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How AI could help the climate
The technology could help decarbonise the industries that have proved the hardest to clean up

Asia
Xi Jinping may try to woo the victims of Donald Trump’s tariffs
America’s chaos is a chance for China to wield influence in the region
1843 magazine | Friends with benefits? The country still in thrall to the Wagner Group
In the Central African Republic locals are learning Russian while mercenaries knock back lager
The world in brief
America continued its tariffs walkback by exempting electronic parts and devices, including phones and computers, from its new levies on Chinese goods...
Britain passed an emergency law giving the government control of a steel plant in Lincolnshire, in the East Midlands, to prevent its imminent closure...
America and Iran began talks about the Iranian nuclear program in Oman, according to an online post by Esmaeil Baghaei, a spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry...
Extreme winds and heavy rains battered northern China, leading to the cancellation of more than 800 flights and disrupting trains...

Why you should believe in God. Or Allah. (But not Baal)
Ross Douthat believes everyone should believe. Readers may have doubts

Charlemagne: The thing about Europe... it’s the actual land of the free now
Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison

Electric vehicles also cause air pollution
Though fume-free, their brake pads and tyres disintegrate over time

The philosopher changing free speech in Britain
Arif Ahmed is forcing universities to behave better
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The Intelligence
Art of the real: Trump bows to markets
Money Talks newsletter
Understand the global economic upheaval caused by Trump’s tariffs
Tracking the presidency
How is America’s economy faring under Donald Trump?
Canadian poll tracker
Ahead of elections later this month, the Liberals are surging
Trump’s tariffs on China

China has a weapon that could hurt America: rare-earth exports
It has only just begun to use it

Why China thinks it might win a trade war with Trump
The country’s officials vow to “fight to the end”

China’s shoemakers seem more sanguine than its politicians
A trade war will cause a lot of damage, but many have weathered storms before
How America could end up making China great again
A big beautiful opportunity
Culture

What to watch this weekend
Survival lessons from Viola Davis, Jon Hamm and Pedro Pascal

Would you turn your home into a museum?
The recently renovated Frick Collection is a testament to a bygone era

Why you should believe in God. Or Allah. (But not Baal)
Ross Douthat believes everyone should believe. Readers may have doubts
Pronouns have become extremely divisive
These short words are at the centre of a big political debate
“G20”, a rollicking new film, evokes an old ideal of America
It is outlandish in more ways than intended
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Dateline history quiz
Guess when these extracts were published in The Economist
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Betty Webb never spoke about her work, until she had to
The Bletchley Park “secretary” died on March 31st, aged 101

The British are learning to love cheap overseas health care
Growing numbers are heading abroad for cosmetic and other medical procedures

Could data centres ever be built in orbit?
A startup called Starcloud has plans to do just that
Japan faces a reckoning over rice
A crisis over its staple reveals cracks in the country’s food system
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Edition: April 12th 2025
The age of chaos
Bolstering Ukraine’s defence industry
Europe should buy from Ukraine’s defence industry, and invest in it
The assault on America’s universities
Donald Trump’s plan to remake universities threatens America’s prosperity and freedom
How AI can be good for the climate
It could help decarbonise the industries that have proved the hardest to clean up
Oh, grow up! The rise of “adulting” courses
Too many adults are absolutely clueless
Technology Quarterly: March 1st 2025
The age of CRISPR
Ida Emilie Steinmark explores whether it can deliver on its promise
- Can gene editing deliver on its promise?
- CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how
- Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing
- Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory
- Eat your GE-greens
- Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives
- Designing babies
- Gene editing can still change the world
- Acknowledgments