In markets it is known as the “Trump trade”, a bet that Donald Trump’s return to the White House would herald more inflation and higher interest…

About a week ago, Amazon joined an exclusive club. Its market value ticked over $2tn, putting it in the company of only four other firms: Alphabet,…

Every day seems to bring fresh bets on artificial intelligence (AI). In the past few weeks, CoreWeave, an AI cloud-computing company, and H, a French…

The mother of all war novels, to adapt a phrase from Saddam Hussein, must be War and Peace. But, just as the BBC’s Desert Island Discs gives every…

North Korea’s rulers have always had strong views on art. Kim Il Sung, the regime’s founding despot, said artists should “arouse burning hatred for…

Of the world’s 7,000-odd languages, almost half are expected to disappear by the end of the 21st century. Two culprits are usually considered…

For the first time, a former American president has been convicted of a felony—34 felonies, in fact. This historic disgrace should both shock the…

What is the ideal job to outsource to artificial intelligence? Today’s AIS, in particular, the Chatgpt-like generative sort, have a leaky memory,…

Three years ago, when Ebrahim Raisi won the presidency in a rigged election, some Iranians thought it was a stepping stone to a bigger position. Ali…

At first glance, the world economy looks reassuringly resilient. America has boomed even as its trade war with China has escalated. Germany has…