Likewise, toppling Iran’s regime will not by itself guarantee economic recovery. What also matters is not whether crowds are dispersed, but whether shared beliefs about rules, contracts and policies ...

At its 56th annual meeting in Davos, the World Economic Forum will wrestle with war, economics, artificial intelligence and ...

The killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti has become a test of how the federal government uses violence on America’s streets.

As The Economist went to press, Britain’s prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, was visiting China’s president, Xi Jinping, the ...

Presumably ICE will play a role.” “The militia”, Mr Lindberg claims, “is recruited from roughly the same population that stormed the Capitol when Trump lost last time.” 50%, how much more children ...

Venezuela is on an “irreversible” path to democracy, claimed María Corina Machado, the opposition leader and winner of the Nobel peace prize, after meeting Mr Trump on January 15th. Any shift to ...

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The Federal Reserve is expected to keep its key interest rate at the target range of 3.5% to 3.75%, but traders are looking ...

Nearly three years on, Nigeria’s 230m people, especially the poor and the middle class, are still reeling from increases in fuel and food prices. Poverty has risen. But it looks as though Mr Tinubu’s ...

WHAT HAS changed in the days since American forces snatched Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s dictator? His corrupt regime remains. The opposition, despite its popularity, appears no closer to power. The ...

But Republicans could see that footage of the shooting clearly showed otherwise. That the administration vilified Mr Pretti ...