A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Studying the top performing athletes, musicians and scholars reveals a striking pattern. The best adults were rarely the best ...
“The ChatGPT moment for robotics is here,” Nvidia boss Jensen Huang said earlier this month. And nowhere is that more obvious than on the factory floor, where machines aren’t just becoming more agile, ...
A nnouncing the return of The Economist’s annual ranking for best performing economy. Are you ready for the big reveal? Dalit cuisine is barely visible, in India or beyond. And why London’s river ...
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. China’s firms are learning to compete globally. They are investing overseas, hiring locals, and exporting not just products but ...
O ur Middle East correspondent reports from the largest holding camp for ISIS fighters in northern Syria, which government troops have just retaken from Kurdish control. What will happen to the ...
D onald Trump has promised to impose a 10% tariff on eight countries, all NATO members, that oppose his plan to acquire Greenland. As the argument over the territory’s future continues, our ...
Donald Trump’s administration has gone to war with the Federal Reserve. His justice department has issued subpoenas to the Fed. But chair Jerome Powell says they have nothing to do with alleged ...
Most people reckon Minnesota’s immigrant population is smaller than Texas’s or Florida’s. But those two states, which voted for Donald Trump in 2024, have been spared the large-scale immigration ...
After an astonishing week, Donald Trump has said America will not take Greenland by force, nor put tariffs on those who oppose his acquisition plan. Our correspondent asks if America-Europe relations ...
Reza Pahlavi, son of the shah deposed in the 1979 revolution, tells us he sees himself as the people’s choice to lead. We ask how that might work. Our correspondent reckons that, in a full accounting ...
Our podcast on science and technology. Engineers are racing to build devices that can defend against jam-proof drones ...
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. As geopolitics intrudes on business, global firms are retreating home. This return of state power is making business less ...