His invitation to Vladimir Putin to make a deal over Ukraine has thrown the transatlantic alliance into turmoil ...

The results were stunning. So too was the nationality of the company behind them. Akeso, a biotech firm, is Chinese.

By the end of Saturday, February 15th, the Ukrainian team had negotiated a stay of execution, and agreed to start a process ...

Argentina holds the world’s fourth-largest reserves of shale oil and more shale gas than anywhere except China. Argentines ...

In a recent interview with The Economist, Friedrich Merz, who is likely soon to be chancellor of Germany, said that there ...

On January 29th Ms Noem announced that the Trump administration had revoked temporary protections from deportation provided ...

China and America are also waging a bitter battle of ideas. China defends authoritarianism, whereas America, at least until ...

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But the AfD’s leader, Alice Weidel, intends to become Germany’s chancellor in the election after that, which is due 2029. In ...

If “none of the above” were an option in Germany’s election on February 23rd, it might win. Only 40% of Germans say Friedrich ...

It is a humbling admission for an old ally. “They don’t listen to us,” General Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, complained about the Afghan Taliban last month. In General Munir’s ...

Yet for all America’s expertise and innovation, not to mention its vast defence budget, its own armed forces are struggling ...