The Economist ’s choice for 2025 is a single word. It is representative, if not of the whole year, at least of much of the ...

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A UN -brokered ceasefire between the kingdom and the Houthis has largely held for almost four years: the militia has not attacked Saudi cities since 2022. But a full deal to end the war has proved ...

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Bar an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine has been losing ground almost continuously since 2022. Russian advances ...

On paper, America’s sanctions are the most potent imposed on Russia since 2022. They threaten to cut off from American ...

Ask a European banker how to reinvigorate their continent’s capital markets, and there is a good chance they will start enthusing about Sweden. That might seem surprising, since during the post-Brexit ...

If voters dislike big numbers, there is a purely nominal fix ...