A month ago Ukraine’s new defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, did something that may help Ukraine’s war effort more than any ...

In much of the developing world big firms are rare. The typical firm consists of a single worker—the owner. Even among those that hire employees, most have fewer than ten. In the 2010s researchers ...

Their solemn pledges notwithstanding, the chief executives can do little to contain prices. That is not, though, because AI ...

Economists have raised doubts over the GDP figures released shortly after Mr Modi came into power 12 years ago, and which ...

E urope’s economic problems include a greying population, a lack of innovative firms and puny capital markets. Public ...

No other country matches the rich heritage of hedgerows that weave across the damp (ideal for hedges) British Isles. Since the Bronze Age, Britons have reared sheep and cattle and have used hedges to ...

India's government uses tax, regulation and advertising budgets to constrain media freedom, with new laws weakening investigative journalism and press accountability.

Bush hoped the invasion would unleash a democratic wave across the Middle East. Instead it swept away Iran’s main state rival in the region, clearing the way for a period of Iranian hegemony as its ...

By contrast, Mr Trump and his cabinet have offered a mess of shifting assertions—about Iran’s missiles, nuclear weapons, regime change, following Israel’s lead, a “feeling” Iran was about to attack ...

The lopsided encounter embodies the American and Israeli campaign as a whole. At the political level, American officials have ...

Pensions are, in other words, a huge economic liability for the EU. At the same time, however, they are a gigantic wasted ...

Iran's attacks on Dubai have damaged key infrastructure including the airport and port, testing the emirate's reputation as a ...