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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

AppleInsider May 14

How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi problems on iPhone & iPad

Before you call your internet provider in a panic, here's how to fix your iPhone or iPad's Wi-Fi in just a few steps.Wi-FiYour iPhone says...

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

The Economist Apr 22

The ugly task of Putin-proofing your border

Russia’s European neighbours hate landmines. They are installing them anyway

The Economist Apr 22

Trump’s red-hot war on terror

The number of strikes against jihadists is rising. Is it 2001 all over again?

The Economist Apr 21

The coming struggle to choose the next pope

A conclave of 135 cardinals may pick someone very different from Francis

BBC Science Apr 17

The truth about life on other planets - and what it means for humans

Could discoveries of alien life ever change the human psyche in how we view ourselves and each other?

The Economist Apr 16

Plastics are greener than they seem

Even if the world needs to become much better at managing their waste

The Economist Apr 15

Xi Jinping’s Trump-sized puzzle

For all its strength and swagger, China is struggling to handle an impulsive America

The Economist Apr 14

The War Room newsletter: Is American diplomacy all bark, no bite?

The Millions Apr 11

The Great Spring 2025 Book Preview

It’s been a painfully long winter here in New York City, but the glinting promise of spring—and spring books—has bolstered me through these cold, hard...

The Economist Apr 10

There is a vast hidden workforce behind AI

Will they become redundant as the technology develops?

The Economist Apr 8

The dangers of Donald Trump’s instinct for dealmaking

Trade wars are alarming, but so are might-makes-right deals

EP External Relations Apr 8

Press release - MEPs and Ukrainian parliamentarians discuss shaping a common European future

Meeting on Tuesday, leading members of the European Parliament and of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada signalled their strong support for Ukraine’s EU accession process. Source...

The Economist Apr 7

The War Room newsletter: Why B-2 bombers are gathering on a tiny island

EP External Relations Apr 7

Press release - MEPs travel to Washington DC to discuss transatlantic relations with US counterparts

The European Parliament’s delegation for relations with the United States will travel to the US capital from Wednesday to Friday for talks with representatives of...