SCOTUS v POTUS

President Donald Trump gestures with his hands as he speaks at an event.

SCOTUS v POTUS

Donald Trump answers a Supreme Court rebuke with new tariff threats

The immediate economic impact will be more uncertainty

5 min read

President Donald Trump gestures with his hands as he speaks at an event.
A woman stands on a balcony of an apartment building in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Briefing

How four years of war have changed Russia

The fighting in Ukraine has reshaped everyday life

13 min read

1843 | He was a Texan dad who had never left America. Then he got deported to Laos

Trump’s crackdown is sending people to a homeland they’ve never seen before

25 min read

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Britain

Britain is the closest the world has to an AI safety inspector

But having the first (and best) AI security institute is no excuse for the country to rest on its laurels

7 min read

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Business

Could the next big gambling destination be in the Gulf?

4 min read

A still from the film 'How to Make a Killing' showing actor Glen Powell.

Culture

As “How to Make a Killing” shows, the inheritance plot is back

4 min read

Farmers from across Poland gather near the Palace of Culture and Science during a nationwide protest against the planned EU-Mercosur trade agreement in Warsaw, Poland.

Europe

Poles have split and soured on America

4 min read

Culture

What to watch this week

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World news

Members of the Iranian Army attend the joint Navy exercise of Iran and Russia in southern Iran.

Middle East & Africa

The moment of reckoning between America and Iran

5 min read

Tarique Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), attends an election rally ahead of national election in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Asia

Can Bangladesh’s old guard build a new democracy?

3 min read

People hold a sign during a protest

Europe

Serbia’s protesters learn it’s hard to topple a president

3 min read

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (R) speaking next to his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo

The Americas

Nicaragua has so far dodged the fate of Cuba and Venezuela

6 min read

Business, finance and economics

Illustration of stacks of poker chips with the Venezuela flag, the golden globes statue and a statue of a woman giving out a medal.

Finance & economics

Prediction markets are rife with insider betting

3 min read

Chinese currency, known variously as the yuan or the renminbi, at a foreign exchange in Manhattan.

China

Why the IMF’s newest report finds that the yuan is undervalued

5 min read

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference on the day of an informal European Union leaders retreat at Alden Biesen castle, Belgium.

Finance & economics

The EU is thrashing out a more muscular set of economic policies

3 min read

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Finance & economics

How big is the prize of reopening Russia?

12 min read

In brief

The light of the US supreme court building glows against the fading winter sun.

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Catch up: Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs; American GDP growth slows

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Charlemagne on Europe

That irritating feeling that France was right

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Schumpeter on business

Welcome to the era of anarchic antitrust

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The Telegram on geopolitics

Donald Trump’s envoys failed to reassure Europe

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Buttonwood on finance

The financialisation of AI is just beginning

4 min read

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Middle East & Africa

A book fair in Damascus is a window on the new Syria

2 min read

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Culture

Gisèle Pelicot’s horrifying rape case changed the law—and minds

6 min read

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Britain

It’s a good time to be a British football prodigy

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United States

The crummiest job in Washington—congressman—is getting worse

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America at 250

A house divided

Chapter two in our review of American history

From Andrew Jackson to the end of the civil war, we explore the most tumultuous period in the life of the republic

By Invitation

Jacksonian imperialism was an early stress test for American democracy

Then, as now, some championed the assertion of raw power while others worried about the rule of law, writes Christina Snyder

5 min read

United States

How we covered the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

“It is not merely that a great man has passed away…”

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Six books to understand the civil war and slavery in America

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America at 250: the quiz

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Dubai’s crazy rich Chinese

Scrutinised at home and in the West, Chinese money is moving into the Gulf

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Most Americans oppose intervention in Greenland

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