The Economist

The largest supply shock in petroleum history is getting larger fast. 

Oil market floating in eye of storm but prices may soon rise

THE ECONOMIST: The largest supply shock in petroleum history is getting larger fast. 

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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are holding talks in Beijing.

Trump-Xi summit will expose dysfunctional duo

The critical summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping could frame relations between the US and China for years (but don’t mention the war).

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets construction apprentices during a visit to London South Bank Technical College on May 12, 2026 in London, England.

Whoever emerges as the UK’s next PM faces a miserable time

Rank-and-file Labour Party members—a peculiar gang of retired teachers, civil servants and trade unionists — face the rare prospect of voting for PM.

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A Wazalendo militant surrenders a weapon to members of the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group on December 15, 2025.

Inside the power struggle for Congo’s rich minerals

THE ECONOMIST: The Congo is fighting a civil war and a proxy war - and the country’s abundant mineral resources are providing extra reasons to fight.

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Elon Musk is poised to float the world’s most valuable start-up on the stock market. 

What is Elon’s formula? Exploring the rise of Muskism

THE ECONOMIST: A historian along with a technology writer uncover the essence of Muskism.

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Politicians must balance the protesters’ right to free expression and the right of Jews to safety.

To fight anti-Semitism, first grasp where it comes from

THE ECONOMIST: What looks like a 21st-century problem has deep, dark roots.

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Oil markets were suitably unimpressed by Mr Trump’s latest promise.

Can Donald Trump really reopen the Strait of Hormuz?

The blockade remains, the war began 65 days ago, and the President still has to deal with the question of Iran’s uranium.

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The world’s oil markets are in La La Land.

Oil markets in La La land as experts warn of supply shock

THE ECONOMIST: Markets are disconnected from reality and we are heading for the biggest global oil-supply shock in history, energy experts warn.

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Aberdeen's Trac Oil & Gas company provides engineering support services for the oil sector.

Swashbuckling oil-services firms are preparing for a boom

THE ECONOMIST: It’s dangerous work, but post-war reconstruction and diversification brings opportunities for the cowboys of the energy industry.

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United Arab Emirates has announced it will leave OPEC on May 1.

Why UAE’s departure from OPEC may not break the cartel

THE ECONOMIST: The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave OPEC highlights longstanding tensions that the war in the Middle East has exacerbated.

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The five so-called hyperscalers —Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Oracle — are investing hundreds of billions of dollars apiece in data centres. 

‘Tokenmaxxing’: Supply-chain crunch taking a byte out of AI

THE ECONOMIST: ‘Tokenmaxxing’ techies may need to take a hiatus as the demand for artificial intelligence increases.

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John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering at Apple Inc.

Apple’s new boss needs to restore its magic for the AI era

The elevation of John Ternus - an engineer’s engineer - signals the future direction of the technology company.

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In Australia petrol is a bit pricier but trucks keep trucking and planes continue to fly. This comforting picture belies how close we remain to the edge.

Global energy markets are on the verge of a disaster

In Australia petrol is a bit pricier but trucks keep trucking and planes continue to fly. This comforting picture belies how close we remain to the edge.

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Defence upstarts are changing how the US wages war.

THE ECONOMIST: Defence upstarts changing how US wages war

The Trump administration is cosying up to new tech which is shaking up the traditional military industrial complex.

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