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Capital gained: a grim turn in Darfur
Nov 03, 2025The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have at last taken El Fasher, the capital of Darfur. Reported atrocities are sharply rising, in a chilling echo of what happened in the region two decades ago. Ar...
Truce story: (a sketch of) a Trump-Xi trade deal
Oct 31, 2025Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to holster their trade weapons for now. But even if the deal holds, it does not address the deeper problems in the relationship. We examine why mercenarie...
Manhattan transfer: New York’s finance folk flee
Oct 30, 2025Taxes upon taxes are just one of the reasons that both financial-industry hotshots and businesses are moving out of the Big Apple. We look at what that might cost the city. A snapshot of the drinks bu...
War-chest X-ray: how to finance Ukraine
Oct 29, 2025Europe is edging closer to using seized Russian assets to finance Ukraine. The country badly needs that 140bn-euro windfall—and much, much more. A much-fretted-about AI jobs apocalypse is not here yet...
Bust a vessel: NATO v dark fleets
Oct 28, 2025Ships of unknown origin or intent are flummoxing NATO forces on the high seas. Our correspondent visits the Latvian navy on the Virsaitis as it intercepts a mystery vessel. We examine China’s enormous...
Let Milei this out: Argentina’s midterms surprise
Oct 27, 2025Voters overwhelmingly backed the party of President Javier Milei, handing him a lifeline he was not expected to get. We ask how he can finish his vast project of economic change. Meanwhile Germany’s p...
The great brawl: China is winning the trade war
Oct 24, 2025This weekend American and Chinese officials are meeting to try and ease tensions over trade after China’s recent decision to restrict rare-earth exports. How has China gained the upper hand? Anxiety a...
Shutting match: what will break the US federal impasse?
Oct 23, 2025The government shutdown in America is now the second-longest on record. Yet there is no apparent urgency to end it, either from Republicans or Democrats. Why Ghana has escaped the jihadist violence of...
Cocaine and able: drug runners innovate
Oct 22, 2025America has been blowing up ships in foreign waters suspected of carrying drugs. That will do little to dent today’s narco-business, which is more inventive and adaptable than ever. Why business execu...
Rock and rule: Japan’s first female PM
Oct 21, 2025Takaichi Sanae, Japan’s new prime minister, rode motorbikes and plays heavy-metal drums. Will her political ambitions be as bold? America, a nation of immigrants, is turning against new arrivals. Our ...