.
2026-01-30 21:00:26
The only thing more dangerous than Davos Man peddling old buzzwords is Davos Man peddling new ones. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney was the toast of Davos for his speech on how middle powers can save the liberal order. The New Yorker gushes that the speech is even more impressive in retrospect than it was at the time, describing it as nothing less than a “charter for the bleak years ahead.” Carney is off to Australia in March in pursuit of his middle-power policy. The only problem with his i
