The Week That Shaped the World — 7–14 August 2026The world spent this week arguing about control.Washington and Tehran both claimed authority over the Strait of Hormuz while the economic price of the confrontation became harder to ignor
The Week That Shaped the World — 31 July–7 August 2026A New Defence Bloc Emerges.
The Week That Shaped the World — 24–31 July 2026Europe’s Border Moved to Africa.
The Week That Shaped the World — 17–24 July 2026Oil Reaches $100 as the World Runs Out of Safe RoutesThe Tankers Found a Detour.
The Week That Shaped the World — 10–17 July 2026China’s Record Consumer Defaults Undermine Beijing’s Spending Drive
The Week That Shaped the World — 3–10 July 2026Andy Burnham Set to Replace Keir Starmer as UK Prime Minister — Britain Votes Again, Without Really Choosing, and Other Major Stories of the WeekBritain is preparing to receive another prime minister, which is now less a co
The Week That Shaped the World — 26 June–3 July 2026How War, Heat and Industrial Fear Are Rewriting the Global Balance Sheet — and Other Major Stories of the WeekFor years, governments treated resilience as the sort of word one placed in a glossy strategy document betwe
The Week That Shaped the World — 19–26 June 2026Keir Starmer’s Resignation Tests Britain’s Political Stability — and Other Major Stories of the WeekThere are weeks when history arrives with missiles, summits and televised speeches.
The Week That Shaped the World — 12 – 19 June 2026Trump’s Iran Peace Deal Tests the World’s Faith in Fragile Stability — and Other Major Stories of the WeekThere are weeks when history moves loudly.
The Week That Shaped the World — 5 -12 June 2026SpaceX’s $75bn IPO Tests Wall Street’s Appetite for the New Tech Empire — and Other Major Stories of the WeekThere are weeks when the markets move because of numbers.
The Week That Shaped the World — 29 May - 5 June 2026The Price of Intelligence: AI Chipflation and Other Major Stories of the WeekEvery week seems to arrive with its own official panic. War, oil, inflation, elections, supply chains, housing, heat.
The Week That Shaped the World — 22–29 May 2026The Starobilsk Tragedy, Western Media Silence and Other Major Stories of the WeekThe world this week seemed to move through two realities at once: one where war kept breaking human lives, and another where markets politely