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The Economist Jun 12

The West has stopped losing its religion

After decades of rising secularism, Christianity is holding its ground—and gaining among the young

The Economist Jun 10

Taiwan thinks the unthinkable: resisting China without America

Its plan was to hold off a Chinese attack until America turned up. What now?

The Economist Jun 9

The War Room newsletter: Britain’s defence goals are admirably absurd

The Economist Jun 3

To earn American help, allies are told to elect nationalists

MAGA-world flirts with forces that once tore Europe apart

The Economist Jun 2

Vladimir Putin’s sickening statistic: 1m Russian casualties in Ukraine

His regime uses payouts to salve Russian families’ grief

The Economist Jun 2

The War Room newsletter: How Ukraine humbled Putin (again)

EP External Relations Jun 2

Press release - Yulia Navalnaya and leading members of Russia’s opposition to address MEPs

On Thursday, MEPs will host prominent Russian opposition voices for a discussion on EU support for Russia’s pro-democracy forces in the new geopolitical context.Committee on...

The Economist May 29

The Uber of the underworld

Amateur crooks are using plug-and-play hacking kits

The Economist May 29

The War Room newsletter: Explore our “Archive 1945” project

The Economist May 27

Donald Trump steals Xi Jinping’s favourite foreign policy

China blames US interventions for Middle East turmoil. “Snap!” says Mr Trump

The Economist May 22

Can China jam your GPS?

Its huge investment in the rival BeiDou system may give it an edge

The Economist May 21

Star wars returns

Donald Trump’s quest for orbital dominance

The Economist May 20

How to fight the next pandemic, without America

The world scrambles to save global health policy from Donald Trump

EP External Relations May 19

Press release - MEPs strike deal with Council on financial aid for Egypt

On Monday night, Parliament and Council negotiators reached an agreement on a financial aid package for Egypt worth up to €4 billion in loans.Committee on...

The Economist May 19

The War Room newsletter: Shadow games in the Baltic

The Economist May 15

Fact-checkers forecast which dodgy claims will do most damage

How to distinguish between weapons-grade disinformation and everyday codswallop

The Economist May 15

China and Russia are deploying powerful new weapons: ideas

The West is retreating from the battle of the narrative

The Economist May 13

Why Donald Trump is a globalist

The mystery of an America First president fascinated by foreigners’ disputes

BBC Science May 10

Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere

The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades.

The Economist May 5

The War Room newsletter: Six must-read books on the second world war

The Economist May 1

The UN could run out of cash within months

America and China are pushing it to the brink of financial collapse

The Economist Apr 29

Donald Trump picks the wrong trade fight with China

America will lose an economic-pain war

The Economist Apr 25

A Trump executive order will unleash a global deep-sea mining boom

It will galvanise international co-operation over writing rules for the ocean bed

The Economist Apr 24

Why some countries are once again embracing cluster bombs

The once-banned weapons are making a comeback to deter Russia