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Living to 100: The New Billion‑Dollar Race to Recode Aging
As longevity startups mature, investors from Sand Hill Road to sovereign funds are backing moonshots—pushing valuations into the billions and testing the line between hype and hard science. SAN FRANCISCO / LONDON — In the span of three years, the…
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Tech Bromance, Fragile Alliance
After the Elon Musk fallout, Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman move closer to President Trump — but White House officials remain skeptical of the Meta and OpenAI chiefs. WASHINGTON — It was the seating chart that launched a thousand whispers:…
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Regulators on the Chopping Block: Reform UK’s Allies Push to Dismantle the Watchdogs
Arron Banks’s call to abolish key regulators sets up a collision between Reform’s anti‑quango zeal and Britain’s rule‑of‑law traditions LONDON — Reform UK’s insurgent campaign collided with the British regulatory state this week after Arron Banks, a close ally of…
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Trade Cliff Ahead: Which African Manufacturers Stand to Lose Most if AGOA Lapses
A UN trade agency warns of “debilitating” hits to some of Africa’s most successful export industries as Washington dithers over the 25-year-old US–Africa trade pact. JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI — A quarter-century after the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) opened the door…
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Adviser or Advocate? EU’s PFAS Crackdown Faces Fresh Conflict-of-Interest Storm
Hiring of Danish consultancy Ramboll—an adviser to the European Chemicals Agency while also working for chemical manufacturers—casts a shadow over the bloc’s ‘forever chemicals’ agenda. Europe’s flagship effort to rein in so‑called “forever chemicals” has been jolted by a conflict-of-interest…
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A Rant for the Ages at the U.N.: Trump’s Broadside Against Allies on Ukraine, Migration, and Green Energy
At the General Assembly’s 80th session, the U.S. president’s nearly hour-long address fused campaign stump lines with foreign policy—and left European partners bristling. NEW YORK — The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly produced its share of diplomatic…
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Peerveillance: Little Brother Rising
As cameras, trackers and AI shrink in size and price, the power to watch — and to judge — shifts from states and platforms to all of us. The easiest way to glimpse the future of surveillance is to stand…
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Congo Ends Cobalt Export Ban—and Caps Shipments With New Quotas
After a seven‑month suspension, the world’s top cobalt supplier will allow exports from October 16 while imposing strict volume limits aimed at stabilizing prices and nudging local processing. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is lifting its seven‑month ban on…
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Buyers Rewrite the Rulebook to Thwart Germany’s ‘Back‑End’ Trade
Acquirers secure early control, tweak offer terms and lean on new case law as hedge‑fund appraisal arbitrage loses its edge Germany’s public‑to‑private deals and strategic takeovers have long attracted a niche of activist hedge funds who specialise in the “back‑end…
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Little More Than FOMO: Why America’s Biggest Public Companies Keep Talking About AI—But Can’t Explain the Payoff
On earnings calls and in filings, S&P 500 leaders sound enthralled with artificial intelligence. Behind the hype, many still struggle to quantify benefits, define use cases, or prove returns. NEW YORK — The corporate love affair with artificial intelligence is…
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