Catch up:Trump makes tariff U-turn; stockmarkets slump anyway
Donald Trump delayed implementing tariffs on some imports from Canada and Mexico. The reprieve, which lasts until April 2nd, ...
A thorny debate in Britain around the definition of “Islamophobia”
On the first day of Ramadan, February 28th, the government announced a new working group to provide a “definition of anti-Mus...
A new film is breaking box-office records in China
Film-makers in China have long tried to find the secret sauce for movies that wow audiences while pleasing the Communist Part...
A new kind of Brazilian music is poised for a global boom
The world is watching Brazil after the country won its first Oscar for “I’m Still Here”, a film set in Rio de Janeiro during ...
As Germany’s defence stocks go ballistic, armsmakers are tooling up
“Defence is now by far the most dynamic sector of German industry,” says Armin Papperger, chief executive of Rheinmetall, Ger...
America First is a contagious condition
HIGH-MINDED Americans fear that President Donald Trump will make a pariah of their country. Ask foreign governments about Tru...
Canada’s Trumpian nightmare is the Liberal Party’s dream
Editor’s note (March 6th): Since this article was published, Donald Trump announced that tariffs on Canadian goods covered by...
Catering to protein-rich diets is a tasty business
Alongside the crisps in the snack aisle, supermarkets are now stacking shelves with roasted chickpeas, cheese bites and beef ...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:novelist or polemicist?
Dream Count. By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Knopf; 416 pages; $32. Fourth Estate; £20 Can you be a good polemicist and a good n...
DOGE shutters the government’s in-house tech consultancy
Over the next month or so, many Americans filing their tax returns have a new option. Instead of paying an accountant, or buy...