The Americas
Mark Carney leads Canada’s Liberals to a remarkable victory
The Conservatives suffered one of the most astonishing falls from popularity in political history
By Invitation
There’s method in Donald Trump’s madness, says the architect of Project 2025
Paul Dans argues that the system needed smashing and rebuilding
Leaders
India must prove Pakistan’s complicity in the attack in Kashmir
It would then have every right to strike back
The world in brief
Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won Canada’s general election. With more than 99% of votes counted, the party appeared to have enough seats in parliament to form a government, though short of a majority...
Amazon denied reports that it planned to display the costs of tariffs on products sold through its marketplace...
General Motors, America’s largest auto manufacturer, reported earnings but unexpectedly pulled its profits guidance for this year until Thursday...
UPS, America’s biggest shipping company, announced plans to cut 20,000 jobs from its global workforce...
The trouble with MAGA’s manufacturing dream
Donald Trump underestimates the difficulty of producing in America—and how his own policies will make it harder
100 days of Trump: the growing dismay in Europe
The president’s insults have soured the continent on their cousins
Which stockmarkets have benefited from the chaos on Wall Street?
Investors are chasing resilience, not dazzling returns
Saunas are so hot right now
Demand for private and public places to sweat is sizzling
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Canadian election results
Mark Carney's Liberals win a solid victory
Tracking the presidency
How is America’s economy faring under Donald Trump?
Canada
How a tetchy central banker became “Captain Canada”
MAGA bombast has upended Canada’s political universe and given Mark Carney’s Liberals an edge
The strange revival of Liberal Canada
Mark Carney hopes a strong stance against Donald Trump will give his party electoral victory
Canadian election
Mark Carney leads Canada’s Liberals to a fourth term in government
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To see off the Trump challenge, Canada must fix its productivity problem, says Michael Ignatieff
The former Liberal leader on the threats that come not from Washington but from within
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Edition: April 26th 2025
Trump’s first 100 days, and beyond
Trump: only 1,361 days to go
Donald Trump’s second term is a revolutionary project. Will it succeed?
Don’t mess with the Fed
Jerome Powell wins a reprieve. But expect more showdowns between the White House and the Fed
Africa’s unstoppable diaspora
Emigration from Africa will change the world
When AIs break the rules
AI models can learn to conceal information from their users
Technology Quarterly: March 1st 2025
The age of CRISPR
Ida Emilie Steinmark explores whether it can deliver on its promise
- Can gene editing deliver on its promise?
- CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how
- Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing
- Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory
- Eat your GE-greens
- Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives
- Designing babies
- Gene editing can still change the world
- Acknowledgments
