State swing: recognising Palestine
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The aims of France, Britain and Canada in recognising a Palestinian state are laudable—but now is ...
Luxe run out? LVMH
31 Jul 2025
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LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, to use its proper name, is led by Bernard Arnault, who is cred...
Heavy meddle: Trump and Brazil
30 Jul 2025
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President Donald Trump’s animus towards his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is be...
Pause for little effect: a trickle of aid in Gaza
29 Jul 2025
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Localised “tactical pauses” in Gaza relieve international pressure on Israel more than they reli...
EU gotta know when to hold ‘em: America’s latest trade deal
28 Jul 2025
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The European Union will swallow 15% tariffs in exchange for promises to buy American. We examine the...
Xiaomi the way: a Chinese tech giant gets bigger
25 Jul 2025
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The smartphone giant is now making strong inroads in the electric-vehicle market. But can its boss’...
Anti-anti-corruption? A bill in Ukraine sparks protests
24 Jul 2025
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A new bill threatening the independence of anti-corruption agencies has brought Ukrainians onto the ...
The smaller C: progress in beating cancer
23 Jul 2025
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Overall, more people are dying from cancer. But a closer look at the numbers reveals just how much s...
Hawks v talks: barriers to peace in Gaza
22 Jul 2025
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Even as Western countries band together to condemn Israel’s actions, aid remains at a trickle and ...
Land of the rising shun? Immigration and Japan’s politics
21 Jul 2025
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The Liberal Democratic Party, which has dominated the country’s politics for seven decades, just g...
The ships are down: Houthis resume strikes
18 Jul 2025
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Once again, commercial vessels sailing in the Red Sea are being attacked. Our correspondent explains...
Gown and out: are British universities broke?
17 Jul 2025
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UK universities are internationally renowned, but their finances are in a mess. Our correspondent of...
The bomb (part 1): were nuclear weapons inevitable?
16 Jul 2025
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Where did the world’s most devastating weapon come from? In a four-part series, we go behind the s...
Internet dating: will AI kill the web?
16 Jul 2025
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The business model of the internet is built on people visiting sites to find out information. As Art...
Kyiv reprieve: Trump loses patience with Putin
15 Jul 2025
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For months, Donald Trump has appeared to back Vladimir Putin. Now, frustrated at the lack of a cease...
Old-school Thai: is another coup coming?
14 Jul 2025
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After Thailand’s constitutional court suspended the country’s prime minister, our correspondent ...
The Weekend Intelligence: The hunt for Austin Tice
12 Jul 2025
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On December 8th, 2024, rebels swept into Damascus and ousted Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad. One ...
At your services: Britain’s economic bright spot
11 Jul 2025
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Growth is abysmal; wages are low. But seen from the outside, Britain is a great place to contract se...
Migration roots: the broken asylum system
10 Jul 2025
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Immigration is a political lightning rod in part because the ageing global asylum pact is no longer ...
Sprawl of duty: Trump’s tariff drama
09 Jul 2025
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Once again President Donald Trump extended the deadline for spine-stiffening tariffs to go into effe...
The French reconnection: Macron in Britain
08 Jul 2025
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Anglo-French relations have not been so good since before the Brexit vote. Beneath the state-visit p...
Trump card: can he broker a Gaza deal?
07 Jul 2025
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While Israel and Hamas officials discuss a ceasefire via mediators in Qatar, a key meeting will take...
Oh Keir! Labour’s torrid first year
04 Jul 2025
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After a landslide victory and promises for radical renewal, Britain’s Labour government is failing...
Hard-core business: valuing OnlyFans
03 Jul 2025
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OnlyFans transformed the online porn industry by making users subscribe for adult content. Now it is...
Bill baby bill: Trump’s landmark legislation
02 Jul 2025
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As Donald Trump’s landmark legislation narrowly passes the Senate, our correspondent analyses the ...
Hard cell: Aung San Suu Kyi at 80
01 Jul 2025
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She was once the great hope for Myanmar. Though Aung San Suu Kyi fell from grace – and now sits in...
Truce believers: Rwanda and Congo’s fragile deal
30 Jun 2025
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After decades of conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, last week Donald Trum...
Going gang-buster: we meet Ecuador’s president
27 Jun 2025
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Yesterday’s arrest of a notorious gang leader is a win for Daniel Noboa. He assures our journalist...
Not-deciding factor: Iran’s supreme leader
26 Jun 2025
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We examine the path of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, once a bookish cleric underrated by everyone—includ...
Stayed in China: a domestic-brand boom
25 Jun 2025
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Western brands used to define cool and luxurious in China. No longer. Now consumers are turning to h...
