This is the introduction to Checks and Balance, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our writers turn their gaze to ...

This is the introduction to Checks and Balance, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our writers turn their gaze to ...

O NE OF THE year’s surprises has been how few countries chose to retaliate against Donald Trump’s tariffs with levies of ...

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That peace has now broken. On October 9th China laid out a new set of export controls on rare earths, minerals needed to ...

The president has targeted Ms James after she sued him successfully for fraud at his real-estate business. Last year a judge ...

Her candidacy for Venezuela’s presidential election last year unified a normally fragmented opposition and inspired hope of ...

Peer into The Economist’s decision-making processes with Edward Carr, our deputy editor, who explains how we select and ...

But does the stockmarket power the economy? At most points in time, it would be a ridiculous question. In recent months, ...

They are this year’s winners of the Nobel chemistry prize, chosen for their work on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). These, ...

Over the past decade or so, and particularly under Valérie Plante, the mayor since 2017, Montreal has become North America’s ...

Sleepless souls across the Middle East spent the next hour refreshing Truth Social, Mr Trump’s social-media site. His missive ...