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Zack Polanski is Britain’s first digital-native party leader
Our analysis of his “likes” on Bluesky shows how the eco-populist bristles at criticism
Sri Lanka police arrest 22 Buddhist monks after 110kg of cannabis found in luggage
Customs officials say group allegedly hid 5kg of ‘kush’ in false walls of bags on return from Bangkok holidayTwenty-two Buddhist monks are in Sri Lankan police custody after customs officials...
The US in Brief: The king and the pretender
Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter
The regal has landed: can Charles boost US bond?
Also on the daily podcast: Japan’s carmakers struggle and fishing in the Hudson
The companies changing how America wages war
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Afghanistan says Pakistani strikes kill seven and wound 85 in first attack since peace talks
Pakistan officials dismiss Afghan media reports and official statements about strikes on university in Kunar province as ‘blatant lie’Mortars and missiles fired from Pakistan on Monday struck a university and...
A treatment for pre-eclampsia may be on the horizon
Blood filtering has performed well in early trials
The AI rush is hitting a bottleneck
Hardware-makers are failing to invest enough to keep up with demand
The War Room newsletter: Germany’s plan to build Europe’s strongest army
Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, examines whether the country can achieve its goals—and what stands in its way
Donald Trump is crushing America’s farmers—yet they back him
They bore the brunt of his trade war. Now the war in Iran is pushing some to the brink
The World Bank defends its controversial report on industrial policy
We didn’t U-turn. The world changed, writes Indermit Gill, the bank’s chief economist
Ageing workers in East Asia are essential. More are needed
Yet they often face high barriers to employment and unpalatable options