The Economist

Donald Trump may have stopped his Iranian misadventure in time to avoid a catastrophe. But some of the damage it has inflicted on energy markets may never be undone.

The ceasefire agreement will bring needed relief to a scarred region, and to global energy markets. But it will not resolve the issues that brought America and Iran to war in the first place.

America’s closest allies have been blocked from Anthropic’s Mythos.

THE ECONOMIST: This level of America’s rich hide in plain sight — and wield enormous power.

New Yorkers gathered in each other’s homes, piled into bars and thronged sidewalks outside restaurants to stare through the windows at the video screens as the Knicks contended with the San Antonio Spurs.

The President must swallow his pride and accept a deal worse than the pre-war status quo.

Kevin Warsh, the unlucky new chairperson, has seen his case for lower interest rates disintegrate.

Is that a rocket in your lobby, or are you just happy to see me?

The temporary resumption of hostilities highlighted Donald Trump’s twin failures in controlling his Israeli ally and cajoling Iran to accept a lasting truce.  

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THE ECONOMIST: Exxon’s reincorporation is one more feather in the state’s cowboy hat, as it looks to overtake California as the largest economy in America

THE ECONOMIST: Today’s grandparents inherited a continent rebuilding itself after war; they will pass on one in need of repair after the damage they helped wreak.

THE ECONOMIST: The ousting of its chairman Albert Manifold shows BP cares more about feelings and not enough about performance.

THE ECONOMIST: In the age of AI, running a McDonald’s may soon look a lot more appealing.

Faster charging, longer range and fewer fires — what more could we want?

THE ECONOMIST: What makes one illegal market tolerated and another unthinkable? The answers are stranger than you’d expect.

Its users are burning through quadrillions of tokens a month, costing the company computing power and money.