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Is artificial intelligence making big tech too big?
Previous scares have been overblown. This one might not be
Europe
The economic recklessness of both France’s hard left and hard right
They favour soaking the rich, big spending and business-bashing
The Americas
Javier Milei has turned Argentina into a libertarian laboratory
But the biggest economic test is yet to come
The world in brief
Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, arrived in Washington, DC, for talks with American officials...
China and the European Union agreed to begin talks to reduce tensions around exports of cheap electric vehicles...
Gunmen in Dagestan, a Muslim-majority republic in Russia, killed at least six people in a series of “terrorist attacks” according to Russia’s counter-terrorism agency...
Eric Coquerel, of the hard-left Unsubmissive France party, said that the country’s left-wing alliance would raise the highest marginal income-tax rate to 90% if successful in elections on June 30th and July 7th...
Lauren Boebert’s primary is a window into everyday Trumpism
Republican primary voters’ favourite thing is anything that horrifies Democrats
Bartleby: Are manufacturing jobs really that good?
The nostalgia of politicians is misplaced
China wants to export education, too
It sees international schools as a service to expatriates—and a source of soft power
Six enjoyable books about football
An eclectic selection covering the beautiful game and why it matters
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Solar power
The exponential growth of solar power will change the world
An energy-rich future is within reach
Solar power is going to be huge
An energy source that gets cheaper and cheaper is a wonderful thing
Europe faces an unusual problem: ultra-cheap energy
The continent is failing to adapt to a renewables boom
Private firms are driving a revolution in solar power in Africa
Unreliable grids and falling costs are persuading companies to go off-grid
China’s giant solar industry is in turmoil
Overcapacity has caused prices—and profits—to tumble
What The Economist thought about solar power
A look back through our archives: sometimes prescient, sometimes not
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World news
AI will transform the character of warfare
Technology will make war faster and more opaque. It could also prove destabilising
Why southern Europeans will soon be the longest-lived people in the world
Diet and exercise, but also urban design and social life
Nigel Farage’s claim that NATO provoked Russia is naive and dangerous
It is also a wilful misreading of history
Chaguan: China’s revealing struggle with childhood myopia
Anxious parents don’t want to let children play outdoors and do less schoolwork
Business, finance and economics
Free exchange: Is America approaching peak tip?
The country’s gratuity madness may soon calm, so long as Donald Trump does not get his way
India’s electronics industry is surging
Foreign and domestic firms are investing in local manufacturing
Why house prices are surging once again
In America, Australia and parts of Europe, property markets have shrugged off higher interest rates
European airlines are on a shopping spree
Lufthansa and IAG are pursuing big acquisitions
France’s snap election
Poll tracker: Can Le Pen’s hard right beat Macron’s alliance?
The Economist is tracking the contest for the French parliament
Emmanuel Macron’s project of reform is at risk
A snap election in France reveals the flimsiness of his legacy
Macron faces heavy losses after a short campaign
The next French government may be led by the hard right or hard left
A hard-right 28-year-old could soon be France’s prime minister
Jordan Bardella is poised, social-media savvy and enigmatic
America’s election
Are America’s leading presidential candidates up to it?
Americans are worryingly unconfident in the sanity of the two men
Lexington: Donald Trump has finally got it right about the January 6th insurrectionists
They were “warriors”—that’s the problem
Republicans are favoured to win the Senate. What would they do?
Congressional Republicans are already considering the art of the possible
Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the polls?
The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president
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Donald Trump’s return is making Hollywood nervous
News and politics are being left out of the streaming boom
Britain’s election
What taxes might Labour raise?
Growth alone will not fix Britain’s public finances
Bagehot: The Conservatives are losing as they governed. Meekly
UwU Conservativism, and the end of smol government
The Tories rule the Thames Estuary. Not for long
Our constituency poll in Gillingham and Rainham shows Labour on track for a thumping win
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
Is a Palestinian state a fantasy?
Amid war in Gaza, the prospect is at once more relevant than ever and more distant
Israel’s northern border is ablaze
Can it fight Hamas and Hizbullah simultaneously?
Hamas and Israel are still far apart over a ceasefire deal
For all America’s optimism, the two sides look fundamentally irreconcilable
Who is responsible for feeding Gaza?
Arguments fly over Israel’s duty to maintain aid
The war in Ukraine
Russia’s latest crime in Mariupol: stealing property
It is seizing homes in order to consolidate control
1843 magazine | “Monkeys with a grenade”: inside the nuclear-power station on Ukraine’s front line
Former employees say the plant is being dangerously mismanaged by the Russians
In Crimea, Ukraine is beating Russia
The peninsula is becoming a death trap for the Kremlin’s forces
Ukraine has a navy that needs no sailors
It does a surprisingly good job of destroying Russian vessels
Other highlights
Wine collectors are at last taking champagne seriously
Prices have, in turn, been bubbly
1843 magazine | Canadian Sikhs thought they were safe to protest against India. Then one of them was gunned down
Sikhs campaigning for an independent state believe they are in the Indian government’s sights
Obituary: Birubala Rabha fought to end the stigmatisation of women
The intrepid campaigner against witch-hunting died on May 13th, aged 75
Los Angeles is the capital of film noir
50 years after “Chinatown”, the city is still inspiring new takes on the genre
Edition: June 22nd 2024
Dawn of the solar age
AI and war
The character of warfare is about to be profoundly changed by artificial intelligence
What taxes would Labour raise
Growth alone will not fix Britain’s public finances
Macron’s deepening mess
A snap election in France reveals the flimsiness of his legacy
The champagne boom
Wine collectors are at last taking champagne seriously
Special reports: May 11th 2024
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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