2026-07-13 12:10:57
US consumers are already on edge after prices never fell from post-Covid inflation.
2026-07-13 12:00:22
Whenever there’s bad news, shoot the messenger. Last week Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, Britain’s hard-right populist party, found himself in an unlikely alliance with Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex and second son of King Charles III. Both men share an animating passion: They blame the press or “the Establishment” for the wholly avoidable messes they have got themselves into.
2026-07-13 12:00:20
Pity the poor British teen as they try to work out what they’re legally allowed (and not allowed) to do as they enter adulthood.
2026-07-13 11:30:20
It was Baron Hastings Ismay, Winston Churchill’s military advisor and NATO’s original secretary general, who first described the organization as an alliance to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down. Last week’s summit was devoted almost entirely to the second task, which is not a healthy sign.
2026-07-13 11:00:20
The end of the Iran war, despite all the ups and downs in the ceasefire talks, has solved one oil problem. The price of crude has fallen to less than $75 a barrel, roughly where it was before the conflict began in February. But the almost simultaneous escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war in recent weeks is creating another — and less discussed — oil headache: The price of refined petroleum products remain as high as if crude oil was still changing hands above $100 a barrel.
2026-07-13 04:00:20
The resilience of the global economy in coming decades will hinge on geopolitics, the evolution of supply chains, technology — and demographics. Contrary to some troubling depictions, the slide in birthrates doesn’t mean permanently lower growth. Nor does it have to lead to an inexorable erosion in standards of living or the end of innovation. Some high-profile academics are offering a refreshingly upbeat perspective.
