T his week our cover in America features Donald Trump as the country’s deporter-in-chief. We ask whether a man who makes ugly ...

But there is no reason to catastrophise or give up hope. If other continents can prosper, so can Africa. It is time its ...

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

Choosing the cover of the end-of-year double issue can feel odd. No matter how tumultuous the news (and events in Syria and Georgia are making sure that the holiday season brings little in the way ...

Our worldwide cover this week was devoted to the downfall of Bashar al-Assad. A lot of commentary has warned that post-Assad Syria is doomed to descend into religious tyranny or civil war.

Although the firm says that workers were willing participants in the zapping and safety measures were taken, it is not a great look for a CEO .) We dinged two more bosses because of uncertainty over ...

In November, when The Economist visited ... By 2035 there may be no ice cover left in the Arctic Ocean in the summer. Geopolitics lends urgency to the hunt. All the big powers want to reduce ...

Map: The Economist At a command post to the north ... His five hryvnia ($0.12) margin on the 15 hryvnia cover price is enough to keep his team in business, he says. He is determined not to ...

Chart: The Economist It was always going to be hot in ... This was apparently due to paucity of cloud cover, particularly in the northern mid latitudes. A lung-sparing dearth of sulphates may ...

Chart: The Economist No one is exactly sure why deaths ... particularly in Appalachia and the Midwest. In Ohio, which covers both regions, the number of deaths dropped by a quarter in the year ...