Inside the world’s most famous aeroplane boneyard

FOR INFANTRY and armoured cavalry, target practice is relatively straightforward. Load up on training rounds and aim for pape...

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The neglect of Asia was the great failure of Yalta, writes Stephen Kotkin

Archive 1945 is a project republishing The Economist’s original reporting on the final year of the second world war. Eighty y...

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Donald Trump’s Super Bowl tariffs are an act of self-harm

Last year dozens of countries proposed or introduced new tariffs on steel imports. Most aimed the measures at China, which th...

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It increasingly looks as if Lucy Letby’s conviction was unsafe

IS LUCY LETBY guilty? The question has persisted since August 2023, when a jury found the nurse had murdered seven babies and...

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Catch up:EU criticises Trump’s tariffs; Israel warns Hamas over hostage deal

The European Union promised to take “firm and proportionate” measures in response to President Donald Trump’s plans to put ta...

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Catch up:EU criticises Trump’s tariffs; Vance attacks bloc’s AI plans

The European Union promised to take “firm and proportionate” measures in response to President Donald Trump’s plans to put ta...

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Catch up:Hamas suspends hostage release; Trump’s tariff warning

Hamas said it would delay the release of more Israeli hostages. Under its ceasefire deal with Israel the militant group was d...

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Catch up:EU responds to Trump’s tariffs; Hamas suspends hostage release

The European Union promised to take “firm and proportionate” measures in response to President Donald Trump’s plans to put ta...

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Catch up:Israel warns Hamas over hostage deal; Vance criticises EU’s AI policy

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, warned that the country’s army would “return to intense fighting” in Gaza unless...

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Catch up:Trump’s no-exemption new tariffs; Hamas suspends hostage release

Donald Trump announced that 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports into America would go into effect on March 12th, g...

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