Anthony Bondain

This Week's Best Reads: Trips to Syria, Corsica, the US, the Rhineland, and space

Why AI could push interest rates lower, why small caps are back, why Europe is asleep at the switch as China advances… Here is our weekly selection of the most thought-provoking articles, financial or not at all, gathered from across the map.

03 July 2026 at 06:43 pm AEST

The Week's Best Reads: Trump's Dwindling Allies and the Great Air Conditioning Debate

France's heatwave has triggered a fierce debate over air conditioning, leaving many Americans wondering what there is to debate. However, air conditioning is not the only issue where Europeans and Americans see things differently. The divide has grown so wide that Donald Trump now finds himself without allies among European leaders.

27 June 2026 at 12:22 am AEST

The Week's Best Reads: AI Everywhere, Sauerkraut Too

From the Trump administration's apparent obsession with sauerkraut to a world wondering if it is becoming more predictable, and a Fed described as "honest and stupid," this week's press review offers a varied blend of global narratives.

19 June 2026 at 07:06 pm AEST

The Best Articles of the Week: Musk Dominates the Space (The Media Space… for Now)

SpaceX prepares for an IPO, Anthropic releases a model capable of exploiting vulnerabilities in mere hours, and three editorial boards simultaneously examine the growing impunity of Elon Musk: the week indeed had a central protagonist. Surrounding him: North Korea as an economic miracle, autonomous trucks delivering Doritos, and a question The Economist asks with a straight face: how many times a day do you think about Alexander the Great?

12 June 2026 at 06:36 pm AEST

The Week's Best Reads: Generational Clashes and Many "whys"

It's been a week defined by profound disruptions: the question of whether we are reliving the 1930s or the 1950s haunts the columns of Foreign Policy, while AI continues to upend everything - employment, the courts, the human body, and even the creation of its own successors. The recurring theme: the European decoupling, analyzed from every angle, from mismeasured productivity to Baby Boomers accused of mortgaging the continent's future.

05 June 2026 at 06:41 pm AEST

The Best Reads of the Week: From Data Centers to Battlefields

This week, artificial intelligence is everywhere (as usual, including in this lead!): it is unsettling central bankers, redefining warfare, threatening office space in Phoenix and finally it's driving up water and electricity bills for data centers just about everywhere. While the machines advance, geopolitical balances are being reshaped.

29 May 2026 at 05:27 pm AEST

The Week's Best Reads: Vibe Coding, the World's Worst Job… and Limitless Betting

A week of deep questioning. Is being Prime Minister the world's worst job? Should everything be subject to a forecast? Did Generation Z already exist two centuries ago? And should AI be allowed to compete for literary prizes?

22 May 2026 at 11:34 pm AEST

The Week's Best Reads: As ever, AI, and a Blinking Donald Trump

Hormuz remains the epicenter of the geopolitical world, while AI dominates the economic landscape. For a brief escape, we explore space conquest, cats, Sweden and football.

15 May 2026 at 06:16 pm AEST

Our Favorite Articles of the Week: AI is breaking everything, even hyperscaler accounting

This week in the MarketScreener press review: the courage of The Atlantic, what AI can do (almost everything?) and what it cannot (cerulean blue?).

09 May 2026 at 01:31 am AEST

The Week's Best Reads: Plenty of AI, a Hint of Oil and a Healthy Dose of Narcissism

Will artificial intelligence and narcissism rule the world? Or perhaps they already do? Some of articles in our weekly press review delve into the subject. We also feature striking photography, compelling narratives and global news updates.

24 April 2026 at 08:22 pm AEST

The Week's Best Reads: Mythomaniacs, Mythophiles and Mythologies

Does Anthropic's new AI pose a threat to the world, and if so, how should this headlong rush be managed? Throw in Ralph Lauren, Macintoshes, geopolitics, and a few existential questions, and you have our press review of the week.

17 April 2026 at 10:47 pm AEST

The Week's Best Reads: The Mythos Threat and Why Drones Aren't for Kids

AI is like Captain Haddock's sticking plaster: we try to shake it off in our press review, but it just won't budge. This week, we are (once again) reading about Hormuz, but also about IPOs and the energy market. We also explore why children no longer have drones, why Elon Musk is Elon Musk, and why emotion is taking up so much space in the world.

10 April 2026 at 05:21 pm AEST

The Week's Best Reads: Sex, a Bear Cub, a (Real) Ponzi and Tax Shelters

This week's press review focuses heavily on geopolitics in general and Iran in particular. Meanwhile, the tech sector remains under scrutiny, pondering which AI will ultimately prevail. We also broaden our horizons with history, youth sociology and finally, the art of the perfect Guinness.

20 March 2026 at 08:35 pm AEDT

With Joybuy, China's JD Takes Aim at Amazon in Europe

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is accelerating its expansion in Europe with the launch of its Joybuy marketplace in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, Reuters reports. The push was announced in February. It is now going live.

16 March 2026 at 05:11 pm AEDT

CAC 40 composition to remain unchanged in March

Euronext's Scientific Steering Committee has delivered its late-winter verdict: the flagship index of the Paris market will remain unchanged until its next meeting.

13 March 2026 at 05:06 am AEDT

The Week's Best Reads: Luxury, AI, Karl Marx and Super Narratives

Giorgio Armani has thrown luxury into disarray and the stock market loves stories - especially apocalyptic ones.

27 February 2026 at 10:10 pm AEDT

The "fear trade" in AI makes a comeback

The most popular trading game on Wall Street at present is to imagine how a given sector might be wiped out by innovations built on artificial intelligence. No profession appears immune. Traders have no doubt asked AI itself. The result is a fair amount of damage, delivered in waves. Thursday's session sent technology stocks back to the canvas, keeping markets occupied ahead of the release of US inflation data for January.

13 February 2026 at 06:10 pm AEDT

The Week's Best Articles: Davos, AI, Davos, AI, Davos, AI, Davos…

"If you weren't in Davos this week, you've missed your life." So I've missed my life. But from afar I saw a (French) president in sunglasses, an (American) president in overdrive, a (Canadian) prime minister with a gift for punchline, and a (NATO) secretary general who must have good information to share. Elsewhere, AI is still trying to devour everything.

23 January 2026 at 08:15 pm AEDT

The Week's Best Reads: American copper, Chinese rap and strategic chaos

The year 2026 has started a little too fast for some. This week's press review leans into geopolitics, via pieces on Greenland, sovereignty, Iran and Venezuela. There are also interesting reads on rich France and poor France - and on a France that's spinning its wheels. All rounded out with the inevitable tech topics.

16 January 2026 at 07:13 pm AEDT

The Week's Best Reads: billionaires have too many kids, while Trump is missing data

This week's press review hunts for China's missing men, economists who can pin down the impact of tariffs and predictions for 2026. Donald Trump is the Personality of the week.

19 December 2025 at 09:26 pm AEDT

The Best Articles of the Week: AI in Time, AI in the FT, AI in Noéma, AI in the NYT, AI in Aeon…

In our weekly press review: Europe's decline according to Trump, Burberry's comeback, and private equity's takeover of residential real estate. Also on the menu: the suffering of machines and the surge in RAM prices. Finally, AI remains omnipresent, with Jensen Huang as the FT's Person of the Year and the architects of AI as Time's Persons of the Year.

12 December 2025 at 07:57 pm AEDT