Politics
Radical left Mélenchon courts Greens as presidential bid gains steam
CHÂTEAUNEUF-SUR-ISÈRE, France — Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s strong start to his presidential campaign has put pressure on the French Greens to consider whether sitting out next year’s election and supporting
AI boom reopens Australia’s nuclear debate as tech giants circle
If you’ve been forwarded this newsletter, you can sign up free here. I’m watching how foreign tech money and AI demand are nudging Canberra back toward nuclear, and I’m not convinced the usual alarmis
Présidentielle : huit temps forts des candidats face au Medef, selon la rentrée patronale
PARIS — L’orage qui a grondé jeudi sur Roland-Garros n’a pas eu raison du débat, qui a duré trois heures, entre sept des candidats à l’élection présidentielle. Interrogés par cinq chefs d’entreprise à
Nucléaire : la gauche recule sur la fermeture rapide des centrales
PARIS — Alors que les programmes se peaufinent dans les différentes formations présidentielles, la gauche modère ses positions sur le nucléaire. Longtemps hostile à l’atome, La France insoumise et les
Lobbyists gripe about soaring conference fees — then stump up to court Britain’s new power brokers
LONDON — Britain’s party conference circuit is unmissable this year, with a new prime minister in No. 10 Downing Street and several parties jockeying to shape the next political landscape.
‘We weren’t going to be lectured by some of those sanctimonious Scandinavian countries’
Former Prime Minister John Howard led Australia through two dramatic weeks in 2001 that helped shape the country’s course for decades.