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The Conservative leader lost the first vote but won the second. His prize? Taking the reins of a Germany that faces its most serious combination of economic, security, and political challenges since 1989.
UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds meets Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal for trade talks, in London, United Kingdom, on April 28, 2025.
The United Kingdom on Tuesday sealed its largest trade deal since leaving the European Union, inking a pact with India in a big political win for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Across America, Walmart is supporting communities by working with small businesses, like beyondGREEN, in San Antonio, TX. Since becoming a Walmart supplier in 2023, the Texas-based company built a new factory and hired over 100 employees. Across the country, Walmart’s $350 billion investment in products made, grown, or assembled in America supports the creation of over 750,000 US jobs. Learn how Walmart’s investment in US manufacturing helps small businesses grow.
Quantum technology offers the next frontier of innovation. As the global race for quantum technology intensifies, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith highlights the need for the United States to harness its heritage of scientific innovation and outlines three strategic actions to ensure American quantum leadership. These actions include increasing government-funded quantum research, developing a skilled quantum workforce, and securing the quantum supply chain. Learn more here.
On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, New York Times journalist Jeremy Peters warns that the Trump administration’s crackdown on campus protesters may be chilling political expression far beyond elite universities.
Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz did not become Germany’s chancellor as planned on Tuesday after at least 18 members of his coalition either abstained or voted against him.
As Western nations adopt increasingly hardline stances on migration, Rwanda has positioned itself to capitalize on these concerns by offering to accept deportees in exchange for payment.
The International Court of Justice on Monday rejected Sudan’s claims that the United Arab Emirates had violated the Genocide Conventions by allegedly supplying arms to the Rapid Support Forces, a rebel paramilitary group involved in ethnic violence in Darfur.
The Israeli security cabinet on Monday approved a new plan for Gaza that entails using tens of thousands of additional troops in a fresh campaign that could end with Israel’s takeover of the entire enclave.