Salvadoran police officers hold down an alleged member of the Tren de Aragua gang, on his way to the Terrorism Confinement Center prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 16th 2025

Leaders

The judges Trump scorns should stand their ground

The rule of law is at stake

 South Korean Army take part in an Chunmoo live fire drill.

Business

East Asia’s armsmakers are on the rise

Demand at home and abroad is fuelling their growth


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...


Two poodles in trolley basket being pulled along by a woman

Comparing apples and oranges. And also small caged mammals

A biography of the British basket of goods

An illustration of a large mechanical tortoise-like character, with a shell made of a Western globe, lumbering along in a huge iron digging cutter, whilst the lithe Chinese tiger leaps over the top with gutting wheels for claws.

Schumpeter: Should BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale learn from Chinese rivals?

The mining industry is drifting apart into two distinct models

Ferry passengers alight in the port area of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, one of the largest ports in West Africa.

The success of Ivory Coast is Africa’s best-kept secret

How has it managed to outshine its peers?

A resident on a boat collects recyclable plastics from the heavily polluted Citarum River in Batujajar, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on June 12th 2024

What really happens to everything you recycle

You probably don’t want to know (but should)


This week

Traditional Russian dolls depicting Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are displayed at a gift shop in Moscow, Russia on March 19th 2025

This week’s most important political stories

Trump’s war against the judiciary, Colombia’s finance minister quits—and more

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, United States, January 26th 2022

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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The consequences of Trumponomics

Illustration of American flag balloon floats between tall green cacti against a soft pink sky

The Trump administration is playing a dangerous stockmarket game

American investors are extremely exposed to a sell-off—and so is the economy

Dollar bills

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


An aerial photo showing livestock in pens before being exported to the U.S. through the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa border crossing.

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



World news

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The age of CRISPR

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