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Romantasy brings dragons and eroticism together. At last
Novels starring hot fairies are selling millions of copies
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A panel of staff and students from Columbia University rebuked the administration of Minouche Shafik, the university's president, for summoning police to dismantle a campsite erected on campus by pro-Palestinian protesters...
The head of Egypt’s intelligence agency reportedly met his Israeli counterpart in a bid to convince Israel to scrap its planned invasion of Rafah, where about a million Palestinians are clustering, and re-start broader negotiations...
Russia bombed energy facilities across Ukraine...
France’s credit rating was left unchanged by two of the world’s biggest ratings agencies, Moody’s and Fitch...
Will war snuff out the Gulf’s global business ambitions?
Companies far and wide are feeling the effects of the conflict
Buttonwood: How far could America’s stockmarket fall?
With the prospect of cheaper money receding, shares look unusually vulnerable
Meet Argentina’s richest man
The boss of Mercado Libre ponders Javier Milei, self-doubt and the dangers of wokery
Memorable images make time pass more slowly
The effect could give our brains longer to process information
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Lexington: The campus is coming for Joe Biden
As in 1968, the Democrat risks being the candidate of chaos and war
The Supreme Court seems divided over Donald Trump’s immunity
Whether Mr Trump stands trial for trying to steal the 2020 election may come down to one justice
Without fanfare, the Philippines is getting richer
And its economy is unusually well-defended against American politics
Bagehot: Britain’s Reform UK party does not exist
But it is all the more powerful as a result
Business, finance and economics
Don’t be gloomy about Tesla and its EV rivals
The industry has had a terrible few months. But demand is likely to pick up
Can anyone pull Boeing out of its nosedive?
The American planemaker needs one hell of a pilot
How to fix Britain’s barmy VAT regime
Britain’s second-most-important tax is riddled with holes
How American politics has infected investing
Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
The war in Ukraine
America’s $61bn aid package buys Ukraine time
It must use it wisely
Finally, America’s Congress does right by Ukraine
Disaster has been dodged. But the political malaise that delayed the Ukraine funding bill remains
Two years of war have impoverished many Ukrainians
The elderly, the displaced and the disabled are the worst affected
Ukraine is ignoring US warnings to end drone operations inside Russia
Its superdrones can reach targets as far away as Siberia
Generation Z
Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z
They are not doomed to be poor and anxious
Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich
Millennials were poorer at this stage in their lives. So were baby-boomers
How worried should people be about Generation Z?
Two new books fit into a familiar pattern of the old fretting about the young
What is screen time doing to children?
Demands grow to restrict young people’s access to phones and social media
America’s election year
Lexington: The campus is coming for Joe Biden
As in 1968, the Democrat risks being the candidate of chaos and war
In brief
Biden administration reverses course on menthol cigarettes; faculty panel admonishes Columbia University’s leadership
Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter
US election 2024
Can you build a Trump voter?
Try our tool—and see which attributes make voters more likely to pick one candidate over the other
Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the polls?
The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president
Strife in the Middle East
How Iran covered up the damage from Israel’s strikes
New images shared with The Economist show how a swap helped calm a crisis
Israel responds to Iran’s barrage with a symbolic strike
Both sides have a chance to de-escalate their conflict, at least for now
Iranians fear their brittle regime will drag them into war
Ultra-religious hardliners are gaining power and yearn for confrontation
A trauma surgeon on why Gaza is the worst of war zones
It is like stepping back into the 19th century, says David Nott
India’s election
India’s democracy needs a stronger opposition
The Congress party is set for a drubbing in the world’s biggest election
Radio Modi: How India’s prime minister sweet-talks the nation
We analysed hundreds of Narendra Modi’s broadcasts. They reveal a meticulously cultivated image
Gandhi v Modi: crunch time for Congress as India prepares to vote
The Economist joins the most prominent opposition politician on the campaign trail
Five charts that show why the BJP expects to win India’s election
Narendra Modi’s party is eyeing another big victory
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During covid-19 a preacher lured thousands of people into a remote forest. Then he told them to stop eating
Locust-busting is getting an upgrade
From pesticides to drones, new technologies are helping win an age-old battle
America is uniquely ill-suited to handle a falling population
Which is a worry, because much of it is already shrinking
Weekly edition: April 27th 2024
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Brechrit: another bad Tory idea
Why leaving the ECHR would be a bad idea for Britain
Where next in the tech wars?
America, China and the battle for supremacy
San Marino, Russia and spies
Intelligence sources are concerned about the country, which is surrounded by Italy
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The musician is at the height of her commercial, but not her creative, power
