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Bot the difference: AI’s absence in economic data
For all the promise of transformation that artificial intelligence offers, a close look at macroeconomic data shows little change. Sit tight. A bruta…
4 months, 1 week ago
Poised and confused: the will-he-won’t-he of Iran strikes
As a military build-up continues in the Middle East, President Donald Trump’s messaging remains ambiguous. What could, at this stage, head off confli…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Chapo, Mayo, Mencho: another Mexican kingpin falls
The targeting of “El Mencho”, the leader of one of the country’s two biggest gangs, has resulted in a predictable spate of violence—more of which is …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
A world-changing war: four years in Ukraine
On the fourth anniversary of a war that many predicted would last mere days, much has changed—even beyond the unthinkable misery in Ukraine itself. A…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
When the levy brakes: Trump’s tariffs struck down
The smackdown by America’s Supreme Court was resounding: the bulk of Donald Trump’s tariffs were instituted illegally. He will try to rebuild his tar…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The arrest is history: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
The detainment of King Charles’s brother is almost without precedent in Britain’s long royal history. He denies wrongdoing, but damage to “The Firm” …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The splitting image: Yoon verdict will deepen divisions
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s ex-president, has been handed a life sentence for insurrection. That is by no means the end of the story of division in …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Robin Hood state: taxes are getting more progressive
Income inequality abounds and today’s rich are staggeringly rich, implying that tax regimes are giving the wealthy more and more of a pass. Our dig i…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Ice, ice, maybe: should the Arctic be refrozen?
Many scientists are considering the notion of actively cooling the region that is warming fastest. We examine the merits and the risks—both environme…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Check in the mail: our analysis of Epstein’s correspondence
Our data journalists trawled through the vast email archive of Jeffrey Epstein, a dead sex offender. It is a revealing look at how and with whom he c…
4 months, 3 weeks ago