Events Email Briefings
rotating globe
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Energy
  • Gulf
  • China
  • Africa
  • Security
  • Media
  • CEO Signal
  • Semafor World Economy
    • Events
    • Email Briefings
    • Shows
      CEO Signal show coverMixed Signals podcast coverCompound Interest show cover
    • About
    • Speakers Bureau
    • Careers
  • Privacy
    © 2026 Semafor Inc.
Semafor Navigation Logo
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Energy
  • Gulf
  • China
  • Africa
  • Security
  • Media
  • CEO Signal
  • Semafor World Economy
  • EventsEmail Briefings
    Shows
    CEO Signal show coverMixed Signals podcast coverCompound Interest show cover
  • AboutSpeaker BureauCareers
Privacy© 2026 Semafor Inc.
  • D.C.
  • BXL
  • Lagos
  • Riyadh
  • Beijing
  • SG
Events Email Briefings

Intelligence for the New World Economy

  • D.C.
  • BXL
  • Lagos
Semafor Logo
  • Riyadh
  • Beijing
  • SG
rotating globe
Intelligence for the New World Economy
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Energy
  • Gulf
  • China
  • Africa
  • Security
  • Media
  • CEO Signal
  • Semafor World Economy
    • Events
    • Email Briefings
    • Shows
      CEO Signal show coverMixed Signals podcast coverCompound Interest show cover
    • About
    • Speakers Bureau
    • Careers
  • Privacy
    © 2026 Semafor Inc.
Semafor Navigation Logo

HomePoliticsBusinessTechnologyEnergyGulfChinaAfricaSecurityMediaCEO Signal
Semafor World Economy

Tom Chivers

Tom Chivers

Email Tom

Sign up for Semafor Flagship: The daily global news briefing you can trust.

Macron says fires are warlike crisis for France

More than 250,000 people have been evacuated, with fires threatening the outskirts of Bordeaux and raging through popular tourist areas and wine regions.
A burnt car sits in an area affected by a wildfire, in Le Porge, Gironde.
Yves Herman/Reuters

US measles cases surge to 35-year high

The number of cases recorded this year already exceeds all of 2025, as declining vaccination rates allow the highly infectuous disease to spread.
A sign reading “measles testing” is seen as an outbreak in Gaines County, Texas last year.
Sebastian Rocandio/Reuters

A memoir of a cyclist who won nothing

Cycling teams are built around ensuring one rider wins, and Charly Wegelius was not that rider, but a “domestique.”
Domestique: The True Life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro by Charly Wegelius.

Europe cuts overseas aid budgets

European countries are severely reducing overseas aid budgets, compounding Washington’s cuts.
A woman carries a fish basket as she walks past fishermen sorting their catch on the shores of Lake Chilwa, near the border with Mozambique, in Malawi
Eldson Chagara/Reuters

Russia cancels navy parade fearing Ukraine drone attacks

The cancellation of the St Petersburg Navy Day parade shows how Kyiv’s long-range strike capabilities are hurting Russia far from the front lines.
Smoke billows after Ukrainian drone attacks in Moscow.
Stringer/Reuters

Defense giants invest record $4.1B in startups

BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin have reportedly piled a record $4.1 billion into venture capital rounds this year.
A fighter jet at a Lockheed Martin showcase.
Jeremy Lock/Reuters

Oil falls 7% after two days of calm in Gulf

There have been no strikes reported by either the US or Iran since Friday, despite President Donald Trump’s threat of renewed full-scale assault.

The rise and fall of French postmodernism

Emily Eakin’s “terrific” nonfiction debut traces the influence of continental postmodernist philosophy, with all its charismatic, badly behaved, weird characters.

Elder care costs threaten wealth transfer

Economists predicted up to $84 trillion in assets could change hands over 20 years as boomers die and pass on their wealth.

Mayors in Mexico targeted in drug-related violence

Another mayor was fatally shot this week, becoming the 14th city leader killed nationwide since President Claudia Sheinbaum took office in 2024.

US bond yields face pressure

The quantity of US government debt is already sky-high — $31 trillion, compared to $4.5 trillion in 2007 — equivalent to more than 100% of GDP.

US lawmakers propose AI ‘kill switch’ bill

The bipartisan legislation would require companies to maintain the ability to shut down their models at short notice.

Trump eyes ‘massive attack’ on Iran

Trump is losing patience with negotiations after months of fighting an unpopular, expensive war with Iran.

How to just do things

Cate Hall and Sasha Chapin offer tips on taking risks and building up the muscles that let us just do things, rather than letting things happen to us.

Europe’s heatwaves spark continent-wide drought

Water levels have fallen in river systems across Europe, including major waterways like the Rhine and Danube.

Red Sea attacks spur fears of expanding Middle East war

Two Saudi ships were struck by Houthi militants, after the Iran-backed group warned it would blockade the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

EU slaps Google with record $1 billion antitrust fine

The bloc accused the search giant of illegally using its market dominance to favor its own services.

US prepares raft of new global tariffs

The Trump administration’s new proposals, including 50% tariffs on Canada, are expected to be announced as soon as this week.
Semafor Logo

Intelligence for the New World Economy

  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Energy
  • Gulf
  • China
  • Africa
  • Security
  • Media
  • CEO Signal
  • Semafor World Economy
  • EventsEmail Briefings
    Shows
    CEO Signal show coverMixed Signals podcast coverCompound Interest show cover
  • AboutCareersSpeakers Bureau
© 2026 Semafor Inc.
Privacy