Are baby girls now more popular than boys?

2025-11-01

What’s the point of handwriting? Lane Greene, our language correspondent, explains why writing trumps typing when trying to learn.

2025-10-24

Steve Bannon says the MAGA movement has to “seize the institutions, seize them and then purge them”.

He spoke to Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Ed Carr, our deputy editor, in Washington, DC earlier this week.

2025-10-24

Steve Bannon says the MAGA movement reshaping America is now sweeping across Europe, claiming that Nigel Farage will be Britain’s next prime minister.

He spoke to Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Ed Carr, our deputy editor, in Washington, DC about the populist forces he believes are surging across the continent—from France and Germany to Britain.

Watch the full interview at www.economist.com/insider

2025-10-14

The transatlantic alliance is facing its toughest test since the cold war. Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, sat down with Mark Rutte, the head of NATO, to discuss Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine, the growing threat from China and dealing with Donald Trump.

You can watch the full interview, as part of our new video series “The Economist Insider”, from Tuesday October 14th at 6pm London time.

00:00 – Russian incursions into NATO airspace
01:45 – Is Russia a real threat?
04:14 – What Donald Trump means for the alliance
05:58 – What Europe will do if China invades Taiwan

Watch the full interview: https://econ.st/3W5fEwE

Putin’s dangerous drone probe is a moment of truth for NATO: https://econ.st/4hgufiE

Listen: Space invaders: Russia’s NATO nose-thumbing:

2025-08-21

90m people in Nigeria don’t have access to electricity. The Economist’s Africa correspondent, Ore Ogunbiyi, explains why Nigeria has more people without electricity than any other country

2025-07-08

President Macron’s state visit to the UK suggests the countries are closer than they have been in years. But there are still frictions, as our Paris bureau chief, Sophie Pedder, explains

2025-07-07

With Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, heading to the White House, Donald Trump is hoping to announce an end to the war. Our deputy editor, Ed Carr, explains why it will depend on three factors

#Israel #netanyahu #Gaza #DonaldTrump

2025-06-22

Have Trump’s vast strikes destroyed Iran’s nuclear capability? America attacked three nuclear sites in Iran, using 13-tonne GBU-57s—known as “bunker-busting bombs”—in combat for the first time. Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, analyses how much damage might have been caused

#iran #america #trump #nuclear #israeliranconflict