World leaders gather at the UN amid wars, AI warnings and doubts about its future
The global crises come as the U.N. has been pushed to the sidelines in trying to end major conflicts in the Mideast and Ukraine
Stories from Fortune
Use this page to scan recent stories from Fortune, see the themes that keep appearing, and jump into complete story briefs.
Recurring themes in this source.
PoliticsNewsReal EstateFinanceCryptoMiddle EastSuccessLeadershipCybersecurityTechAsiaLatestEconomyCommentary
Recent curated reads
As high fuel costs force people to choose between filling up or buying groceries, Trump says ‘it’s a very inexpensive price to pay’ for the Iran war
“Gas prices matter because they’re one of the few economic indicators voters experience and see in real time,” said veteran Republican strategist Chris Wilson.
‘Stealth wealth’ is reshaping luxury real estate: How the ultrarich buy multimillion-dollar mansions off the books
The ultrawealthy now treat visibility as a liability and they're paying to disappear from luxury real estate records.
Onchain finance is coming to Wall Street—and ignoring it is no longer an option
Two veteran financial attorneys say once-exotic blockchain are already being integrated into traditional finance.
The Middle East’s female founders are on the rise. Why isn’t the funding following?
While progress has been made to address a lack of funding for MENA female-founded startups, structural hurdles in how capital is sourced and distributed still need to be overcome.
Billionaire YouTuber MrBeast spent $10 million building a village in Ghana—he says viewers watch philanthropy videos less but ‘I’ll keep making them’
Donaldson wrote on social media platform X that his 14-year career on YouTube so far had been leading up to the humanitarian project, which took eight months to complete.
Ukraine’s book industry faces collapse after Russian strikes destroy warehouses
At least 40 publishing houses and multiple bookstores have been damaged as Ukraine warns its book industry could collapse.
Google fined €403 million by EU over location data privacy violations
It's the fourth biggest EU privacy fine issued by the Data Protection Commission, the EU's Irish watchdog, and has three other probes into Google open
U.S.-China gastrodiplomacy: Despite political tension, fast food chains from both countries gain popularity in each other’s territory
Mixue, one of the world’s largest fast-food chains with more than 53,000 locations, opened its first three U.S. stores in December.
The economy has undergone a structural transformation that ended the low-cost era. ‘The regime change in inflation and interest rates is the outcome’
The shift, in many ways, returns the economy to where it was before the financial crisis in December 2007 that lasted through June 2009.
A hotter world, tighter budgets: the World Wildlife Fund on Climate Week’s 2026 test
Nature Is climate infrastructure. It's also the least funded.
Billionaire Melinda French Gates once revealed she refused to fund her Gen Z daughter’s startup—despite being worth over $34 billion
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has long warned that his kids won’t be coasting off his fortune—and Melinda French Gates is making sure that mindset starts early, by insisting her daughter raises capital on her own.
Read this source in the app
Open the app view when you want faster scanning, saved stories, and source-focused reading in one place.