A year ago, on April 2, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump appeared in the White House Rose Garden with an announcement that would become one of the defining policies of his second term. The president unveiled a vast list of country-specific tariffs in what he dubbed his “liberation day” trade policies — a move that…
This picture taken from Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing over destroyed buildings during an Israeli strike on the besieged Palestinian territory on July 17, 2025. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty Images A document detailing plans for post-war Gaza aims to make President Donald Trump’s “Gaza Riviera” vision a reality —…
Digital render of NEOM’s The Line project in Saudi Arabia The Line, NEOM Saudi Arabia’s mammoth sovereign wealth fund saw a major decline in investments in its so-called “gigaprojects,” amounting to an $8 billion write-down at the end of 2024 — despite assets under management reaching nearly $1 trillion, according to its annual report. Gigaproject…
