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The rich world faces a painful bout of inflation
Governments are living far beyond their means. Sadly, inflation is the most likely escape
The school for wildlife traffickers
Chinese criminals are recruiting Malawian orphans into the ivory trade
The US in brief: John Thune’s defence-funding gambit
Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter
Rome run: Meloni’s surprising stamina
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Indian microfinance is in trouble
A model that has lifted millions out of poverty is threatened by rising defaults
The new economics of babymaking
A postcard from one of America’s youngest towns
Visual learning: how video models are improving artificial intelligence
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
US may take strategic stakes in rare earths companies to tackle China ‘power grab’
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent raises possibility of taking more direct stakes in companies to protect national security in wake of Beijing’s curbs on rare earths exportsThe Trump administration has criticised...
Venezuelans wonder if America will bring down Nicolás Maduro
By speaking openly about authorising a “covert” CIA operation against the regime, Donald Trump is fanning the flames
Sam Altman says OpenAI isn't 'moral police of the world' after erotica ChatGPT post blows up
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said his company is "not the elected moral police of the world" after receiving backlash over his decision to allow erotica on ChatGPT.
A billionaire has rebuilt downtown Detroit
But might Dan Gilbert’s project finally run out of steam?
America’s bankers are riding high. Why are they so worried?
Their latest earnings do not represent unalloyed good news