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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...

The Economist Apr 3

State capture is a growing threat. Reversing it is hard

The 15-70-15 rule and other ways to prise powerful fingers from the public coffers

The Economist Apr 1

China debates whether Trump is a revolutionary, or just rude

Its experts cannot decide whether the second Trump presidency is a threat or an opportunity

The Economist Mar 27

Donald Trump is affecting politics everywhere

The effects are often unexpected

The Economist Mar 25

Europe will have to zip its lip over China’s abuses

In a fracturing world, trade and co-operation will come first

The Economist Mar 23

Trump is a problem for Europe’s most important hard-right leaders

His antics are causing headaches for Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen

The Economist Mar 20

The right way to fight nativists

A revealing new history of the cold-war crisis that inspired modern refugee law

The Economist Mar 19

Donald Trump shoots his own global mouthpiece

The shutdown of VOA, RFE/RL and other broadcasters weakens America and supporters of democracy