A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
What does “recursive self-improvement” mean for the technology?
China is wary of Russian influence and another Trump-Kim summit
Donald Trump, who says the government is too weak to combat the drug gangs, will be watching
Things are so dire that one state has produced a rational alcohol policy
Talk of an envoy for negotiations is premature, writes Anders Fogh Rasmussen
An Estonian startup says its machines are now cheaper than human couriers
John Prideaux, our US editor, on why the island should become America’s 51st state
Inside the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement
At the moment, balmy. But it wouldn’t take a lot to require some Fed air-conditioning
American states take different approaches
An effort to build a plane between Britain, Italy and Japan risks similar problems to one by France, Germany and Spain