The Economist’s forecast model suggests that the state—with its 19 electoral-college votes, the most of any swing state—is ...

Flood warnings had been ringing out across Nigeria’s north-east for weeks. Schools in Maiduguri were closed for a fortnight ...

I n June 2023 the Supreme Court banned race-conscious admissions at American universities. Many supporters of the practice ...

Pay is at the centre of the latest dispute. Boeing offered its employees a 25% rise over four years; its workers are ...

L ast month the Taliban published a new consolidated code of religious laws. It has left Afghan women reeling, with many now ...

Western Balkan arms-makers are booming. Serbian arms exports have quadrupled since 2020; some €800m ($890m)-worth of its ammo ...

Labour has entered office, as it did in 1997, with public services in a mostly dire state. Its prospects at the next election ...

The future of money, in other words, is attracting attention. What of its past? In a new paper, Adam Brzezinski of the London ...

As well as deploying police, China hosts Pacific officers for training and is showering cash-strapped forces with equipment.

F or nearly a year Israel’s Supreme Court has been without a president, as the country’s right-wing government has tussled ...

Republicans love to blame everything they consider wrong with America on an epidemic of “wokeness”, by which they tend to ...

At the turn of the millennium the four largest firms in the average European industry claimed a market share of less than 26% ...