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What would it cost to kill coal?
The price of shutting down coal power, and what would be gained
United States
The demographic detail of Donald Trump’s victory
Immigrant voters may have won America’s presidential election for the nativist candidate
The world in brief
Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of America’s House of Representatives, “strongly” discouraged releasing an ethics report about Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney-general, arguing it breaks House “tradition” because Mr Gaetz is no longer a member of Congress...
Israeli strikes killed five paramedics at a civil defence centre in southern Lebanon, according to the country’s health ministry...
Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, and Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, spoke on the phone for the first time in nearly two years...
The coalition led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new president, swept to victory in a snap general election...
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They cover AI, war and mass hysteria
Free exchange: Economists need new indicators of economic misery
Existing measures of discomfort are failing to predict elections
Which countries have the most-educated politicians?
American lawmakers have lofty credentials, but not necessarily more skills
How older French women are redefining the aesthetics of ageing
Wrinkles could once wreck a public career in France. Not any more
Republicans win control of the House
They have secured the coveted trifecta. See all the results here
Dateline
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More on Trumponomics
The biggest losers from Trumponomics
America’s president-elect wants to reshape trade, capital and labour flows
Banyan: How South-East Asia can weather the Trump trade typhoon
The complacent region could use an outside jolt
America Inc is hoping for a tax bonanza. It may be disappointed
Donald Trump’s promise of big tax cuts may not materialise
Schumpeter: Tesla is not the only winner under Donald Trump
Which businesses will thrive over the next four years?
Team Trump
Matt Gaetz’s nomination to be attorney-general is an ill omen
It shows how far Donald Trump is willing to go to dominate the machinery of government
What would Robert F. Kennedy junior mean for American health?
Donald Trump’s nomination for health secretary is sceptical about vaccines and mainstream medicine
What Trump’s picks suggest about how his presidency will go
Loyalty, competence and an appetite for disruption are among the traits he is filtering for
The man picked as defence secretary wants to purge the Pentagon
Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host, takes aim at “woke shit”
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Paying the climate bill
Everything about climate change may seem grim. It isn’t
The fight for a stable climate will be fought using technology
The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think
Most analysts overestimate energy demand and underestimate technological advances
Mega-polluter China believes it is a climate saviour
It accounts for almost 40% of global investment in clean energy
Artificial intelligence is helping improve climate models
More accurate predictions will lead to better policy-making
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What it’s like to live with nuclear waste on your doorstep
What does “Gladiator II” get wrong?
Its artistic errors are even worse than its historical ones
Baltazar Ushca climbed Chimborazo twice a week
The last Ecuadorean ice-harvester died on October 11th, aged 80
Can the WSL escape the shadow of the Premier League?
Women’s football in England has big ambitions
World news
The sun begins to set on Olaf Scholz’s chancellorship
The contours of Germany’s coming election campaign are coming into view
2024’s biggest revolution may yet devour its children
Muhammad Yunus faces calls for early elections and retributive justice
Justin Trudeau’s dodgy defence promise
Canada is about to receive a MAGA mauling
Haiti has lost its prime minister. Gangs aren’t going anywhere
The sacking of Garry Conille worsens the instability in the western hemisphere’s poorest country
Business, finance and economics
Donald Trump is bad news for German business
But some companies will be hit much harder than others
Nike and Adidas are losing their lead in running shoes
On, Hoka and other challengers are catching up fast
To get more capital, Africa needs more data
Poor data and small capital markets make it hard to gauge risks and returns
Why crypto mania is reaching new heights
Are bitcoin bros right to be so thrilled by Donald Trump’s victory?
More on climate change
How to pay for the poor world to go green
Rich countries need not reinvent the wheel
King coal is dirty, dangerous—and far from dead
Rumours of its rapid demise have been greatly exaggerated
How to frame the argument over clean power
An unlikely political lesson from Ed Miliband, Britain’s energy secretary
“Energy transition” has been profoundly misunderstood
At COP29 there will be plenty of discussion about it. But the idea is more complex than many believe
The war in Ukraine
War in Ukraine may only intensify under Trump, says Dmytro Kuleba
The country’s former foreign minister explains the powderkeg that is three leaders in a cannot-lose standoff
Kremlin-occupied Ukraine is now a totalitarian hell
The Trump administration should remember Vladimir Putin’s dark vision
Why Volodymyr Zelensky may welcome Donald Trump’s victory
Disillusion with Joe Biden has reached deep levels
Ukraine is now struggling to cling on, not to win
Russia is slicing through Ukrainian defences in parts of the battlefield
War in the Middle East
The world’s most unlikely safe haven
As war rages in the Middle East, Shia are fleeing to a deadly dictatorship
Quitting Qatar is the least of Hamas’s problems
Farewell to comfortable villas in Doha, hello Turkey
Binyamin Netanyahu fires his defence minister
The Israeli prime minister stamps his authority on his government
Iran needs a new national-security strategy
Will it choose a nuclear bomb or detente with America?
Cultural highlights
In “Anora”, strippers and Russian heavies are not what you expect
Many stories rely on character types. The best reimagine them
The Economist’s selection of the best TV of 2024
The small screen claims some riveting shows this year, both new and returning
The best films of 2024, as chosen by The Economist
They feature nuns and cardinals, robots and strippers
The long shadow of the Paris terrorist attacks of 2015
November 13th shook the French capital—but has not changed it
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Edition: November 16th 2024
What’s about to hit the world economy?
Middle-class and minimum-wage
The strange politics of wage compression in Britain
Paying the climate bill
The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think
What to make of Trump’s picks
Loyalty, competence and an appetite for disruption are among the traits he is filtering for
Investing in Africa
Poor data and small capital markets make it hard to gauge risks and returns
Special reports: October 19th 2024
The envy of the world
The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust. Expect that to continue, argue Simon Rabinovitch and Henry Curr
The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust
American productivity still leads the world
Is higher inequality the price America pays for faster growth?
The shale revolution helped make America’s economy great
Why the American stockmarket reigns supreme
China’s yuan is nowhere close to displacing the greenback
What can stop the American economy now?
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