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Analysis by Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The value of some of the world’s best-known luxury companies is plunging as Chinese consumers pull back on spending, with even the most exclusive brands feeling the pain. First-half sales at Bernard Arnault’s luxury powerhouse LVMH, the owner of Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, dropped 10% year

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump didn’t need to do much to win over crypto investors, who are used to being treated like the problem children of the financial world. They’re tinkering in the shadows, doing a thing most normies either don’t understand and/or believe is a scam. In recent

Analysis by Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — An emotional, accelerating campaign to allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults in Britain has reached parliament, with activists hoping the country will become one of few to legalize the process. A Private Member’s Bill is to be introduced in the House of Lords on Friday, putting

Opinion by Cullen Jones (CNN) — After nearly drowning at the age of five, I could never have dreamt that one day I would swim competitively, let alone twice at the Olympics — or that I would become the first Black swimmer to hold a world record. The incident happened, as these occurrences often do,

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden saved his most powerful argument against Donald Trump for the moment he explained to the nation why he was no longer the person to make it. In his primetime Oval Office address on Wednesday, Biden ceded the political stage to Kamala Harris, ushering in an

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — The stage is now officially set for a high-stakes showdown between the NBA and TNT parent company Warner Bros. Discovery. The league on Wednesday rejected WBD’s offer to match a $1.8 billion per year bid from Amazon to broadcast the games, an expected move that pits the David Zaslav-led entertainment conglomerate

Analysis by Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s top diplomat Wang Yi has had a busy week in which two devastating conflicts have loomed large. Wang started by gathering 14 Palestinian factions for reconciliation talks in Beijing, including bitter rivals Hamas and Fatah, before meeting on Wednesday with Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba – the

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — A single CrowdStrike bug sent the entire tech world into chaos last week — a snafu some companies (see: Delta) are still recovering from. Third-party agents selling and supporting CrowdStrike software and the complicated repairs for customers have been a miserably busy bunch over the past

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s planned address to the nation on Wednesday night will be an opportunity to explain his decision not to run for reelection and show he is still up to the task of serving as president – a job he has for nearly six more months,

Opinion by Sara Forastieri Vicente (CNN) — Now that my time in college has come to an end, I’ve been thinking about how much my generation has changed dating culture — and how challenging it is for us to commit to a long-term partner. My friends and I have gone to great lengths to couple

Opinion by Richard Timme (CNN) — Protect. Defend. Save. Three words that define the US Coast Guard’s missions and are central to its ethos statement. For the antithesis of this ethos, look directly at the China Coast Guard. For nearly 234 years, the US Coast Guard has been true to that ethos in carrying out

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s a familiar tale in the aviation industry: A black swan event hits all airlines, causing massive flight cancellations. But, as many begin to recover, one airline emerges as a problem, unable to get it together — to the detriment of its customers and employees. It happened

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s selection as Donald Trump’s running mate has cemented the Republican Party’s reorientation away from the internationalist approach to the world that characterized it for the six decades before his rise. In his brief political career, Vance has embraced militantly isolationist, protectionist, and anti-immigration positions

Analysis by Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Former US President Donald Trump raised eyebrows last week when he accused Taiwan of snatching America’s crown in the $500 billion business of making computer chips. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, the Republican presidential nominee repeated his assertion, first made last year, that the island

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Benjamin Netanyahu has been weaving in and out of US politics for decades. When the Israeli prime minister addresses a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, it will be his fourth such appearance since 1996, more than any other foreign leader in history and the same number

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, Renée Rigdon and Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The ascension of Vice President Kamala Harris to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in less than 48 hours is an unprecedented occurrence in American politics. Her victory in November, if it happens, would also be an extremely rare event. Only four

Opinion by Keith Magee (CNN) — For many nations — not least the US — the upcoming Paris Olympics will take place against a background of deep political and social division. Perhaps, though, the biggest sporting spectacle in the world will unite us for a few days in a way our political leaders cannot. It

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — The stark political reality facing President Joe Biden, prompting his unprecedented decision to exit the 2024 race, might look different had he enjoyed the support of a blindly loyal, propagandistic news media. While Donald Trump has relied on Fox News and an army of MAGA Media

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — In case recent events — an assassination attempt, a new Republican vice presidential nominee, the sitting president contracting Covid before dropping his reelection bid — didn’t leave you feeling sufficiently anxious about the fragility of the global order, let’s not forget that a cybersecurity company you’ve probably

Analysis by Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Caracas (CNN) — It would be easy to dismiss this Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela as a fait accompli. The country’s opposition movement is challenging Nicolas Maduro, a strongman who has ruled Venezuela since 2013 and has made clear he intends to keep doing so – saying last week that