The Economist
Get a daily burst of global illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents as they dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be.
Friday 13 May 2022 : Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s collective-defence deal with Swedish and Finnish leaders represents a shift in the European order—and...
Thursday 12 May 2022 : Russia’s bid to conquer the eastern region of Donbas is proceeding at a snail’s pace. All over Ukraine resistance continues and a...
Wednesday 11 May 2022 : Demonstrations that eventually ousted the prime minister have cost lives, but the protest mood is not fading: many want every member of the...
Tuesday 10 May 2022 : John Lee, the successor to Chief Executive Carrie Lam, won by a predictable landslide: he is just the sort of law-and-order type party...
Friday 06 May 2022 : Voters in the Philippines choose a new president on Monday. The likely winner is a scion of one of the country’s most controversial...
Thursday 05 May 2022 : Prices in America are rising faster than at any time in the past 40 years. In response, the Federal Reserve has made its steepest...
Wednesday 04 May 2022 : Voters in the UK head to the polls for local elections tomorrow. In Northern Ireland, a party that does not want the country to exist...
Tuesday 03 May 2022 : A leaked draft opinion shows America’s Supreme Court is ready to let states outlaw abortion. We explore the implications for American...
Friday 29 April 2022 : Before the invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s armed forces were believed to be lean, modern and fighting fit. We ask why they have performed so...
Thursday 28 April 2022 : By shutting off gas to Poland and Bulgaria, Russia has made an aggressive move that may draw yet more European sanctions. How might the...
Wednesday 27 April 2022 : Activists are tired of waiting for governments and companies to act on climate change. So increasingly they’re taking the matter to...
Tuesday 26 April 2022 : The world’s richest man now has the keys to one of the most influential social-media platforms. Can it be the free-speech wonderland he is...
Friday 22 April 2022 : BRITAIN’S GOVERNMENT has proposed sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda. The plan has been widely criticised as expensive and ineffective—but...
Thursday 21 April 2022 : Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has entered a new phase, and its forces in Ukraine have a new commander—one with a history of targeting...
Wednesday 20 April 2022 : In Yemen, fighting between Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths. Recently, a ceasefire has...
Tuesday 19 April 2022 : ONE-THIRD of the world’s population lives in countries backing neither Russia nor Ukraine. The Biden administration has tried to persuade...
Friday 15 April 2022 : When the Taliban resumed power, there were hopes that women might not be as excluded, repressed and abused as they were previously. Those...
Thursday 14 April 2022 : A ceasefire agreed weeks ago should have mitigated the suffering of starving Ethiopians caught up in war; we ask why so little aid has got...
Wednesday 13 April 2022 : Police have served Britain’s prime minister, among others, with a fine for breaching the lockdown rules he instituted. He may yet again...
Tuesday 12 April 2022 : Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left office with a sky-high approval rating, having raised millions from poverty—but was then convicted of...
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