Exit polls showed that runaway inflation loomed large in Trump’s victory over Democrat Kamala Harris. In an ABC News poll, ...

Dust storms are sweeping across the world, harming the health of millions of people. Now, scientists are racing to keep the ...

Yet the copper craze is strangely timed. The metal, long known as “Dr Copper” for its ability to diagnose economic conditions ...

The most content corners of the world remain familiar ones. More than 90% of people in Denmark said they felt enjoyment—the ...

The World Ahead 2026 will be the 40th edition of The Economist ’s future-gazing annual, published every November since 1986, to provide a guide to the trends, themes and people likely to shape the ...

Three years on, the data confirm that the window has closed. The latest Emissions Gap Report of the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP) finds that the relentless rise in emissions since 2020 rules out ...

Airbnb began with Mr Chesky and two friends renting out an airbed in their living room in San Francisco. The idea of a platform to help people open up their homes to paying guests proved a hit, and ...

Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people and compounded Lebanon’s ...

THIS WEEK’S announcement that the European Union plans to impose harsh tariffs on steel imports was particularly painful for Britain. Donald Trump had already slapped 25% tariffs on British steel ...

In each era of globalisation since the mid-17th century, a single country has sought to be the clear world leader – shaping ...

At the World Trade Organization’s annual Public Forum, which brings together researchers, civil society, practitioners, and ...

This makes possible a virtuous circle. The more other countries invest cost-effectively in fossil-fuel-free growth, the ...