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A local walks past a mural featuring oil pumps and wells in Caracas, Venezuela

Venezuela: Trump's $3 billion oil windfall — why it matters

United States of AmericaJanuary 7, 2026
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January 8, 2026

Mercosur deal: French farmers roll tractors into Paris

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Reports & Analysis

A gray Volkswagen Vento parked outside the company's showroom in Mumbai

As China sales slow, can India drive German car growth?

As China sales slow, can India drive German car growth?

German carmakers relied on China for years. Now sales are down as their key market, China, goes electric.
GermanyJanuary 8, 2026
Oilfield workers hold a flag with the corporate logo of Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA on a drilling rig at an oil well operated by them

Is Venezuelan oil United States' main interest?

Is Venezuelan oil United States' main interest?

Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves. Many think Trump's main interest in Venezuela is access to oil.
VenezuelaJanuary 8, 202602:39 min
A gas station stand without power during a blackout, at night

Power outage costs Berlin economy millions of euros

Power outage costs Berlin economy millions of euros

Many businesses in the German capital were left scrambling for ways to power their machines after the arson attack.
GermanyJanuary 7, 202602:49 min
Overlapping Czech one- and two-thousand-crown banknotes

Unpacking Czechia's devotion to cash and its currency

Unpacking Czechia's devotion to cash and its currency

The Czech government wants to change the constitution to anchor the Czech crown as the country's legal tender.
Czech RepublicJanuary 6, 2026
Multiple container ships are docked at Container Terminal Altenwerder at Hamburg Port in Germany

Can Germany escape its economic slump in 2026?

Can Germany escape its economic slump in 2026?

After years of economic downturn, the German economy desperately needs a boost in 2026.
GermanyJanuary 5, 2026
A delivery worker of Zomato, an Indian food-delivery company, rides a bike in Mumbai, India

India's gig economy: Workers demand better conditions, wages

India's gig economy: Workers demand better conditions, wages

The gig economy in India relies on millions of informal workers whose livelihoods depend on app-based platforms.
IndiaJanuary 5, 2026
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Specials & Events

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Delayland – Germany and the missing magic

Why don’t things run like they used to anymore in Germany? And how are other places getting things right?
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In the spotlight

An overhead view of a small stream surrounded by dried up riverbanks

Kashmir communities unite to fight water crisis

Villages are battling climate change and neglect by reviving dried springs — restoring water, heritage and hope.
IndiaJanuary 5, 202607:03 min
Euro and Bulgarian Lev currency notes lined up next to each other

Bulgaria joining eurozone is big deal

Becoming a euro area member signals how the Bulgarian economy has improved over the past decade. But challenges remain.
BulgariaDecember 29, 2025
Oil spraying from a well at Tuba oil field, west of Basra, Iraq, on February 19, 2015

Peak oil: Why the world can't break its fossil fuel habit

If countries don't deliver on pledges, one expert says, production may peak within two years, forcing a chaotic decline.
Global issuesDecember 27, 2025
Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar handing over a symbolic key after making a gift of ambulances to Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi, India, September 10, 2025

India seizes Afghanistan trade opening amid Pakistan rift

India is capitalizing on the Pakistan-Afghanistan dispute by deepening economic ties and boosting engagement with Kabul
AfghanistanDecember 17, 2025
A view of the Peace Monument sculpture in front of the Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) headquarters in Caracas, showing a huge open hand with a petroleum rig in its palm

Why US giant Chevron, not China, may save oil-rich Venezuela

As Maduro's fate grows uncertain, America's renewed leverage could reshape Venezuela's economic and geopolitical future.
VenezuelaDecember 17, 2025
Lionel Messi plays football with young players in Mumbai

Messi's India tour and rise of the solo athlete sports brand

Lionel Messi, LeBron James, Steph Curry — star athletes on solo tours promoting their brand proves sport is changing.
IndiaDecember 16, 2025
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A young woman in Beijing, China displays two gold bars

Gold rush tourism revives China's mines

Record gold prices have drawn tourists to China's mining towns, where they can experience prospecting for themselves.
ChinaJanuary 2, 202603:06 min
Three women sitting at a bar counter

'Sober bars' on the rise as US alcohol consumption falls

Sober bars are reshaping nightlife in NYC as alcohol consumption in the U.S. hits a 90-year low. Can they be profitable?
United States of AmericaDecember 22, 202502:54 min
A tempera-on-canvas picture of Jakob Fugger

How the world's first global trader, Jakob Fugger, got rich

Jakob Fugger once financed emperors, and reshaped global trade and banking, to set the economic course of modernity.
Global issuesDecember 14, 2025