US news
- Japan, Travel & leisure, Economics, Business, Economic growth (GDP), Coronavirus, Dollar, US news, Stock markets, World news, Asia Pacific, Vaccines and immunisation, UK news
Sterling reaches $1.39 in best performance for three years
FTSE 100 posts biggest daily gain for over a month as investors buoyed up by vaccine and US economy hopesThe p…
-
Weatherwatch: how typhoons in Korea made California wildfires worse
New study highlights how events in one region can create a domino effect felt thousands of miles awayLast year…
- Japan, Economics, Global economy, Business, Coronavirus, US news, World news, Asia Pacific, China, US economy, UK news, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Uneven recovery from Covid recession could hit poorer countries hard | Kenneth Rogoff
If higher inflation leads the US Fed to raise rates soon, emerging markets will face problemsEconomic recovery…
- Japan, Joe Biden, US news, World news, Asia Pacific, China, Middle East and North Africa, Russia, Donald Trump
Joe Biden talks tough on putting the world to rights. But can he deliver?
The new US president faces a series of intractable foreign policy problems that won’t be solved by signing exe…
- Japan, Brazil, Sweden, Europe, Africa, South and Central Asia, Coronavirus, US news, World news, Germany, Asia Pacific, China, France, Spain, Italy, India, Americas, Taiwan
From lockdowns to pool parties: how Covid rules vary around the world
Countries have adopted different rules on business activity, education, socialising and travelCurfews and lock…
-
US takes aim at China territorial claims as Biden vows to back Japan
US president smooths over Trump-era complaints to deepen Japan security alliance as new secretary of state rej…
-
Global report: South Korea at Covid ‘crossroads’ as global concern mounts over variants
Norway extends UK travel ban; Japan refuses arrivals from South Africa; Turkey requires all arrivals to provid…
-
Australia spends $500,000 to strengthen tech ties with Quad allies amid China tension
Regional democracies including US, Japan and India step up cooperation on cybersecurityAustralia will spend $5…
- Japan, Environment, Joe Biden, Climate change, US news, World news, China, Paris climate agreement, UK news, South Korea, Democrats, Science, US politics
The Guardian view on Biden and the climate crisis: fight for net zero | Editorial
A US president who recognises the threat will make a huge difference, but environmentalists must push hardTher…
-
Biden win boosts global stock markets as FTSE 100 surges
UK index jumps back above 6,000 mark as Nikkei reaches its highest level since 1991Financial markets around th…
-
Boyfriends for rent, robots, camming: how the business of loneliness is booming
Even before the Covid pandemic, loneliness had been deemed an official epidemic in several countries – and som…
-
Global report: Donald Trump calls 200,000 US coronavirus deaths ‘a shame’
US president says it could have been 2.5 million deaths; Japan considers easing border controls; WHO announces…
- Japan, Life and style, Craft, US news, World news, Documentary films, Design, Art and design, Culture, Film
Wood life: the soulful craft of George Nakashima
A new family-led documentary reveals the story of the US woodworker who, influenced by the philosophy of Japan…
- Japan, Technology, Business, US news, World news, Technology sector, Asia Pacific, UK news, Mergers and acquisitions, Smartphones, Mobile phones
Cambridge staff ‘fobbed off’ at meeting over Arm sale to Nvidia, says union
UK government urged to intervene in SoftBank’s $40bn deal with US tech firmOpposition to the $40bn (£31bn) sal…
-
UK tech giant Arm Holdings to be sold to US company Nvidia in $40bn deal
Chip designer’s co-founder says deal is ‘absolute disaster’ that will lead to UK job lossesOne of Britain’s mo…
-
Warren Buffett invests $6bn in Japan’s five biggest trading houses
The 90-year-old US business tycoon hopes for ‘opportunities of mutual benefit’Warren Buffett has invested $6bn…
- Japan, Australia news, US news, World news, Asia Pacific, France, South Korea, Middle East and North Africa
Coronavirus live news: face masks to be mandatory across Paris as R number rises to 1.4 in France
Measure brought in to curb surging coronavirus infections in French capital; Europe sees increase in infection…
- Japan, Singapore, Australia news, US news, Coronavirus outbreak, World news, New Zealand, China, France, Italy
Global report: Japan hit by biggest GDP fall in 40 years, Australia suffers deadliest day
New Zealand postpones general election; US coronavirus death toll passes 170,000; Italy closes nightclubs for …
-
‘Bombs can’t kill viruses’: Hawaii faces backlash as international war games approach
As coronavirus case numbers soar, the state prepares to host Rimpac, the world’s largest international maritim…
- Japan, US news, Law, Nuclear weapons, World news, War crimes, Asia Pacific, Second world war, UK news, Race
Don’t let the victors define morality – Hiroshima was always indefensible | Kenan Malik
The decision 75 years ago to use atomic bombs was fuelled not by strategy but by sheer inhumanity“If we’d lost…