Truce and consequences: a fragile ceasefire in Iran
24 Jun 2025
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Iran’s strikes both before and apparently after a ceasefire began seem to threaten peace. If it ho...
Company profile: Corning
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The picturesque town of Corning in upstate New York doesn’t look like the site of bleeding-edge in...
No good options: how Iran will respond
23 Jun 2025
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After America’s strikes intended to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme, one question is whether th...
Hurry up and wait: Trump’s choice on Iran
20 Jun 2025
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The most consequential decision of Donald Trump’s presidency is now on pause for two weeks. We exa...
I’d like not to thank the academy: graduates’ fortunes slip
19 Jun 2025
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The workplace wisdom that a university degree is a sure-fire key to success is very much in question...
A house divided against itself: America simmers
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Political assassinations. Troops on city streets. National protests. We examine the edgy mood inside...
Confused unity: the mood in Iran
17 Jun 2025
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A sudden war made Iran’s leaders look unprepared. And many Iranians loathe the regime. But there a...
Bunkers unbusted: Israel and Iran
16 Jun 2025
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So far, Israel’s strikes have not accomplished the stated mission of crippling Iran’s nuclear pr...
Lone raider: Israel bombs Iran
13 Jun 2025
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After Israel launches an all-out assault on Iran without clear US backing, our correspondent explain...
Same news story: why Murdoch endures
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The all-famous Murdoch clan is engaged in a fierce battle over control of the family’s media compa...
Golden girls: do parents prefer them?
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries, male children were prized as heirs and breadwinners. Now the desire to have boys is d...
Core blimey: what’s up at Apple?
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It brought us the iPhone–and changed the world. Now Apple is struggling to keep up with rapid adva...
California screaming: National Guard in LA
09 Jun 2025
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Our correspondent reports from LA, where Donald Trump’s decision to send in troops risks inciting ...
Billion dollar babies: Trump-Musk spat
06 Jun 2025
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What happens when the world’s most powerful man falls out with its richest? Our correspondent anal...
Count their losses: Russia casualties hit 1m
05 Jun 2025
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As the number of Russian dead and injured in Ukraine reaches a grim milestone, what do these losses ...
He’s got Seoul: South Korea’s new leader
04 Jun 2025
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The election of South Korea’s new president represents a resounding rejection of the political tur...
Apocalypse soon? Britain ups its defence
03 Jun 2025
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Britain, alongside other European countries, faces rising threats to its security. But a bold new st...
Poles apart: hard right wins by a sliver
02 Jun 2025
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Poland’s presidential election was a fight between two distinct visions of the country’s future....
No major food groups: aid chaos in Gaza
30 May 2025
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A newly formed, private foundation took charge of aid distribution in the territory; a melee ensued....
Duties bound: a Trump-tariff smackdown
29 May 2025
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The US Court of International Trade ruled that Donald Trump’s so-called fentanyl and Liberation Da...
Ivy beleaguer: Harvard hung out to dry
28 May 2025
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The Trump administration’s determination to bend higher-education institutions to its will seems t...
Soldiers’ fortune: Ukraine’s prisoner swap
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No one knows which soldiers will be on the buses; many families simply come in hope. As the wider wa...
Perverting the course of justices: Mexico’s judiciary
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Voters will be electing each and every one of the country’s judges—removing the last meaningful ...
Get rich, quick: Vietnam’s next revolution
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The country’s leader is in a mad rush to transform his country into an upper-middle-income powerho...
Suspicious mines: Putin-proofing the Baltics
22 May 2025
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Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia know their borders may be the next front for Russian aggression. They ...
Worse even than it seems: Gaza’s death toll
21 May 2025
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A careful study of a range of data sources suggests that Israel’s military actions in Gaza have re...
Islands in the scheme: a Britain-EU deal
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A “reset” with the bloc is merely a first step in maintaining relations. We ask what is in this ...
May-poll dance: Poland’s presidential race
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal mayor expected to win the first round cleanly only squeaked by. We as...
Boss Class: Innovation: Coming up with new ideas
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Forget the hammocks and ping-pong tables. Creativity takes work. Managers at Google, Lego and a pair...
Bucharest pressed: Ukraine’s election effect
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Negotiations in Turkey to bring peace to Ukraine could be a flop. But the repercussions of shifting ...
Drug war: Trump takes on big pharma
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drugs in America often cost more than three times as much as those elsewhere. But Donald Trump’s p...
All talk, no sanctions: Trump lifts Syria embargo
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Donald Trump removes bans on trade with Syria and meets its leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, our correspon...
