This Month
Meloni vows to ‘relaunch’ cooperation with China
Italy was the only Group of Seven country to join the massive Belt and Road Initiative, but it withdrew last year under US pressure over Beijing’s economic reach.
- Giselda Vagnoni and Laurie Chen
French swimming sensation rises as star of the games
Leon Marchand has drawn comparisons to American champion Michael Phelps and has lived up to those staggering expectations with his first gold medal on day two.
- Paul Newberry
Von der Leyen and Starmer plan meeting to drive UK-EU ‘reset’
Britain’s new PM is seeking better trade terms with the EU, while chancellor Rachel Reeves has suggested the UK could align with EU regulations in some areas.
- Andy Bounds and George Parker
Meloni seeks to bring nuclear power back to Italy
Environment and Energy Security Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said Rome plans to introduce legislation to enable investments in small modular nuclear reactors.
- Amy Kazmin
They’re young, rich, and in the French Riviera
Cashed-up, glamorous young Aussies have descended on Saint-Tropez and Monte Carlo, spending their time on superyachts and at $1500-plus per night hotels.
- Yolanda Redrup
England eye Euro history after stunning late goal
England downed the Netherlands 2-1 in the European Championships for a chance to take on Spain in the final.
- Updated
- Steve Douglas
Robert Bates holidays in Italy aboard Packer yacht
Investors allege the Aquamamma founder made baseless claims about the companies’ financial success. All while he slathers on the sunscreen.
- Jessica Sier
June
Top Fed official warns interest rates may need to go up again
Michelle Bowman said looser financial conditions and government stimulus “could add momentum to demand, stalling progress or even causing inflation to accelerate”.
- Claire Jones
China, EU agree to talks to head off EV trade war
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis will hold discussions to ease an escalating dispute.
- Keith Bradsher
Why Permira got cold feet over Golden Goose IPO
After more than 10 months of preparation, the Italian footwear brand was seeking to raise about $966 million in a Milan listing as early as Friday. Then something went wrong.
- Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli, Ivan Levingston and Kaye Wiggins
When in Rome, leave in a private jet: on board a $76.5k group tour
There’s nothing like having a plane chartered for you to take the stress out of travelling between Europe’s great cities and iconic sites.
- Bonnie Campbell
Why markets like to see new political faces
Whether a government is weak or strong, left or right, doesn’t seem to matter much for economies, but new leaders are associated with higher growth and returns.
- Ruchir Sharma
US targets Houthi radar sites after sailor goes missing
The attacks come as the US Navy faces the most intense combat it has seen since World War II in trying to counter the Houthi campaign.
- Jon Gambrell
Biden courts Hollywood, while Trump tackles swing state
Some of Hollywood’s brightest stars headlined a glitzy fundraiser for the president, while his opponent was on the hustings in the crucial battleground state of Michigan.
- Darlene Superville and Will Weissert
- Updated
- Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine peace summit seeks consensus on Russia rebuke
China’s absence from the meeting and the attendance of lower-level diplomats from the BRICS states cast a shadow over efforts to win over the Global South.
- Updated
- Thomas Escritt and Sabine Siebold
Biden vows weapons, aid for Ukraine ‘until they prevail’
The US president has signed a new security agreement with Volodymyr Zelensky, and the G7 plans $75 billion in aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia.
- Updated
- Matt Viser and Tyler Pager
EU to impose multibillion-euro tariffs on Chinese electric cars
The European Commission is set to tell carmakers that it will provisionally apply additional duties of up to 25 per cent on imported Chinese EVs from July.
- Andy Bounds
- Opinion
- World elections
The last best hope against populism is to expose it to government
Emmanuel Macron has concluded that power often tames radical parties or demonstrates their incompetence. His election call might be the most prudent thing he could have done.
- Janan Ganesh
- Opinion
- World elections
Europe’s real threat is not the far-right
The populists who won big at Europe’s weekend elections are blind to the bloc’s severe economic decline, especially compared to Asia and the US.
- Updated
- Max Hastings
Italy’s Meloni strengthens grip at EU elections
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right Brothers of Italy won about 28.8 per cent of the vote, strengthening her political position at home and in Europe.
- Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante