Based on assembly voting patterns from 2005 to 2022, the McKinsey Global Institute, a think-tank, has mapped countries on a ...

Mr Trump’s mood had been both euphoric and combative, even by his standards, after announcing tariffs on America’s three ...

But if Mr Trump hits Europe with hefty tariffs, as he has just done on Canada, Mexico and China, the EU will aim to find ...

Even as Mr Musk was speaking, workers at USAID ’s headquarters in Washington were being told not to come in the next day. Some 600 of the agency’s staff seem to have been locked out of their emails.

Listen closely in the corridors of power and you will hear the usual worries: that Britain’s finest hour is over; that the ...

Sharaa, Syria’s president, spoke to The Economist on January 31st in Damascus. The conversation has been translated and ...

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