The Economist

November 16, 2024

The terrifying perils of appeasing a warlike Russia

Finland’s cold-war past offers urgent lessons for Ukraine’s future

The Economist

November 16, 2024

Ukraine’s secret army in France

A new force is being marshalled to take on the Kremlin’s men

The Economist

November 15, 2024

The best podcasts of 2024, as picked by The Economist

They cover AI, war and mass hysteria

The Economist

November 15, 2024

Books that imagine that history took a different course

What if Hitler had won and Hillary Rodham had broken up with Bill Clinton?

The Economist

November 15, 2024

The radioactive flood threatening Central Asia’s breadbasket

What it’s like to live with nuclear waste on your doorstep

The Economist

November 15, 2024

What would Robert F. Kennedy junior mean for American health?

Donald Trump’s nomination for health secretary is sceptical about vaccines and mainstream medicine

The Economist

November 15, 2024

What would it cost to kill coal?

The price of shutting down coal power, and what would be gained

The Economist

November 14, 2024

China should not wait to stimulate its economy

It is heading into a trade war

The Economist

November 14, 2024

Back to the 1850s

Immigrant voters may have won America’s presidential election for the nativist candidate

The Economist

November 14, 2024

The sun begins to set on Olaf Scholz’s chancellorship

The contours of Germany’s coming election campaign are coming into view

The Economist

November 14, 2024

How to pay for the poor world to go green

Rich countries need not reinvent the wheel

The Economist

November 14, 2024

What’s about to hit the world economy?

Trumponomics tees off

The Economist

November 14, 2024

Matt Gaetz’s nomination to be attorney-general is an ill omen

It shows how far Donald Trump is willing to go to dominate the machinery of government

The Economist

November 13, 2024

Republicans finally win the coveted trifecta

Yet the party’s grip on power could be less reliable than it appears

The Economist

November 13, 2024

The man picked as defence secretary wants to purge the Pentagon

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host, takes aim at “woke shit”

The Economist

November 13, 2024

How to avoid global chaos in the next ten weeks

Risks abound in the limbo between now and Donald Trump’s swearing-in

The Economist

November 13, 2024

What Trump’s picks suggest about how his presidency will go

Loyalty, competence and an appetite for disruption are among the traits he is filtering for

The Economist

November 13, 2024

Artificial intelligence is helping improve climate models

More accurate predictions will lead to better policy-making

The Economist

November 13, 2024

Mike Waltz wants America to focus on the threat from China

Donald Trump’s national security adviser draws bracing lessons from his army days

The Economist

November 12, 2024

What does America’s next treasury secretary believe?

We take a look at the leading contenders for the job

The Economist

November 12, 2024

Why crypto mania is reaching new heights

Are bitcoin bros right to be so thrilled by Donald Trump’s victory?

The Economist

November 12, 2024

Mega-polluter China believes it is a climate saviour

It accounts for almost 40% of global investment in clean energy

The Economist

November 12, 2024

How to get hired by Donald Trump

Marco Rubio may be the next secretary of state

The Economist

November 12, 2024

How to get hired for the Trump White House

The vice-president and the president’s son exert their influence as cabinet officials are announced

The Economist

November 11, 2024

King coal is dirty, dangerous—and far from dead

Rumours of its rapid demise have been greatly exaggerated

The Economist

November 11, 2024

Tesla is not the only winner under Donald Trump

Which businesses will thrive over the next four years?

The Economist

November 11, 2024

The rich country with the worst mobile-phone service

5G networks are fast. Their roll-out is not

The Economist

November 11, 2024

Haiti has lost its prime minister. Gangs aren’t going anywhere

The sacking of Garry Conille worsens the instability in the western hemisphere’s poorest country

The Economist

November 10, 2024

The world’s most unlikely safe haven

As war rages in the Middle East, Shia are fleeing to a deadly dictatorship

The Economist

November 10, 2024

America’s strengthening dollar will rattle the rest of the world

Donald Trump’s policies could send the greenback soaring