Even the Trumpiest stocks are suffering
What are the Trumpiest firms? One way to answer the question is by looking at companies in the president’s orbit, such as Tes...
How Cuba competes with Uncle Sam in the Caribbean islands
In the middle of the covid-19 pandemic one Cuban asset was in high demand from all corners of the world: its exported doctors...
How to enhance humans
BRYAN JOHNSON wants to live for ever. The American businessman pops a hundred pills a day, never eats after 11am, and obsessi...
Europe’s armsmakers have ramped up capacity
For years European officials have talked a big game on defence. The European Union has made numerous proposals to boost the c...
India is obsessed with giving its people “unique IDs”
THE PROMISE of Aadhaar, India’s biometrics-based national-identity system, was a glorious one. It was designed to provide a l...
Nigerian politics is a nasty place for women
When she ran for governor of Nigeria’s Kogi state in 2019 gunmen shot at Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s cars, her party’s offices ...
North Korea is remarkably entrenched in global supply chains
What do salmon fillets, fake eyelashes and animated children’s TV shows all have in common? All these familiar parts of Weste...
Rumours on social media could cause sick people to feel worse
THE PLACEBO effect is a well-known example of the brain’s power over the body, allowing people who are poorly or in pain to i...
Can people be persuaded not to believe disinformation?
Anyone following American politics in recent months will have been treated to their fair share of bogus claims: USAID, the co...
Taiwan’s president takes on alleged Chinese infiltration
Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, broke with tradition on March 13th when he declared China to be a “foreign hostile force” t...