The Economist

January 21, 2025

In the race to lead Canada, handling Trump is the biggest issue

Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland are the front-runners

The Economist

January 21, 2025

Witty and wise, “A Real Pain” is a masterpiece in a minor key

Jesse Eisenberg’s deceptively slight film asks big moral questions

The Economist

January 21, 2025

Donald Trump cries “invasion” to justify an immigration crackdown

His first immigration executive orders range from benign to belligerent

The Economist

January 21, 2025

The new American imperialism

Donald Trump is the first president in more than 100 years to call for new American territory—including Mars

The Economist

January 21, 2025

Turkey is determined to expand its influence in the new Syria

That could cause tensions with the Arab world—and Israel

The Economist

January 20, 2025

Donald Trump issues fresh tariff threats

But it may be a while before he unleashes a universal levy

The Economist

January 20, 2025

Why has Donald Trump held fire on tariffs?

The president had promised hefty levies immediately

The Economist

January 20, 2025

OpenAI’s latest model will change the economics of software

The more reasoning it does, the more computer power it uses

The Economist

January 20, 2025

Britain’s family courts are opening up to reporters

Transparency and privacy can work together

The Economist

January 19, 2025

The start of a fragile truce in Gaza offers relief and joy

But the ceasefire is not yet the end of the war

The Economist

January 19, 2025

The beginning of the end of the Trump era

The new president is more confident, and radical, than ever—and also more accepted

The Economist

January 17, 2025

TikTok’s time is up. Can Donald Trump save it?

The imperilled app hopes for help from an old foe

The Economist

January 17, 2025

China meets its official growth target. Not everyone is convinced

For one thing, 2024 saw the second-weakest rise in nominal GDP since the 1970s

The Economist

January 16, 2025

One of the biggest energy IPOs in a decade could be around the corner

Venture Global, a large American gas exporter, is going public

The Economist

January 16, 2025

A French-sponsored Ukrainian army brigade has been badly botched

The scandal reveals serious weaknesses in Ukraine’s military command

The Economist

January 16, 2025

How the AfD got its swagger back

Germany’s hard-right party is gaining support even as it radicalises

The Economist

January 16, 2025

First, the ceasefire. Next the Trump effect could upend the Middle East

Will Israel and Donald Trump use the threat of annexation to secure a new grand bargain?

The Economist

January 16, 2025

Rising bond yields should spur governments to go for growth

The bond sell-off may partly reflect America’s productivity boom

The Economist

January 15, 2025

After 15 months of hell, Israel and Hamas sign a ceasefire deal

Donald Trump provided the X factor by putting heat on Binyamin Netanyahu, who insists the war isn’t over yet

The Economist

January 15, 2025

Tulsi Gabbard, Sean Penn and the hunt for an American hostage

A controversial trip to Syria in 2017 produced a possible sighting of Austin Tice, an imprisoned journalist

The Economist

January 15, 2025

Volunteers with Down’s syndrome could help find Alzheimer’s drugs

Those with the syndrome have more of a protein implicated in dementia

The Economist

January 15, 2025

Will Donald Trump unleash Wall Street?

Bankers have plenty of reason to be hopeful

The Economist

January 15, 2025

After the president’s arrest, what next for South Korea?

Some 3,000 police breached his compound. The country is dangerously divided

The Economist

January 14, 2025

Why elite MBA graduates are struggling to find jobs

Is a degree still worth it?

The Economist

January 14, 2025

From Greenland to Panama and Mexico, leaders are in shock

Donald Trump eyes a fine new piece of real estate: the Americas

The Economist

January 14, 2025

Britain is becoming a well-mannered but deceitful society

Technology and sloppy government are to blame

The Economist

January 14, 2025

The burned and the saved: what the LA fires spared

As two fires continue to blaze, some pockets of the city contain both rubble and relics

The Economist

January 13, 2025

Iran is vulnerable to a Trumpian all-out economic assault

Oil prices are already at a five-month high. How might they respond?

The Economist

January 13, 2025

Homelessness in England has risen by 26% in the past five years

Manchester demonstrates how hard it will be to tackle

The Economist

January 13, 2025

How will calamity change Los Angeles?

Short-sighted policies amplified the destruction. Will LA–and California–learn from their mistakes?