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Weekly edition of The Economist for Jan 3rd 2026. You've seen the news, now discover the story.

Yet despite its apparent absurdity, its journey is a reminder of how few modern boats ply African waterways, and how much ...

Some two-thirds of Ghanaians favour giving divine intervention a role in politics, so the videos were alarming enough to ...

The scale of the bycatch slaughter is a key factor in helping build global support for BBNJ. Another hugely harmful practice ...

But they have also burned through cash at “Towering Inferno” rates, as they spend on the chips and cloud computing needed to ...

T HIS WEEK marks the fifth anniversary of the trade and co-operation agreement ( TCA) that sealed Britain’s departure from ...

The goal should be a new golden rule linking the search for life elsewhere to the spread of life beyond the bounds of Earth.

On December 11th Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary-general, said darkly that “we must be prepared for the scale of war our ...

He has noted that in July 2024 his government appointed Australia’s first-ever special envoy to combat antisemitism; that in ...

W hen The Economist visited Detroit in late 2025 to interview Mike Duggan, the city’s outgoing mayor, the aide scheduling the ...