The third prong is to advertise the most interventionist elements of Labour’s agenda. Sir Keir was visiting to promote plans ...

An anniversary this week caused Charlemagne to ponder his continent’s position 25 years ago. On June 10th 1999 Slobodan ...

M any people have experienced the joy of finding some spare change down the back of the sofa. On May 30th the World Bank ...

The combined profits of the five EU banks with the largest Russian operations have tripled, reaching nearly €3bn in 2023.

According to the latest estimate of the UN ’s Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ), Kenya reached number three in exports last year. It is still far behind Mexico, the unchallenged giant, and ...

CHINA’S HUNGER for homemade chips is insatiable. In May it was revealed that the government had launched the third iteration of its “Big Fund”, an investment vehicle designed to shore up the domestic ...

Her explanation for slamming on the brakes was weak. She claimed that “circumstances have changed” and that $15 “can break ...

Can the feast last? Foreign rivals are catching on. Between January and March about 60% of new Chinese KFC s and Pizza Huts (also owned by Yum China) opened in cities that are no bigger than ...

Villages in Normandy this week were decked out in American and other allied flags and military memorabilia. For his part, Mr Macron is showing his appreciation by also hosting Mr Biden in Paris on ...

Israel’s leaders did not approve the leak, but they knew it was coming. Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, grudgingly admitted that the plan was of his government’s own making. It is Israel’s ...

China’s university-entrance exam, known as the gaokao, is punishingly difficult. Students spend endless hours cramming for it. But it is also meant to be meritocratic. Work hard, score well and, no ...

For now the contest is in the grey zone, between peace and war. China’s coastguard regularly harasses Filipino vessels with water cannon near disputed shoals in the South China Sea. But at the Shangri ...