Hunger strikes: Agony in Gaza as Israel blocks aid
13 May 2025
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A ceasefire becomes ever more urgent in Gaza as Israel expands military operations and obstructs aid...
Meet the boss: Liz Reid of Google
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Season 2, we’re releasing an extended interview alongside each episode. This week: Who needs s...
Innovation: Coming up with new ideas
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Forget the hammocks and ping-pong tables. Creativity takes work. Managers at Google, Lego and a pair...
Duty falls: US and China reach a deal
12 May 2025
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Tariffs against China were the centrepiece of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” trade plans. Our...
Holy smoke! An American pope
09 May 2025
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The choice of Robert Prevost reflects a desire for unity and compromise. But insofar as Pope Leo XIV...
Identity parades: our VE-Day special
08 May 2025
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Eighty years since the surrender of Nazi forces, we consider the differing ways that nations frame t...
Neighbour-rattling: India strikes Pakistan
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two weeks after a terrorist attack in Kashmir, Indian missiles streaked into Pakistan. Will the reta...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
First not past the post: Germany’s chancellor shocker
06 May 2025
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In a post-war first, Germany’s round of parliamentary voting for a chancellor did not produce one....
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
People vilify plastic. they should use it better instead
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many people view plastic as an environmental disaster that blights landscapes and chokes marine life...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
Aussie rules: give Trumpism the boot
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia’s Conservative party was on the ascent until Donald Trump took office in January. At the...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
Mine craft: US-Ukraine resource deal
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
America and Ukraine have signed a deal to share the profits of extracting natural resources. Our cor...
Herman Pontzer: what people get wrong about metabolism
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:54:05 GMT
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Do you run, cycle or swim to lose weight? Herman Pontzer, an evolutionary anthropologist who special...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
Executive disorder: Trump’s first 100 days
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since Donald Trump took office, there has been a deluge of news. Our correspondent considers what mi...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
The Carney army: Canada unites against Trump
29 Apr 2025
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Canada’s election campaign was dominated by Donald Trump’s threats against the nation. Now the L...
Interview: Tracey Franklin
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:42:00 GMT
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Tracey Franklin, chief human resources officer at vaccine and biotech company Moderna, tells The Eco...
Interview: Daniel Kahneman
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:41:00 GMT
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The careers of many CEOs are built on overconfidence and a few lucky breaks. But to be a successful ...
Interview: Claire Hughes Johnson
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:40:00 GMT
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Economist's Andrew Palmer asks Claire Hughes Johnson, former COO of Stripe and author of "Scalin...
Interview: Emma Walmsley
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:39:00 GMT
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In 2017 Emma Walmsley became the most powerful woman in corporate Britain. The boss of the drugmaker...
Interview: Reid Hoffman
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:38:00 GMT
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On the cover of his latest book, Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI, Reid Hoffman credits...
Managing yourself: Human factors
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:37:00 GMT
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Economist’s Andrew Palmer seeks advice on managing your cognitive load, your career path and t...
Incentivising: Into the upside down
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:36:00 GMT
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Economist's Andrew Palmer asks how companies motivate employees to do their best work. He hears ...
Meetings: The clown car
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:35:00 GMT
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What if all the meetings in your calendar disappeared overnight? Tia Silas, Chief HR Officer of Shop...
Teamwork: Inside the yellow line
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:34:00 GMT
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Taavet Hinrikus, the co-founder of Wise, one of the world’s biggest fintech firms, gives advice on...
Recruitment: Testing, testing
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:33:00 GMT
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It is the most important decision a manager can make. How do you increase your chances of hiring the...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
Modi behaviour: will India retaliate against Pakistan?
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tensions between India and Pakistan have flared after the terrorist attack in Kashmir last week. Our...
Carney score: last days of Canada’s campaign
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada’s sovereignty has loomed large in the federal election campaign, but beyond the show of nat...
Fed man walking? Trump v Powell
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First, Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, was for the chop; then he was safe. As elsewh...
Division multiplication: the UAE’s foreign meddling
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The United Arab Emirates projects an image of level-headed calm in the Gulf. Its actions abroad, how...
Cardinals in: choosing the next pope
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the cardinals of the coming conclave prepare, our correspondent considers what will guide them. W...
A man of the people: Pope Francis has died
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He shunned fancy vestments and paid surprise visits to prisons and hospitals: our obituaries editor ...
Gene genies: CRISPR’s critical moment
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It is a Nobel-winning idea with untold promise in health care, agriculture and more. We examine what...