I T IS HARD to overstate the importance of sleep. Regular hours of rest offer organisms of all sizes a chance to consolidate ...

Republicans bring the biggest changes to health care in 15 years ...

Across the board, the AI users exhibited markedly lower neural activity in parts of the brain associated with creative ...

Ultimately Europe is rich and capable of containing Russia. Mr Trump’s dream of a quick peace deal has been exposed as a fantasy. Although his word counts for little, Ukraine and Europe must seize on ...

America’s average effective tariff rate has already risen to 10%, from 2.5% last year. Among the wrongs Mr Trump hopes to right with his levies—from Russia’s war on Ukraine to a “witch hunt” against ...

For almost four decades The Economist has been producing the Big Mac index, which uses the prices of its eponymous delicacy around the world to construct a quick-and-dirty guide to exchange-rate ...

That fight, which saw Indian jets shot down and Pakistan struck by Indian missiles, was triggered by a murderous attack on ...

The charts below explain the cuts’ effects. In 2023 America spent $80bn on foreign aid, including money for humanitarian ...

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In May EU leaders said they were ready to “work hand in hand” with China to deal with “common challenges”. But the Europeans’ ...

Brand is another advantage. Britain has more stellar institutions than any other European country or Canada. It produces just ...

Although today’s dangers are not in the same league as a world war, they are significant. Pundits talk of a “polycrisis” ...