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US-China relations

China rebukes west over military moves after close call in Taiwan Strait

Defence minister slams ‘navigational hegemony’ in warning that highlights growing risk of unintended conflict in Asia

US defence chief warns China against risky behaviour in Indo-Pacific

China set to account for less than half of US’s low-cost imports from Asia

AstraZeneca PLC

AstraZeneca defies geopolitics to bet on China

Editor's picks

Ukraine’s rapid reconstruction will be in Europe’s own interest

The frictionless life goes on

Top stories

UBS considers delaying results after Credit Suisse rescue deal

Pushing second-quarter results until the end of August would buy the bank time to work through complex takeover

Middle Eastern politics

Erdoğan signals economic shift for Turkey as he revamps cabinet

President brings back well-regarded finance minister a week after winning second-round of presidential poll

Three Israeli soldiers shot dead on Egyptian border

Adani and Total bet on India’s LNG recovery

Country’s imports are picking up after years of stagnation due to the pandemic and war in Ukraine

Japanese economy

Japan inflation will drive savers back to the stock market, says exchange chief

JPX president suggests cash was king in deflationary times but households now need better returns

Sony chief plays down threat to consoles from cloud gaming

Spotlight

The Big Read. Orlen: is Poland’s energy giant a tool of the government?

The oil and gas company and its chief executive are at the centre of a debate over political influence on the economy

Work-life balance

The dismal truth about email

Office life will always be grinding if we do not stop the torrent of communications

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Alexis Tsipras: Greece’s leftist firebrand runs out of steam

Former prime minister’s party loses a third of its voters in four years, while ruling party gains ground

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Work-life balance

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Services that take on the boring family admin claim they free up more headspace for professional endeavours. Emma Jacobs tried it out

Sunday Number 6: World Puzzle

Saudi Arabia’s ‘prickly prince’ of oil bristles as crude price slides

Barring of journalists from this weekend’s Opec+ meeting underlines Prince Abdulaziz’s tempestuous reputation

US and UAE endorse security partnership despite frustrations

Train crash in India kills more than 260 people

Investigation under way into cause of country’s deadliest rail accident in decades

Indonesia floats Ukraine peace plan, triggering sharp western criticism

Divergent responses to proposal illustrate deep divides between US, Europe and global south over the conflict

Nations split on how to cut plastic pollution after week of UN talks

US, Russia and China want a voluntary system in which countries establish their own rules

Virtual and Augmented Reality

Virtual reality start-ups pin hopes on Apple to lure back funding

Frenzy over iPhone maker’s longed-for launch of mixed reality headset has reached ‘fever pitch’

Charts that Matter. Handful of tech stocks drive diverging measures of S&P 500 performance

Opinion

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The actions of one Indian official are a guide to what not to do when in a panic

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Unsupervised generative AI could harm users and no one should risk their mental stability with ad hoc experimentation

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Music markets are ‘glocalising’ — and the English-speaking world better get used to it

AI has given Palantir its mystique back

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US News

Hot jobs market piles pressure on Fed to raise rates later this summer

The US central bank is expected to skip an increase this month but keep the door open to further tightening

Musk and Dimon lead corporate charge to Beijing as ties with US fray

CIA chief made secret trip to China in bid to thaw relations

US Senate passes bill to end debt ceiling stand-off and avoid default

West resumes talks over how to deal with Iran nuclear crisis

‘People rot from the inside out’: lethal xylazine deepens the US drug crisis

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Russia’s state gas company has recruited, equipped and paid security guards to join the invasion

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Saudi crown prince turns to ‘state capitalism’ after change in the guard

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