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Trump-Xi talks to focus on trade and technology Diana Estefanía Rubio
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Trade and technology to dominate Trump-Xi talks

Al Majalla - London 22 September 2026
Attendees applaud as North Korea and Russia open their first road bridge, a structure that spans the Tumen River, connecting the border cities of Rason and Khasan, on 7 September 2026. KCNA/ REUTERS
Politics

First Russia-North Korea road link shows growing ties

Anton Mardasov 20 September 2026
The assembly line in a factory making supersonic defect detectors and diagnostic devices in Shantou (Swatow), China. Bettman Archive/Getty

How ‘Made in China’ became American gospel

The canny marketing of imports from vodka to basketballs transformed the US-China trade relationship

Elizabeth O’Brien Ingleson 05 June 2024
Gurjeet Singh Aujla (C), an election candidate of the Indian National Congress (INC) party alongside supporters, celebrates after taking the lead in vote count figures for India's general election in Amritsar on June 4, 2024. Narinder NANU / AFP

Indian voters shatter BJP's dream of domination

The BJP's poorer-than-expected performance gives its potential coalition partners more leeway as Modi awaits an invitation from India's president to form a new government

Shakir Husain 05 June 2024
K-pop girl group New Jeans perform during “2024 Korea On Stage — New Generation," held at the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul on May 21, 2024. Anthony WALLACE / AFP

Why South Korean pop culture rocks and North Korea’s does not

Dictatorship stifles creativity and joyrn

The Economist 04 June 2024
US President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting in Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia on Nov. 14, 2022. Reuters

Can a US-China military hotline stop the downward spiral?

New communications channels between the superpowers are a hopeful sign

James Crabtree 30 May 2024
Chabahar Port in a photo dated October 27, 2021. Shutterstock

India opens the door to Central Asia with ten-year Iran port deal

Chabahar on the Gulf of Oman is India's first overseas port. It has the handy benefit of bypassing Pakistan, which is currently a key Chinese trade hub. But will New Delhi now be hit by US sanctions?

Shakir Husain 26 May 2024
In this photograph taken on September 7, 2016, an Indian woman works at a call center of TravelKhana in Noida. CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP

Will chatbots eat India’s IT industry?

TCS, Infosys and others try to harness the technology first

The Economist 24 May 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, China May 16, 2024. Reuters

Vladimir Putin meets his big brother in Beijing

Russia's leader wants to strengthen his "no-limits" partnership with Xi Jinping

The Economist 15 May 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden is applauded by union members after signing orders that increase tariffs on China to promote American investments and jobs in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 14, 2024, in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP

Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs

The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost

The Economist 15 May 2024
Axel Rangel Garcia

Beijing pushes for AI regulation

A campaign to control generative AI raises questions about the future of the industry in China

James Palmer 07 May 2024
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4 books to understand modern India

Is the world's most populous country booming or broken?

Mukul Kesavan 03 May 2024
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Iran-Houthi escalation could backfire. Here is how

05, Oct 2026

The more Iran and its regional allies try to corner Yemen's government, the more international support it is getting to fight back

Ibrahim Jalal
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Exclusive interview with the man who caught Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea met in Alamein Egypt on 4 October to discuss regional tensions. Eritrea Ministry of Information via X
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Have Ethiopia's neighbours formed an alliance against it?

06, Oct 2026

The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea met in Alamein on Sunday, which some interpret as a formation of a loose security alliance aimed at influencing the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa

Amr Emam
A digital billboard displays fuel prices at a petrol station in Berlin on 2 October 2026. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Business & Economy

G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of reserve diesel

03, Oct 2026

Analysts believe that Trump is hoping to lower domestic fuel prices before the November midterm elections, which could see Democrats win a majority of seats in Congress

Alexandra Sharp
A supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a Brazilian flag after a closing campaign rally, one day before the general election, in Sao Paulo, on 3 October, 2026. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
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Who will be Brazil’s next president?

04, Oct 2026

Neither Lula nor Bolsonaro won an outright majority, so the two men will face off on 25 October in an election that could serve as a bellwether of Donald Trump's influence in Latin America

The Economist

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