The ONS reported a huge jump in vehicle taxes and nobody is happyNews Feed
The City gets road rage
Transcript: What drives China’s strongman leader?News Feed
Gideon Rachman talks to Rana Mitter
Panama port owner’s deal fuels fears of dominance by world’s top shipping groupNews Feed
CK Hutchison’s $23bn sale has raised worries of MSC’s increased control of global port infrastructure
Nato defence ministers to discuss path to 5% military spendingNews Feed
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Why does Maga world hate Europe?News Feed
Donald Trump’s team is taking its US culture war across the Atlantic with implications for the western alliance
Rising tide of microfinance helps lift South Sudanese boatmakerNews Feed
Rwanda-based lender Inkomoko operates in five countries and is looking to expand in west and central Africa
Inside the collapse of Microsoft-backed tech unicorn Builder.aiNews Feed
Top investors including Qatar are realising they may have backed a business that largely reported artificial revenues
Biden’s activist treasury issuance continues under TrumpNews Feed
Despite past criticism by Scott Bessent and Stephen Miran, the debt strategy persists and is spreading internationally
Trapped in Tangier by Covid ‘turned my idea into reality’News Feed
Abdelilah Hlallouch founded Tingis Web in Morocco when Covid lockdown prevented his return to the Netherlands
Transcript: Bulgaria moves into the EurozoneNews Feed
Marc Filippino talks to Martin Arnold and Paola Tamma