Many Russians try to ignore the war, which began four years ago this week—but that is getting harder. There is no sign of an impending breakdown, political or economic. But even Vladimir Putin’s ...

Y OU WOULD have thought that, after four bloody years, a war which neither side can win would have burnt itself out. But not the war in Ukraine. And the blame lies with one man.

In 2024 India, with its vast population, produced by some estimates around a fifth of the world’s digital information—but had only 3% of its data-centre capacity. Since 2018 the Reserve Bank of India ...

The “Robin Hood” state, which takes from the rich to give to the poor, has obvious appeal. Governments across the developed world are strapped for cash. Budgets are burdened by legacy debts, ageing ...

Second is a quest for more trade agreements. Lately the EU has struck deals with Mercosur, a bloc of South American countries, and with India. More are in the making. Including such deals in a broader ...

L ast summer one “ricosuave666” won more than $150,000 on Polymarket, a betting platform. Their true identity was not clear, but the source of the winnings was: ricosuave666 had bet, with suspicious ...

Its new report concludes that the yuan is undervalued by about 16%. That is the biggest misalignment since 2011, when a similar calculation suggested an undervaluation of 23%. The root of the problem ...

In 1988 President Ronald Reagan argued that “the federal government declared a war on poverty, and poverty won”. Thomas Sowell, a 95-year-old economist at the Hoover Institution and social-media ...

That winter morning changed their lives for ever. “Life turned upside down,” says Baloo. “Before, I had plans, I had hopes.” ...

Yet his actions created deep cleavages on the South Korean right. His former right-of-centre party, the People Power Party ( ...

In March last year Ms Slater took the helm of the antitrust division at the Department of Justice (DOJ), one of two top ...

China’s humanoid robotics industry is bustling. More than 14,500 automatons were delivered last year worldwide, up from around 3,000 in 2024, according to company reports and estimates from Omdia, a ...