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Heir Jordan: the rising star of France’s populist right
Jordan Bardella, the leader of the National Rally party, has a stonking lead in voting-intention polls. His plans, our correspondent says, would put …
4 months ago
Recall of duty? Trump’s tariffs in court
Just as soon as President Donald Trump started applying sweeping tariffs on trading partners, legal challenges to them started piling up. We listen i…
4 months ago
Into the blue: Democrats win big
In the first electoral test of Donald Trump’s second term, Democrat supporters voted in a socialist mayor of New York and governors to New York and V…
4 months ago
Getting their ships together: America in the Caribbean
As America sends its biggest naval hardware to the Caribbean, we ask whether the intent is more than mere sabre-rattling—and why the Trump administra…
4 months ago
Capital gained: a grim turn in Darfur
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have at last taken El Fasher, the capital of Darfur. Reported atrocities are sharply rising, in a chilling echo…
4 months ago
Truce story: (a sketch of) a Trump-Xi trade deal
Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to holster their trade weapons for now. But even if the deal holds, it does not address the deeper prob…
4 months, 1 week ago
Manhattan transfer: New York’s finance folk flee
Taxes upon taxes are just one of the reasons that both financial-industry hotshots and businesses are moving out of the Big Apple. We look at what th…
4 months, 1 week ago
War-chest X-ray: how to finance Ukraine
Europe is edging closer to using seized Russian assets to finance Ukraine. The country badly needs that 140bn-euro windfall—and much, much more. A mu…
4 months, 1 week ago
Bust a vessel: NATO v dark fleets
Ships of unknown origin or intent are flummoxing NATO forces on the high seas. Our correspondent visits the Latvian navy on the Virsaitis as it inter…
4 months, 1 week ago
Let Milei this out: Argentina’s midterms surprise
Voters overwhelmingly backed the party of President Javier Milei, handing him a lifeline he was not expected to get. We ask how he can finish his vas…
4 months, 1 week ago