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The crowning legislative achievement of Mr Trump’s first term was the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which lowered America’s federal corporate-tax rate from 35% to 21%.

America Inc is hoping for a tax bonanza. It may be disappointed

5 min read . 16 Jan 2025

With the help of AI, existing tools known as emulators can customise conventional models to suit their end users’ needs. (Image: Pixabay)

Artificial intelligence is helping improve climate models

4 min read . 16 Jan 2025

As the Trump administration takes charge, Wall Street anticipates significant deregulatory changes that could reshape banking and finance.

Will Donald Trump unleash Wall Street?

4 min read . 16 Jan 2025

Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy junior to be the secretary of health in his incoming administration. Photo: AFP

Should America ban fluoride in its drinking water?

3 min read . 15 Jan 2025

Consulting and finance industries have long absorbed the majority of graduates from top business schools. (Image: Pixabay)

Why elite MBA graduates are struggling to find jobs

6 min read . 15 Jan 2025

Eight in ten of the world’s solar panels are made in China, according to the International Energy Agency. (Image: Pixabay)

Mega-polluter China believes it is a climate saviour

5 min read . 14 Jan 2025

In Mississippi, a Trump stronghold, more than 65% of searches with both candidate names included 'Trump' first—the highest in any state. Photo: Reuters

Polls get elections wrong. So use Google, says Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

4 min read . 14 Jan 2025

Following US sanctions, an estimated 20m barrels of Iranian oil remain stranded at sea, most of which sits off the coasts of Malaysia and Singapore. (Illustration/File Photo: Reuters)

Iran is vulnerable to a Trumpian all-out economic assault

4 min read . 14 Jan 2025

Donald Trump Jr in Nuuk, Greenland, on 7 January. Photo: AP

What do Greenlanders think of being bought?

3 min read . 13 Jan 2025

Central bankers across the rich world have cut rates—yet the real economy is seeing little or no relief. The borrowing costs facing businesses and households have barely budged. (Image: Pixabay)

Why global bond markets are convulsing

5 min read . 13 Jan 2025

Outgoing US President Joe Biden. (AP/PTI)

Joe Biden’s mixed legacy on Japan

3 min read . 12 Jan 2025

Israel again controls the lives of all 7m Palestinians in the land that was their ancestral home. (REUTERS)

Has the war in Gaza radicalised young Palestinians?

8 min read . 11 Jan 2025

Uncle Sam bars Huawei, a Chinese firm, from installing its telecoms kit in America; China discourages the sale of Silicon Valley’s servers and cloud-computing products within its borders. (REUTERS)

The front line of the tech war is in Asia

3 min read . 11 Jan 2025

Fit people live up to seven years longer than couch potatoes.

Should you start lifting weights?

2 min read . 11 Jan 2025

People stand next to a damaged store building in the aftermath of a shelling, which local Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, (Photo: Reuters)

Kremlin-occupied Ukraine is now a totalitarian hell

4 min read . 10 Jan 2025

China’s Navy is not just the world’s largest, but also has the newest vessels.. AFP PHOTO/POOL/MIKE CLARKE

In some areas of military strength, China has surpassed America

4 min read . 10 Jan 2025

Ten-year yields were at 4.82%, the most since the financial crisis of 2007-09.

Why have Britain’s bond yields jumped sharply?

3 min read . 10 Jan 2025

Since the last round of American- and Qatari-mediated talks with Israel collapsed in August, the Qataris, once welcoming, have cooled on Hamas. (Image: Pixabay)

Quitting Qatar is the least of Hamas’s problems

3 min read . 09 Jan 2025

Future of Russia’s gas industry now hinges on its ability to produce much more gas in liquid form (LNG) and ship it to alternative buyers.. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo (REUTERS)

Sanctions are sinking Russia’s flagship gas project

4 min read . 09 Jan 2025

Greenland’s resources have gone relatively unexploited owing to the difficulty of operating in the territory’s harsh, remote areas. (Image: Pixabay)

An American purchase of Greenland could be the deal of the century

4 min read . 09 Jan 2025