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

Yet England’s schools are a clear exception. Pupils are increasingly numerate and literate, compared with peers abroad. In ...

The latest S&P Global construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) scored 53.3 in December, down from 55.2 in November.

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 ...