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Choosing the cover of the end-of-year double issue can feel odd. No matter how tumultuous the news (and events in Syria and Georgia are making sure that the holiday season brings little in the way of calm), it swerves away from it. Instead inspiration comes from myriad special features, which this year include everything from …
EVERY NOVEMBER we publish our annual predictive guide to the coming year, The World Ahead. In this year’s edition, our correspondents and invited experts consider the global outlook in geopolitics, business, technology and culture; the implications of Donald Trump’s victory, for America and the world; and the challenges and opportunities of rapid technological change in …
In a remarkable comeback Donald Trump was elected as America’s president for a second time. Six months before the vote Mr Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records in a hush-money case, the first criminal conviction handed to anyone who has sat in the Oval Office. In July a gunman tried to assassinate the …
We have two covers this week. In one we focus on France, a country mired in a deep political crisis after the sacking of the government by parliament. With no party or alliance close to a majority in the National Assembly, France faces the prospect of a series of short-lived minority governments that will struggle to …
Listen to this story.Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android. Your browser does not support the <audio> element. Less than six months after celebrating the 75th anniversary of its founding, Israel suffered its worst-ever terrorist attack. On October 7th Hamas militants crossed from Gaza and went on a rampage in the surrounding area, …
Despite the deckchairs on the cover of our summer supplement in last week’s print edition, our journalists have not activated their out-of-office replies. There is no print edition this week, but we continue to publish leaders, news stories, analysis and columns on our app and website. One person in particular has kept us busy this …
THIS WEEK we published our second-ever summer double issue. As well as the usual diet of news and analysis, you’ll find a special 48-page supplement of meaty features from 1843 magazine, The Economist’s sister publication. (We won’t publish a print edition next week, but that doesn’t mean we’ll be putting our feet up. We’ll continue …
THIS WEEK’S worldwide cover celebrates the new drugs promising an end to the world’s obesity epidemic. They could bring riches for their makers, savings for health systems and better lives for millions. Treatments for weight loss have long ranged from the well-meaning and ineffective to the downright dodgy. This week we write about a new …
