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Truth or lies? | How disinformation works—and how to counter it
More co-ordination is needed, and better access to data
Leaders
Emmanuel Macron’s urgent message for Europe
The French president issues a dark and prophetic warning
1843 magazine | “It’s been a very long two weeks”: how the Gaza protests changed Columbia
The camp has been cleared. But the faculty of the Ivy League university remains deeply divided
Europe
A fresh Russian push will test Ukraine severely, says a senior general
An interview with Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence
The world in brief
America’s labour market showed signs of cooling...
Police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters at several college campuses as disruption seen at American universities spread around the world...
Local-election results in England and Wales appeared to show that Britain’s ruling Conservatives had fared disastrously, losing around 200 of the seats they were defending...
Turkey stopped all trade with Israel because of the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the Gaza Strip...
Why does BHP want Anglo American?
Its $39bn takeover offer is the latest in a string of mining mega-mergers
Chaguan: China and America trade blame for a world on fire
A global contest is under way to recruit like-minded countries as supporters
The NHL failed in Arizona, but it’s succeeding in America
Ice hockey is flourishing as an increasingly American sport
Dateline: The Economist history quiz
Can you guess when these extracts were published?
This week
The most important political stories this week
Student protests spread to more American colleges, police crack down on protests in Georgia—and more
The most important stories in the business world this week
The Fed suggests it will not cut interest rates, the yen rebounds sharply—and more
KAL’s cartoon
A lighter look at the week's events
Dateline: The Economist history quiz | May 3rd edition
This week: Vietnam War protests; prohibition’s end; and more
World news
Emmanuel Macron on how to rescue Europe
The French president on grave risks to the continent, and what to do about them
How South Africa has changed 30 years after apartheid
Poverty is rife and inequality still starkly racial
The Chinese scientist who sequenced covid is barred from his lab
The Communist Party is still hounding experts whose work might expose its pandemic missteps
University protests about Gaza spread to the Middle East
But Arab students are looking to America for inspiration
Video
Business, finance and economics
America’s reckless borrowing is a danger to its economy—and the world’s
Without good luck or a painful adjustment, the only way out will be to let inflation rip
Free exchange: Working from home and the US-Europe divide
Americans are no longer the rich world’s great office drones
Chinese EV-makers are leaving Western rivals in the dust
They have shone at Beijing’s car jamboree
Can biotech startups upstage Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk?
Smaller drugmakers are enjoying a revival
The war in Ukraine
Russia’s gas business will never recover from the war in Ukraine
Hopes of a Chinese rescue look increasingly vain
Who is supplying Russia’s arms industry?
New research traces the origin of crucial imports
Ukraine’s draft dodgers are living in fear
Ever more conscripts are needed against Russia’s offensive
Who is jamming airliners’ GPS in the Baltic?
Russia seems to be the culprit, but it may be inadvertent
India’s election
Even disillusioned young Indian voters favour Narendra Modi
They worry about their future, but do not blame the BJP
How strong is India’s economy?
It isn’t the next China, but it could still transform itself and the world
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
Five charts that show why the BJP expects to win India’s election
Narendra Modi’s party is eyeing another big victory
Strife in the Middle East
Israel’s prime minister does not know where to go
Binyamin Netanyahu may be losing the plot
How much do Palestinians pay to get out of Gaza?
Middlemen are profiting from Gazans’ desperation
How Iran covered up the damage from Israel’s strikes
New images shared with The Economist show how a swap helped calm a crisis
Iranians fear their brittle regime will drag them into war
Ultra-religious hardliners are gaining power and yearn for confrontation
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Is there more or less sex on screen?
Data show that the amount of sexual content in top films has sharply declined since 2000
America’s election year
Will Joe Biden benefit from falling murder rates across America?
Violence seems to be returning to pre-pandemic levels
In brief
Police enter UCLA encampment; Arizona Senate repeals abortion bill
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
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
Other highlights
Back Story: Fed up with Biden v Trump II? Some succour from fictional rematches
From “Moby Dick”, “Star Wars” and “Rocky” to the presidential election
Many mental-health conditions have bodily triggers
Psychiatrists are at long last starting to connect the dots
1843 magazine | It began as a rewilding experiment. Now a bear is on trial for murder
The death of a jogger in the Italian Alps has sparked a furious debate about the relationship between humans and nature
Climate change is slowing Earth’s rotation
This simplifies things for the world’s timekeepers
Weekly edition: May 4th 2024
Europe in mortal danger: An interview with Emmanuel Macron
The new science of disinformation
More co-ordination and better access to data are needed to fight lies
Uncle Sam's fiscal profligacy
America’s reckless borrowing is a danger to its economy—and the world’s
Conflicts on campus
Should American universities call the cops on protesting students?
Feeling horny: dragons meet erotic fiction
Novels starring hot fairies are selling millions of copies
Special reports: May 11th 2024
Worlds apart
The American-led financial order is giving way to a more divided one
The global financial system is in danger of fragmenting
How crises reshaped the world financial system
The movement of capital globally is in decline
National payment systems are proliferating
The Fight to Dethrone the Dollar
How the financial system would respond to a superpower war
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