All Articles

Browse the full archive, newest first.

Politics

Briefing: 65, single, seeking a roommate: More seniors are being priced out of living alone

Strategic angle: Roommates overall are skewing older, as young people stay with their parents for longer.

Editorial Staff Apr 4

Money

Briefing: Japan cracks down on its wayward cyclists

Strategic angle: Enforcement regime will levy fines for infractions including using headphones and riding with one hand

Editorial Staff Apr 4

Money

Briefing: The shadowy group claiming attacks around Europe

Strategic angle: Ashab al-Yamin, which uses Iran-linked Telegram channels, has taken responsibility for assaults on ambulances, a synagogue and banks.

Editorial Staff Apr 4

Money

Briefing: Germany’s far-right AfD distances itself from Trump over Iran war

Strategic angle: Alternative for Germany party members told to scale back visits to US as strikes on Iran are deeply unpopular with voters.

Editorial Staff Apr 4

Money

Briefing: Trump’s tales are still muddling markets

Strategic angle: Continuation of the Middle East war is sapping hopes of a return to more normal conditions after the conflict

Editorial Staff Apr 4

Money

Briefing: Former CIA operative: regime change in Iran is much harder than the US thinks

Strategic angle: Covert action can help topple a leader but it rarely builds legitimacy

Editorial Staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan denounces 'judicial harassment' as court case looms over social media post

Strategic angle: Rima Hassan will be tried over allegedly 'promoting terrorism' over an X post referring to a Japanese man who carried out a terror attack in Israel in 1972.

Editorial Staff Apr 4

Money

Briefing: ‘Skip the bin’: Lithium battery disposal efforts get a charge from state law

Strategic angle: New state legislation aims to improve lithium battery disposal practices.

Editorial Staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: Afghanistan earthquake of magnitude 5.9 kills at least 8

Strategic angle: Authorities report ongoing damage assessment in remote areas affected by the quake.

Editorial Staff Apr 4

Travel

Briefing: Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari 308 Could Be Yours, Though You'll Still Have To Grow The 'Stache Yourself

Strategic angle: You're one step closer to everyone's dream of growing up to be Tom Selleck.

Editorial Staff Apr 4