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Germany approves the biggest fiscal expansion in its post-war history

The country decides defence and infrastructure are worth borrowing for

The Economist 22 March 2025

Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner at the Bundesrat in Berlin on March 21, 2025. If, after the Bundestag, the Bundesrat also approves it, the way will be clear for the unprecedented borrowing for defence and infrastructure.

John MACDOUGALL / AFP

The New York Times cover announcing the verdict on former US President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York City, US, May 30, 2024.

Reuters

The disgrace of a former American president

But this prosecution of Donald Trump was wrongheaded and counter-productive

The Economist 31, 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

The coffin of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is carried on the shoulders of soldiers in the city of Tabriz on May 21, 2024.

AFP

The death of Iran’s president will spark a high-stakes power struggle

Amid a regional war, a fight at home between the clerics and military looms

The Economist 22, May 2024

Activists from Jewish Voice for Peace surround the Statue of Liberty Plaza, on November 6, 2023.

AFP

The liberal international order is slowly coming apart

Its collapse could be sudden and irreversible

The Economist 19, May 2024

How Hollywood fell in love with video games

"Fallout" is the latest in a successful run of adaptations

The Economist 17, 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

Tourists enter the Swakopmund Museum on June 23, 2017, Namibia.

GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP

One of the smallest museums in Africa might be its most important

A curator's battle to commemorate Germany's forgotten genocide in Namibia

The Economist 08, May 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes China's President Xi Jinping as he arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit to France on May 6, 2024.

Reuters

Emmanuel Macron’s urgent message for Europe

The French president issues a dark and prophetic warning in an interview with the Economist as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in France with Ukraine and EU trade row at the top of agenda

The Economist 06, May 2024

Two books examine atomic weaponry and the global annihilation it could bring about

Al Majalla

What would nuclear war look like in the 21st century?

Two books examine atomic weaponry and the global annihilation it could bring about

The Economist 27, Apr 2024

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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ brings even bigger tariffs than expected

03 April 2025

Double-digit tariffs on nearly every trading partner will likely spark reprisals

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People wave flags and chant slogans as they celebrate on the streets of Port Sudan on March 21, 2025, after the army retook the presidential palace in Khartoum from paramilitaries.

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Winning Khartoum: what tipped the scales in the army's favour?

02 April 2025

Several factors contributed to the Sudanese Armed Forces finally reclaiming the country's capital from the RSF paramilitaries who seized it two years ago at the outbreak of civil war.

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Ekrem İmamoğlu: The Turkish presidential candidate behind bars

30 March 2025

The man many think could end Erdoğan's quarter-century reign was arrested just days before he was nominated as the CHP presidential candidate. Who is he, and why is he behind bars?

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The new Syrian government, with President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the middle, poses for a group photo at the presidential palace on Saturday, March 29, 2025.

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8 things you need to know about Syria's new government

31 March 2025

As Syria takes this important step forward, the journey ahead remains fraught with obstacles but also hope

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A man walks past a mural depicting the late Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano in Montevideo.

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Remembering Eduardo Galeano: the voice of the oppressed

28 March 2025

The passion and imagination of the Uruguayan writer remain timeless, not least over Gaza. Ten years since his passing, Al Majalla revisits his works and words.

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Germany approves the biggest fiscal expansion in its post-war history

The disgrace of a former American president

Will chatbots eat India’s IT industry?

The death of Iran’s president will spark a high-stakes power struggle

The liberal international order is slowly coming apart

How Hollywood fell in love with video games

Vladimir Putin meets his big brother in Beijing

Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs

One of the smallest museums in Africa might be its most important

Emmanuel Macron’s urgent message for Europe

What would nuclear war look like in the 21st century?

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ brings even bigger tariffs than expected

Winning Khartoum: what tipped the scales in the army's favour?

Ekrem İmamoğlu: The Turkish presidential candidate behind bars

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Remembering Eduardo Galeano: the voice of the oppressed

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