Paraguay A secret hydropower deal with Brazil causes a political crisis in ParaguayThe Economist A dam messA secret hydropower deal with Brazil causes a political crisis in Paraguay The stage is set for a new Itaipu dam agreement between the two …
Interest Rates Countries most exposed to climate change face higher costs of capitalThe Economist Costing the earthCountries most exposed to climate change face higher costs of capital IN EAST AFRICA millions of people are suffering from a …
Administrative Law The legal cannabis market shrank in California last yearThe Economist Legal and rarerThe legal cannabis market shrank in California last year HARBOURSIDE CANNABIS in Oakland is a modern-day temple to the delights and …
China Tencent and other Chinese tech firms are reporting decent resultsThe Economist Stuck in the Middle KingdomTencent and other Chinese tech firms are reporting decent results THE LAST three months have been hard on China’s most …
Gabon Why many foreign companies are on the verge of leaving GabonThe Economist A scam too farWhy many foreign companies are on the verge of leaving Gabon IT IS OFTEN said of countries that their real wealth lies in their people. …
Ballistic Missiles An accident in Russia points to the risks of atomic aviationThe Economist Nuclear propulsionAn accident in Russia points to the risks of atomic aviation IN 1957 WORK began on Project Pluto, a treetop-skimming American …
Yemen Southern separatists are tearing Yemen apartThe Economist The war within the warSouthern separatists are tearing Yemen apart They are part of the Saudi-led coalition, but have their own agenda SAUDI ARABIA’S …
Mauricio Macri Argentina faces the prospect of another defaultThe Economist The bonds that tieArgentina faces the prospect of another default An opposition triumph in primary elections prompts a vicious sell-off THE ELECTION of …
Brexit The chilling economic effects of Brexit uncertainty are intensifyingThe Economist Deep freezeThe chilling economic effects of Brexit uncertainty are intensifying SINCE BRITAIN voted to leave the European Union (EU) in June 2016, …
California Caps on groundwater use create a new market in CaliforniaThe Economist A liquid marketCaps on groundwater use create a new market in California When it comes to allocating scarce resources, markets are hard to beat A LONG …
Kashmir In its struggle to subdue Kashmir, India is stripping it of libertiesThe Economist An area of darknessIn its struggle to subdue Kashmir, India is stripping it of liberties Days after losing its largely nominal autonomy, the region is …
Goldman Sachs Malaysia charges 17 Goldman Sachs executivesThe Economist And then there were seventeenMalaysia charges 17 Goldman Sachs executives It is ramping up its efforts to deal with the 1MDB scandal THE SURPRISE …
Greenland Climate change is a remorseless threat to the world’s coastsThe Economist The rising oceansClimate change is a remorseless threat to the world’s coasts The world is not ready for the sea levels it will face IMAGINE A HUGE …
Hong Kong Why Chinese officials imagine America is behind unrest in Hong KongThe Economist ChaguanWhy Chinese officials imagine America is behind unrest in Hong Kong THERE IS SOMETHING depressing about the Chinese government’s claim that …
Vladimir Putin Protests in Moscow show that Putin’s critics are getting strongerThe Economist UnbowedProtests in Moscow show that Putin’s critics are getting stronger IT IS 20 years this month since then-President Boris Yeltsin appointed a …
FedEx FedEx’s visionary founder is a disrupter at risk of disruptionThe Economist SchumpeterFedEx’s visionary founder is a disrupter at risk of disruption FOR OUTSIDERS, FedEx is synonymous with the business it pioneered: the …
Almazbek Atambayev After a siege of his home, an ex-president is charged with murderThe Economist Atambayev arrestedAfter a siege of his home, an ex-president is charged with murder THE FORMER president of Kyrgyzstan did not go down without a …
NATO Violence in Afghanistan last year was worse than in SyriaThe Economist Prisoners of warViolence in Afghanistan last year was worse than in Syria As NATO draws down forces, the Taliban have reclaimed much of the country ON …
News (U.S.) Markets are braced for a global downturnThe Economist The signals from bonds, currencies and commodities are increasingly alarming LOOKING FOR meaning in financial markets is like looking for patterns in …
Interest Rates Six charts that explain the state of marketsThe Economist The new commonplaceSix charts that explain the state of markets IN THE AUTUMN of 2008, strange and novel things happened in financial markets, such as …
Morocco A row over teaching in French has reopened old wounds in MoroccoThe Economist Quel est le problème?A row over teaching in French has reopened old wounds in Morocco FRANTZ FANON, a great theorist of colonialism, wrote that “every …
Penguins Leopard seals share their suppersThe Economist LEOPARD SEALS resemble their terrestrial namesakes in two ways. They have polka-dot pelts. And they are powerful, generally solitary carnivores that …
China For some in China, the aim of travel is to create 15-second videosThe Economist Daka destinationsFor some in China, the aim of travel is to create 15-second videos It’s not about where you’ve been, it’s about where you’re seen to …
Narendra Modi India Inc is growing disenchanted with Narendra ModiThe Economist In his second term, India’s prime minister is showing his statist side IN MAY CHAMPAGNE corks popped as Mumbai’s bankers, investors and industrialists …
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe faces its worst economic crisis in a decadeThe Economist Not againZimbabwe faces its worst economic crisis in a decade AT HIS PENTECOSTAL church in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, Bishop Never Muparutsa sighs at …
Baltic States In the Baltic states, many people are stuck in Khrushchev-era flatsThe Economist Soviet blocksIn the Baltic states, many people are stuck in Khrushchev-era flats IN THE BALTIC STATES, Soviet-era apartments have taken on a gritty …
Hurricane Sandy One way or another the deluge is comingThe Economist A world without beachesOne way or another the deluge is coming THE OCEAN covers 70.8% of the Earth’s surface. That share is creeping up. Averaged …
Brexit Brexit could cause a crisis that drags in even the queenThe Economist A right royal messBrexit could cause a crisis that drags in even the queen A constitution based on convention is being pushed to its limits BRITAIN …
Supernatural Téa Obreht’s “Inland” blends the supernatural and the old WestThe Economist Magical realismTéa Obreht’s “Inland” blends the supernatural and the old West Inland. By Téa Obreht. Random House; 384 pages; $27. Weidenfeld & …
