The Economist

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.

The world’s second-biggest luxury label is turning heads again.

THE ECONOMIST: Many hoped to return once the hostilities ceased. As these drag on, however, plenty are casting around for a new, more peaceable bolt-hole. Where are they headed? And will they ever return?

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

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).

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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