The World in Brief from The Economist
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The World in Brief from The Economist
The World in Brief tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it.Economist Podcasts+ subscribers and digital subscribers to The Economist should log in at economist.com/audio/podcasts/the-worl...
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Trump’s counterterrorism chief resigns; Iran confirms killing of security chief, and more
One of the Trump administration’s top officials resigned in protest against the Iran war.
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Donald Trump delays China talks; claims Iran’s regime is “obliterated”, and more
Donald Trump said he asked China to delay his much-anticipated meeting with Xi Jinping “because of the war” and needing to stay in Washington.
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America’s energy secretary claims Iran war “likely” to end soon; American and Chinese officials meet, and more
Chris Wright, America’s energy secretary, said the war against Iran is “likely” to end within a few weeks.
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North Korea fires missiles into the Sea of Japan; Trump calls for other countries’ ships, and more
North Korea fired what appeared to be around ten missiles into the Sea of Japan as America and South Korea carried out joint military exercises, which...
Judge rejects subpoenas to Fed; America sends more marines to Middle East, and more
The price of Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose above $103 a barrel, the highest amount in almost four years
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Iran’s new leader threatens a bigger fight; oil prices jump again, and more
Iran’s new supreme leader pledged to “avenge” his country’s martyrs in his first public comment since succeeding his father.
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Record release of oil reserves; Trump claims war will end “soon”, and more
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose to over $90 a barrel, despite the International Energy Agency announcing that it would release 400m barrel...
Confusion over the Strait of Hormuz, and more
Iran and the White House both denied that the US navy had escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, contradicting an earlier claim made on...
Trump sends mixed messages; stocks recover, and more
Donald Trump said that the Iran war would be over “very soon” but simultaneously insisted America was “going to go further”.
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Iran names new supreme leader; Israel attacks Iranian oil facilities, and more
Iranian state media reported that Mojtaba Khamenei had been chosen to become the country’s supreme leader.
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Trump calls “surrender”; Iran apologises to neighbours, and more
The United Arab Emirates was in a “time of war”, said the country’s president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in his first statement since the es...
Wall Street stocks fall; Qatar’s energy warning, and more
Israel said it struck an underground bunker in Tehran used by Iranian officials, near to where Iran’s former supreme leader was killed
Trump says he should help pick Iran’s new leader; Congress fails to exert war powers, and more
Donald Trump told reporters that he should help choose Iran’s new supreme leader.
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American submarine sinks Iranian warship; NATO shoots down missile, and more
America’s secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, said that a US Navy submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean.
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Trump offers naval escorts for tankers in Gulf; drones target US consulate in Dubai, and more
Donald Trump said America would “immediately” provide insurance for shipping lines travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, and that the navy would es...
Trump says Iran attack was “our last best chance to strike”; Iran says Strait of Hormuz closed, and more
Donald Trump described America’s attack on Iran as “our last best chance to strike”.
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Oil prices jump; Israel strikes Lebanon, and more
Oil prices surged dramatically when markets opened in Asia as traders reacted to the war in Iran that began over the weekend.
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Iran confirms Khamenei killed; announces period of mourning, and more
Israeli officials said the strikes had also killed senior regime officials, including the commander of the IRGC, and key members of Iran’s nuclear pro...
Trump orders government to stop using Anthropic; America’s ambassador to Israel says staff may leave, and more
Britain’s prime minister pledged to “keep on fighting” after his Labour Party lost a parliamentary by-election in a Manchester constituency it has lon...
Netflix drops bid for Warner Bros; Afghanistan attacks Pakistan, and more
Paramount was poised to secure a deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery, a bigger rival film studio, after Netflix declined to sweeten its bid.
Nvidia forecasts strong growth; Cuba kills four on American speedboat, and more
Nvidia reported strong earnings and projected sales of $78bn for the current quarter, above analysts’ estimates of about $72bn.
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The Pentagon gives Anthropic an ultimatum; Paramount raises Warner bid, and more
Pete Hegseth, America’s secretary of war, gave Anthropic, an AI lab, until Friday to allow the Pentagon freer access to its Claude models.
Peter Mandelson arrested; violence in Mexico after drug kingpin killed, and more
Peter Mandelson was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office after he was accused of sharing confidential government documents with Jeffre...
A Mexican drug kingpin killed; Ukraine’s energy spat, and more
Mexico’s army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the country’s most notorious drug-trafficking gang.
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Iran pressure builds; Donald Trump raises his global tariff, and more
Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, called for calm ahead of a far-right march in Lyon
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American GDP growth slows; Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs, and more
Mr Trump said he was considering limited strikes on Iran to pressure it into nuclear negotiations
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Trump threatens “bad things” for Iran; former Prince Andrew arrested, and more
Donald Trump set a ten-day timeline to reach a diplomatic breakthrough with Iran over its nuclear programme, warning that “bad things will happen” if...
Ukraine-Russia talks falter; Zuckerberg testifies in social-media trial, and more
Ukraine and Russia ended their second day of American-led peace negotiations in Geneva after just two hours.
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Warner Bros resumes talks with Paramount; American-Iranian negotiations end, and more
Warner Bros Discovery, a movie-making giant, is restarting talks with Paramount about a potential deal.
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Iran meets nuclear watchdog before talks with America; Rubio endorses Viktor Orban, and more
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, held talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear watchdog, about his country’s nuclea...
Kaja Kallas rebuts American criticism; Europe considers nuclear proliferation, and more
Kaja Kallas, the vice-president of the European Commission, rejected America’s assertion, made in a national-defence document last year, that Europe i...
Britain says toxin killed Navalny; Rubio takes friendlier approach to Europe, and more
Britain and four European countries said it was “highly likely” that a poison developed from the Ecuador dart frog killed Alexei Navalny, a Russian op...
DP World boss leaves over Epstein fallout; Trump sends second aircraft-carrier to Middle East, and more
America’s annual inflation rate fell further than expected in January, to 2.4%
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Minnesota immigration operation to end; Bangladesh Nationalist Party eyes election victory, and more
Donald Trump’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, said that federal immigration agents would end their operation in Minnesota after more than two months.
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America adds more jobs than expected; suspect in Canada shooting identified, and more
America’s economy added 130,000 jobs in January, almost double the number that analysts had been expecting, indicating that the labour market might ha...
Sir Keir Starmer faces pressure to quit; America seizes Venezuelan oil tanker, and more
Sir Keir Starmer told MPs he was “not prepared to walk away”, hours after Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, urged him to resign.
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Takaichi Sanae triumphs in Japan; Jimmy Lai sentenced, and more
Takaichi Sanae won a landslide victory in Japan’s snap election.
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America demands peace in Ukraine by June; Iran threatens American bases, and more
Donald Trump deleted a video from his social-media account that depicted Barack Obama, a former president, and his wife, Michelle, as apes
Suicide bombing in Pakistan; Tech stocks bounce back, and more
Donald Trump deleted a video from his social-media account that depicted former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as apes
Amazon spooks investors; Bitcoin’s sell-off deepens, and more
Shares in Amazon fell by as much as 10% after the tech giant said it planned to spend $200bn this year on capital expenditure, which includes data cen...