Global attention continues to fragment across overlapping crises and evolving developments that touch nearly every continent, with wars, elections, climate shocks, trade disputes, and technological rivalries all feeding into one another in ways that shape the daily headlines as well as long-term forecasts; in Europe the war in Ukraine has settled i… Read More

shortages, long waitlists, and rising drug costs as breakthrough therapies in oncology, obesity, and rare diseases challenge payers to design outcomes-based reimbursement and cross-border trial recruitment, while the WHO urges countries to close immunization gaps and modernize surveillance to catch outbreaks earlier; climate remains a throughline: … Read More

serve as both shock absorbers and arenas for competition over standards for data flows, e-commerce, and green goods; in the Taiwan Strait, language around deterrence and dialogue remains finely calibrated, with industry leaders gaming scenarios for semiconductor continuity plans, alternative fabs, and inventory buffers to withstand disruptions that… Read More

of "important" peace efforts, while in Kyiv, Russia’s mass night-time missile and drone attack has killed at least four civilians and injured many more. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are scheduled to attend a joint military parade in Beijing alongside Xi Jinping, a display of solidarity amid escalating tensi… Read More