This week we consider the economy-policy team that Donald Trump has assembled and how it will shape his second term. The ...

Most of the population growth expected over the rest of the 21st century is expected to take place in Africa. These new ...

At that point Africa will be home to approximately 2.5bn people, or around a quarter of humanity. And unless Africa finds a ...

The Economist picks a country of the year. The winner is not the richest, happiest or most virtuous place, but the one that ...

How keen are you now? The expected profit is still $5,000, but the risk of losing at least $10,000 (by rolling a one or two) ...

That is enough to meet the needs of more than 300m people and more than triple the capacity of the Three Gorges dam, which is ...

Part pop record, part zeitgeist moment. (This album spawned its own idiom: “Brat summer”.) In an age of focus-grouped relatability, the British singer-songwriter is refreshingly brash—and ...

Ukrainian volunteer engineers are working on a new missile called Trembita that could reach moscow. The project is in the ...