Tariffs will harm America, not induce a manufacturing rebirth
Editor’s note: On February 1st Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 25% on most goods imported from Canada and Mexico, and 10% on ...
Tariffs will spark retaliation, not a manufacturing renaissance
MORE THAN 90 years ago Franklin Delano Roosevelt surveyed the wreckage of the Great Depression. He pointed to one of its caus...
Donald Trump’s America will not become a tech oligarchy
WHAT NATION can you fit into the Capitol Rotunda? Answer: somewhere between a Portugal and a Thailand. Each country’s total h...
High-tech antidotes for snake bites
THE BITE of a black mamba (pictured) causes respiratory muscular paralysis. And death. Disturb a Russell’s viper and the enco...
In the race to lead Canada, handling Trump is the biggest issue
The sprint to succeed Justin Trudeau as the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party has begun. Five candidates have entered the race...
The race to lead Canada’s Liberal Party hinges on handling Trump
The sprint to succeed Justin Trudeau as the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party has begun. Eight candidates have put their names...
London’s pie-and-mash shops are disappearing
At 10.30am on a chilly Saturday the queue outside Manze’s pie-and-mash shop on Deptford High Street stretches 50 metres down ...
Donald Trump cries “invasion” to justify an immigration crackdown
AN “INVASION”. That’s how Donald Trump describes migration across America’s southern border. “For American citizens, January ...
The new American imperialism
THE TRADITIONAL point of an inaugural address is to transcend the politics of the campaign and draw the country together. Don...
Turkey is determined to expand its influence in the new Syria
ASAAD AL-SHAIBANI’s professors were puzzled when the postgraduate student, a Syrian refugee, told them in November that he wo...