In Chicago much has been made of the new pope, Leo XIV—born on the South Side as Robert Francis Prevost—and his upbringing.

Since he returned to the Oval Office, the benchmark West Texas Intermediate oil price has fallen from $80 a barrel to $60 ...

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F OUR EUROPEAN leaders joined Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on May 10th to issue a peace ultimatum to Vladimir Putin: accept a ...

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TO HONG KONGERS, Li Ka-shing is a 97-year-old “Superman”, the tycoon who can turn any crisis into a business opportunity. To pro-Beijing media in the city he is the “Cockroach King”, a ...

ADVERTS FOR ginger shots line the walls of London’s underground network. Companies like MOJU and Suja juice, an American brand, tout the immunity-boosting properties of the daily dose.

Economist Education is running a new six-week online course on international relations—a window into shifting geopolitical trends and a guide to navigating uncertainty and risk. Listeners to ...

SCREENWRITERS ARE biased towards the extraordinary: the higher the stakes, the faster viewers’ pulses will be. One of this week’s titles will deliver an adrenaline boost, courtesy of Clint ...