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Leaders
A second Trump term: from unthinkable to probable
Introducing our 2024 American election forecast model
China
Li Qiang and China look to make up with Australia
The superpower is seeking to ease tensions with at least some of America’s allies
Britain
Britain’s party manifestos lack detail but leave clues
Labour’s cagey plan would not give them a mandate for radical reform
The world in brief
The G7 leaders warned Iran against advancing its nuclear programme, according to Reuters, a news agency...
South Africa’s African National Congress reached a deal to form a national unity government with the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance...
The Bank of Japan said it would scale back its bond-buying program over the next two years...
America’s Supreme Court ruled that a ban on bump stocks, introduced by Donald Trump in 2018 after a mass shooting in Las Vegas, was unlawful...
A remarkable new era begins in South Africa
A national unity government can save democracy and the economy
Chaguan: Why China takes young Tibetans from their families
Visiting a Tibetan region where children must attend Chinese-language boarding schools
Three charts assess England’s chances of winning the Euros 2024
Bookmakers’ odds may not tell the whole story
Cautious optimism reigns at Art Basel this year
The continued downturn many feared seems not to have materialised
The US in brief
Reproductive rights at SCOTUS, in the Senate
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Five months out, Donald Trump has a clear lead
America’s presidential race is no coin flip, says our forecast
Lexington: Joe Biden’s best chance to shake up the race
But in debating Donald Trump, he faces graver public doubts and a greater challenge than he did in 2020
Might Wisconsin’s redrawn state-legislative districts help Biden win?
Democrats hope newly competitive local contests will boost turnout in the swing state
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Javier Milei finally lugs key reforms through Argentina’s Senate
Markets celebrated the two bills’ passing, after protesters took to the streets of Buenos Aires
Hunter Biden’s criminal conviction is good for nobody politically
The trial showed the ruin of addiction, and the wheels of justice turning
Bagehot: What separates Tony Blair’s Labour from the party today?
The approach to globalisation is the clearest dividing-line of all
Russian exiles are making a mark in the Caucasus and Central Asia
People and businesses are flooding into the region
European elections
Emmanuel Macron wants a snap election to get him out of a deep hole
But he’s taking a big risk
Why France’s president called a snap election
The centre wants to weaken Marine Le Pen’s hard right, in or out of power
The three women who will shape Europe
At a crucial moment they encapsulate the dilemma of how to handle populism
European elections 2024
European Parliament elections tracker: results and guide to the vote
The hard right has made some gains, but the centre-right EPP remains the largest group
Business, finance and economics
The EU hits China’s carmakers with hefty new tariffs
Duties will only hold them back for a while
Why global GDP might be $7trn bigger than everyone thought
The discovery has perturbed Chinese officials
China is distorting its stockmarket by trying to prop it up
State purchases of shares are bad enough, but other measures are far more destructive
Bartleby: Is it better to be an early bird or a night owl?
The promise and perils of waking before sunrise
America’s election year
Donald Trump’s trade hawk is plotting behind bars
Peter Navarro’s dark vision of the global economy could shape Trump 2
America’s billionaires should resist the urge to support Donald Trump
A Trump victory would reward them. But not enough to justify the risks
In brief
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Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter
Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the polls?
The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president
Britain’s election
How the Labour Party could end Britain’s stagnation
Even if the economy peps up, taxes will have to rise
Bagehot: Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer fight for a poundshop presidency
The general election reveals the absurdities of Britain’s presidential turn
The most Tory place in Britain
It isn’t that posh but its population is old
UK election 2024
General-election forecast: will Labour destroy the Conservatives
Our seat-by-seat prediction for Britain’s next Parliament
The Israel-Hamas war
Hamas and Israel are still far apart over a ceasefire deal
For all America’s optimism, the two sides look fundamentally irreconcilable
Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot leave Israel’s war cabinet
Will this force Binyamin Netanyahu at last to decide to push for a ceasefire?
Talk of war between Israel and Lebanon is growing
Israel and Hizbullah would still prefer to avoid one, but that is getting ever harder to do
Who is responsible for feeding Gaza?
Arguments fly over Israel’s duty to maintain aid
The war in Ukraine
Politics overshadows a conference to raise money for Ukraine
Not to mention the continued fighting
In Crimea, Ukraine is beating Russia
The peninsula is becoming a death trap for the Kremlin’s forces
Russia’s explosion of a huge Ukrainian dam had surprising effects
A year after the blast and flood, Ukrainians disagree over whether to rebuild Kakhovka
Ukraine has a navy that needs no sailors
It does a surprisingly good job of destroying Russian vessels
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An Italian doctor thinks it can – and he’s got a diet to sell you
Kung fu gives Africans their kicks
A rare soft-power export from China is spreading across the continent
It’s a bird, it’s a plane…it’s a Chinese flying car
China is developing the vehicles faster than any other country
New Zealand is changing its place names
But many citizens struggle to pronounce Maori monikers
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Our US election-forecast model
Five months out, Donald Trump has a clear lead
Macron’s gamble
France’s president wants a snap election to get him out of a deep hole
The war for AI talent
Big tech firms scramble to fill gaps as brain drain sets in
Is the New York Times bestseller list biased?
Our investigation suggests it is
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Worlds apart
The American-led financial order is giving way to a more divided one
The global financial system is in danger of fragmenting
How crises reshaped the world financial system
The movement of capital globally is in decline
National payment systems are proliferating
The fight to dethrone the dollar
How the financial system would respond to a superpower war
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