T HIS SPRING, the Lithuanian hamlet of Lavoriskes is tranquil. No traffic disturbs the country road that leads from the village to a nearby border checkpoint with Belarus, a client state of Russia.

Kill them,” recounted Sebastian Gorka, America’s new counter-terrorism chief, of Donald Trump’s orders just ten days after ...

Can Mr Trump actually fire Mr Powel l? Law, as currently understood, gives the central bank protection. The president can ...

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America’s vice-president, J.D. Vance landed in Delhi as part of an American campaign to push other countries to isolate China ...

Data from office-entry-swipes, phones and job postings suggest that, though more Americans are in the office than in 2020-22, ...

A survey of 16,000 university graduates in 40 countries by Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University and colleagues, shared with ...

Productivity fell from 81% of the American level in 2000 to 68% in 2023. In the same period, Canadian investment per worker ...

The pope was, in any case, no great admirer of the United States, or of unbridled capitalism. As a Latin American—an ...

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T HE BALD MAN has not moved for more than three years. She arrived to take on a cargo of sunflower oil on the day before ...

Immigration lawyers contacted by The Economist say they have had lots of inquiries. Plenty of people will pay good money to ...