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President Donald Trump's hyping of a plan to boost ethanol demand drew cheers at an Iowa rally on Tuesday, but the oil refining industry has promised a...

Nationalistic and free market advisers to Brazil's right-wing presidential frontrunner are deeply split about the future of state-run oil company...

From cutting power subsidies to forcing currency devaluations that stoke inflation, the hard choices facing Pakistan as it seeks a bailout from the...

Storm clouds were building over the global economy, even before the brutal sell off in stock markets during the last 24 hours. Escalating oil prices, rising...

The contours of US President Donald Trump’s trade strategy are becoming clearer by the day. America’s trading partners face dramatic threats. But, as...

New technologies reduce the prices of goods and services to which they are applied. They also lead to the creation of new products. Consumers benefit from...

In 1831, when Charles Darwin boarded The Beagle for its five-year voyage of exploration, ships navigated with the help of chronometers, which showed the...

When a senior representative of Italy's ruling coalition met international investors over dinner last week he was asked at the end of the evening if he...

There are a lot of oddballs in US President Donald Trump’s entourage, but few are as odd – or as sinister – as 33-year-old Stephen Miller, Trump’s...

The key strategic issue in East Asia is the rise of Chinese power. Some analysts believe that China will seek a form of hegemony in East Asia that will lead...