Charles PELLEGRIN

Crippled by international sanctions, and decades of mismanagement and corruption, the Iranian economy has gone through what’s been described as a lost decade of economic growth. As the national currency plummets and purchasing power declines, ordinary Iranians are struggling to […]

US President Donald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia, kicking off his tour of the Middle East. During the trip, microchips used in artificial intelligence (AI) models will be high on the agenda. According to The New York Times, the Trump administration

Why does Donald Trump appear so determined to impose tariffs? Is it about raising revenue and bringing back jobs? Is it about leverage? To help us sort through what could be a complete overhaul of US and global trade policy

According to reporting from Bloomberg, Germany’s envoy to Brussels urged the EU on Wednesday to ease its fiscal rules in order to allow for more defence expenditure to counter Russia. This would mark an important policy shift for a country

At the opening of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, Chinese Premier Li Qiang presented the country’s parliament with his government’s work report for 2025. Li stressed the importance of revitalising domestic consumption as a driver for economic growth, especially

Online scamming has reached global proportions, with an estimated 200,000 people forced to execute lucrative scams in Myanmar and Cambodia alone. This week’s show delves into a criminal activity that’s grown into a $500 billion per year industry that now rivals the

As Ukraine and the US reportedly reach an agreement on a joint exploitation of Ukraine’s critical minerals, FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at exactly which minerals can be found in Ukraine and why they are so crucial to the

France’s independent public audit office shared its assessment of the pension system deficit with Prime Minister François Bayrou this Thursday. This is the starting point of a renegotiation of the 2023 pension reform that raised the legal retirement age from

US President Donald Trump has floated the idea of slapping import duties on all imports of cars, pharmaceuticals and chips, saying to reporters that he could make a formal announcement on April 2. The new tariffs are supposed to encourage

Argentina’s President Javier Milei is defending himself against accusations that he promoted a cryptocurrency that crashed, leaving investors with losses worth billions of dollars. The libertarian firebrand had initially posted a message on social media showcasing the launch of a