Europe’s push for “digital sovereignty” has surged to the forefront of policy debates and consumer behavior across the continent. Fueled by concerns over data privacy, geopolitical uncertainty, and the outsized influence of American technology giants, governments, businesses, and everyday users are...

President Donald Trump’s announcement on June 21 that U.S. forces had carried out precision strikes on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities has set global financial markets on edge. With trading floors in Europe and Asia reopening Sunday evening, investors are warning that oil...

China’s property sector, once a pillar of rapid economic expansion, has entered its fourth consecutive year of contraction, with home prices, sales and investment all registering sharp declines. What began as a liquidity crisis among heavily indebted developers has morphed into a broader malaise...

The Federal Reserve’s recent policymaking sessions have underscored a growing divide among its leadership over whether to continue guarding against upside inflation risks or to pivot more decisively toward interest‑rate reductions. In public remarks following June’s decision to hold the federal...

Nvidia and Foxconn are poised to break new ground in factory automation with plans to deploy humanoid robots at Foxconn’s upcoming AI server manufacturing facility in Houston. If realized, this initiative would mark a watershed moment in the convergence of advanced robotics and large‑scale...

Global equity markets have witnessed an abrupt stall in initial public offerings this year, as trade tensions, central-bank tightening and persistent market turbulence have dampened appetite for new listings. Through mid‑June, worldwide IPO proceeds have slipped to their lowest annual level in...

Late last month, the world’s largest car-carrying vessel—capable of bearing the equivalent of 20 football fields’ worth of automobiles—made its maiden call at Itajaí, Brazil’s bustling southern port. On board, some 5,500 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) from China’s BYD, the world’s leading...

China is intensifying its efforts to promote the digital yuan abroad, aiming to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar, modernize cross‑border payments, and buttress economic resilience against future geopolitical shocks. At a recent high‑level financial forum in Shanghai, People’s Bank of China...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Tuesday announced a strategic adjustment to its quantitative tightening program, slowing the reduction of its Japanese government bond (JGB) purchases from April 2026. Governor Kazuo Ueda confirmed that, while the central bank will continue to shrink its massive balance...

Over the past year, leading U.S. pharmaceutical firms have dramatically increased partnerships with Chinese biotech companies to secure access to promising molecules and early‑stage assets. Faced with a looming patent cliff—where more than $200 billion in existing revenues will expire by the...

China’s leading electric-vehicle manufacturers are rapidly integrating advanced driver-assistance features into mass-market models at price points that undercut Tesla’s offerings. Companies such as BYD, Xpeng, Leapmotor and others now include multi-sensor assisted-driving systems in vehicles priced...