Leaders
Labour can still rescue Britain’s growth prospects
But after a messy Spring Statement, the window of opportunity is narrowing
Briefing
An unrestrained Israel is reshaping the Middle East
Its quest for hegemony will strain domestic cohesion and foreign alliances
United States
White House denials over the Signal snafu ring hollow
The breach raises questions of security and legality
The world in brief
Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on all imported cars...
Hundreds of people took to the streets in northern Gaza for a second consecutive day to protest against Hamas...
Profits at Chinese industrial firms declined by 0.3% year on year in the first two months of 2025, reinforcing fears about the country’s economy...
Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, said he would call a general election “imminently”...
Russia plays for time in Ukraine ceasefire talks
A Black Sea deal starts sinking as soon as America announces it
Schumpeter: Big law’s capitulation to Trump may be bad for business
As well as being a moral failure
Ekrem Imamoglu’s wife on how his arrest has started a movement
Recep Tayyip Erdogan can’t defeat democracy, says Dilek Imamoglu
Oleg Gordievsky worked for both sides in the cold war
The KGB intelligence officer and double agent died on March 4th, aged 86
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Tracking the presidency
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Canadian poll tracker
Ahead of elections later this year, the Liberals are surging
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The consequences of Trumponomics
Trump’s tariff pain: the growing evidence
As “liberation day” nears, American businesses suffer
The Trump administration is playing a dangerous stockmarket game
American investors are extremely exposed to a sell-off—and so is the economy
Even the Trumpiest stocks are suffering
Investors may have misjudged which firms would thrive under the new administration
Will Trump’s tariffs turbocharge foreign investment in America?
Companies from Asahi to TSMC are expanding production in the country—for now
Trump and the world
Trump is a problem for Europe’s most important hard-right leaders
His antics are causing headaches for Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen
The American and Russian right are aligning
MAGA men are warming to anti-liberal ideas emanating from Moscow
Donald Trump v the spies of Five Eyes
Will America’s president damage the world’s most powerful intelligence pact?
Donald Trump shoots his own global mouthpiece
The shutdown of VOA, RFE/RL and other broadcasters weakens America and supporters of democracy
Technology Quarterly: March 1st 2025
The age of CRISPR
Ida Emilie Steinmark explores whether it can deliver on its promise
- Can gene editing deliver on its promise?
- CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how
- Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing
- Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory
- Eat your GE-greens
- Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives
- Designing babies
- Gene editing can still change the world
- Acknowledgments
Edition: March 22nd 2025
Rise of the superhuman
How to enhance humans
Finding ways to live much longer—and better—shouldn’t be left to the cranks
Erdogan arrests the candidate who could beat him
Turkey’s president fears to run against Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s mayor
The trap Vladimir Putin has set for Donald Trump
The Russian president wants to suggest that Ukraine is just a detail in a wider relationship
The judges Trump scorns should stand their ground
The rule of law is at stake
