Leaders
The trap Vladimir Putin has set for Donald Trump
The Russian president wants to suggest that Ukraine is just a detail in a wider relationship
The world in brief
London’s Heathrow airport was closed until midnight on Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical substation caused power outages...
European leaders failed to agree on a military-aid package worth €5bn ($5.4bn) for Ukraine at a summit in Brussels...
Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the education secretary to begin dismantling America’s Department of Education...
Israel’s cabinet voted to fire Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Bet, the country’s domestic-security service...
Comparing apples and oranges. And also small caged mammals
A biography of the British basket of goods
Schumpeter: Should BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale learn from Chinese rivals?
The mining industry is drifting apart into two distinct models
The success of Ivory Coast is Africa’s best-kept secret
How has it managed to outshine its peers?
What really happens to everything you recycle
You probably don’t want to know (but should)
This week
This week’s most important political stories
Trump’s war against the judiciary, Colombia’s finance minister quits—and more
This week’s most important business stories
Gold fever, China’s plan to get consumers spending, BYD’s share price hits a record high—and more
A selection of correspondence
On foreign aid, Germany’s U-turn on debt, diversity, equity and inclusion, James Bond
The weekly cartoon
A lighter look at this week’s events
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Tracking the presidency
How popular is Donald Trump?
Canadian poll tracker
Ahead of elections later this year, the Liberals are surging
The consequences of Trumponomics
The Trump administration is playing a dangerous stockmarket game
American investors are extremely exposed to a sell-off—and so is the economy
Trump’s erratic policy is harming the reputation of American assets
Like the stockmarket, the dollar is also suffering from falling confidence and rising confusion
America is facing a beef deficit
Donald Trump’s tariff plans will make it worse, and burgers dearer
Ten indicators explain what’s going on with America’s economy
A look at the impact of Trumponomics, as revealed by data
Games
Dateline history quiz
Guess when these extracts were published in The Economist
Mini crossword
Our wordplay puzzle
Pint-sized news quiz
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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
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Edition: March 22nd 2025
Rise of the superhuman
How to enhance humans
Finding ways to live much longer—and better—shouldn’t be left to the cranks
Erdogan arrests the candidate who could beat him
Turkey’s president fears to run against Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s mayor
The trap Vladimir Putin has set for Donald Trump
The Russian president wants to suggest that Ukraine is just a detail in a wider relationship
The judges Trump scorns should stand their ground
The rule of law is at stake
