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Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, said his country would retaliate “dollar for dollar” against America’s new 50% tariffs, ...

Passing the package, which the European Commission has endorsed, will help Montenegro further its case to join the European ...

Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, said his country would retaliate “dollar for dollar” against America’s new 50% tariffs, ...

America’s president has also vowed to impose penalties on countries that support Iran’s economy. The Trump administration is ...

Vladimir Putin threatened to hit Ukraine’s “most sensitive economic sectors” after it attacked a warehouse run by Ozon, ...

The UN Security Council holds a second non-binding poll on Friday to measure support for the seven candidates running to ...

The World Robot Conference, which began in Beijing this week, is an opportunity for China’s growing humanoid sector to show ...

Weekly edition of The Economist for August 22nd 2026. You've seen the news, now discover the story.

Mike Ashley’s name is not synonymous with refinement. The 61-year-old British billionaire built a fortune from Sports Direct, ...

By all commercial logic, the craft of making marionettes—wooden puppets controlled by strings—should have disappeared long ...

Sports governing bodies are suggesting solutions. FIFA introduced “hydration breaks” during this year’s World Cup—although ...