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The reckless campaign against Iran will weaken America’s president. That will make him angry. Be warned: he makes a very bad loser econ.st/4bAtZby
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Donald Trump must find a way to cut short his ill-considered conflict with Iran. His rash approach is sowing chaos econ.st/3OYibZ1
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
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Donald Trump's approval rating is the lowest it has ever been, at -18%. See how Americans are feeling about their president with our tracker
We spoke to diplomats, advisers, scholars, experts and current and former officials in China. Almost all of them see the war in Iran as a grave American error. Register for free to read why: econ.st/4tloDIy
According to our calculations, Russian forces have captured just 0.04% of Ukraine’s territory this year. Our tracker shows that recently Ukraine has begun to claw back ground
Our tracker suggests it has suffered its first sustained net loss since October 2023
The 28-point proposal being hawked around by America is so poorly put together, so vague, unbalanced and impractical that, in a more normal world, it would never have seen the light of day
Fundamentally, the British right has bet that the British public are, for want of a better word, bastards econ.st/3RXGzeZ
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Steve Witkoff’s “peace deal” looks like a Russian wish list, and Ukraine is not biting
The next generation of illiberal leftism is gaining ground. It is time to fight back econ.st/3RPYFPV
America cannot serve as an example if its founding principles are discarded, writes Michael Beschloss
Protectionism is failing to revive manufacturing
Handwritten and oral exams are making a comeback
The governor has become the de facto leader of the Democratic Party
♦️ Hearings are taking place over National Guard deployments to Portland and Chicago.
♦️ James Comey pleads not guilty.
♦️ A bill to prevent Donald Trump from ordering strikes on boats allegedly smuggling drugs is defeated.
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The Greenland crisis holds lessons for all countries. America’s friends need to prepare for a world in which they are alone and NATO is no more: econ.st/4pMUXSB
Crimea is looking vulnerable. Ukrainian drones are severing the roads, railways and waterways that connect the vital peninsula to Russia
For some conservative Catholics, who have been pushing the Latin mass ever since the church made it optional, Pope Leo’s authorisation of one was a vindication. Yet while they got their mass, they did not get their man
Rob Jetten beats out Geert Wilders
Donald Trump’s deportation campaign increasingly looks like a political liability. According to the polls, more people want to abolish ICE than want to preserve it
Frustration with modern dating has fuelled the rise of “passport bros”
Viktor Orban has spent 16 years tilting Hungary’s electoral system in his favour. But our analysis shows that he may still be beaten when Hungarians head to the polls