Finance & economics
Investors think the Russia-Ukraine war will end soon
The prospect of peace is reshaping markets, in ways both ominous and promising
The Americas
Mark Carney must keep an expansionist America at bay
Canada’s new prime minister has momentum. Will that be enough to win him a general election?
The world in brief
Wall Street stocks fell on Monday after Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility that America could enter a recession this year...
Marco Rubio, America’s secretary of state, confirmed that USAID, America’s main aid agency, would cancel more than 80% of its programmes...
The Canadian province of Ontario imposed a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to America...
Rescue services pulled more than 30 people from the North Sea after a cargo vessel collided with an oil tanker off the coast of East Yorkshire in northern England...
America and Ukraine prepare for brutal negotiations
To get a deal in Jeddah Ukraine must first make peace with Donald Trump
Bartleby: The behaviour that annoys colleagues more than any other
And the reasons to try to remain calm
How do Ukrainian soldier fatalities compare with Russia’s?
Russia is losing more troops than its opponent. That makes it a strange time for America to force an unequal peace on Ukraine
A new film is breaking box-office records in China
“Ne Zha 2” shows how the mood inside the country is changing
Discover more
The Intelligence
Canada’s leader-elect Mark Carney vows to take on Trump
Donald Trump’s first 100 days
Keep tabs on his executive orders, cabinet picks and popularity
Canadian poll tracker
Ahead of elections later this year, the Liberals are surging
Trump’s tariffs
Donald Trump’s economic delusions are already hurting America
The president and reality are drifting apart
It is not the economic impact of tariffs that is most worrying
What are the lessons of the 1930s?
America's carmakers win a tariff reprieve, but still face a tricky dilemma
They must hope levies are never imposed
Donald Trump’s tariffs are a throwback to the 1930s
“Economic nationalism”, our predecessors wrote, “is almost an American invention”
Trump, Ukraine and Europe
François Hollande says Europe, abandoned by its former ally, must rearm fast
Donald Trump has shattered the principles on which the Western alliance rested, argues the former French president
The dangerous tension in Europe’s response to Trump
By trying to stop the rift, Europe may hasten it
How do Ukrainian soldier fatalities compare with Russia’s?
Russia is losing more troops than its opponent. That makes it a strange time for America to force an unequal peace on Ukraine
Donald Trump’s chokehold on Ukraine
Where an American American cut-off of military aid will hurt most
Games
Dateline history quiz
Guess when these extracts were published in The Economist
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Technology Quarterly: March 1st 2025
The age of CRISPR
Ida Emilie Steinmark explores whether it can deliver on its promise
- Can gene editing deliver on its promise?
- CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how
- Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing
- Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory
- Eat your GE-greens
- Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives
- Designing babies
- Gene editing can still change the world
- Acknowledgments
Edition: March 8th 2025
The revised economic outlook
Can Winston Starmer pull it off?
Britain’s leader has found purpose abroad
Germany rearms
The incoming chancellor signals massive increases in defence and infrastructure spending
Time to lift Syria’s sanctions
Without a reprieve, the country will become a failed state
RIP foreign aid
Donors should focus on what works. Much aid currently does not
