Ruination Day
President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc
But the rest of the world can limit the damage
Asia
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s disgraced president, is ousted
Democratic institutions have held firm, but the political mess will go on
Finance & economics
How Milei made Argentina deserving of an IMF bail-out
He offers the only way out of a supremely difficult situation
The Liberals are on track to victory in Canada, thanks to Trump
We predict the country’s next parliament
The world in brief
China said it would introduce further tariffs of 34% on American imports as the global trade war caused by Donald Trump’s tariff announcement intensified...
American markets suffered their steepest declines since March 2020 on Thursday, the first full day of trading since Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs announcement...
South Korea’s constitutional court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, removing him from office...
The UN accused Myanmar’s junta of blocking humanitarian assistance from reaching parts of the country that it thinks support rebel groups...
What happens when Britain frees thousands of prisoners at once?
An early-discharge programme has shone light on a problem
Lexington: Donald Trump is attacking what made American universities great
More than Middle East Studies is in trouble
Myanmar’s junta takes advantage of a devastating earthquake
The disaster may entrench a brutal regime
How Daylight Saving Time affects your sleep and diet
This annual time shift has long-lasting effects on health
Discover more
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
This week
This week’s most important business stories
Trump reveals his much-dreaded new list of tariffs, SoftBank and others inject $40bn into OpenAI—and more
This week’s most important political stories
Marine Le Pen is barred from running for president, an earthquake in Myanmar kills at least 3,000 people—and more
A selection of correspondence
On training British workers, the Soviet Union, shared documents
The weekly cartoon
A lighter look at this week’s events
Games
Dateline history quiz
Guess when these extracts were published in The Economist
Mini crossword
Our worldplay puzzle, now published twice a week
Pint-sized news quiz
Have you been following the headlines?
Elon Musk’s efficiency drive
Is Elon Musk remaking government or breaking it?
So far, there is more destruction than creation
DOGE comes for the data wonks
America may soon be unable to measure itself properly
Elon Musk is powersliding through the federal government
But to what end?
Musk Inc is under serious threat
SpaceX has new competition, Tesla is in trouble and the world’s richest man is distracted
Other highlights
Is there anything left to learn about The Beatles?
The famous band has been amply covered. But analysing one friendship offers new insights
Mitochondria transplants could cure diseases and lengthen lives
A technique that may create a new field of medicine
How Shonda Rhimes became a billion-dollar asset for streamers
Her career offers lessons for any writer who wants to make it big on the small screen
1843 magazine | The secret life of the first millennial saint
The Vatican wants him to be the next Mother Teresa. But what did Carlo Acutis really believe?
Edition: April 5th 2025
Ruination day: How to limit global damage
How MAGA could help China
A big beautiful opportunity
Penalising Le Pen
Punish the offender without also punishing French democracy
Refugee-camp economics
In Dzaleka, Malawi, everyone receives $9 a month
George Foreman: boxer, preacher and griller
The two-time heavyweight champion of the world died on March 21st
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
