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?
Middle East & Africa
The war in Gaza has unsettled the Jewish diaspora
They have found uneasy alliances with their new protectors on the right
The world in brief
Myanmar’s junta continued air strikes on rebel groups across the country, even as the UN and neighbouring countries called for a ceasefire to allow the passage of humanitarian aid following Friday’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake...
A transitional government in Syria was sworn in, with President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointing 23 people to his cabinet...
Donald Trump said he would impose tariffs of 25-50% on countries that buy Russian oil if the Kremlin does not co-operate with his attempts to end the war in Ukraine...
Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, vowed to maintain his country’s offensive against Hamas, claiming that “cracks” were appearing in the militant group’s negotiating position...
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
Charlemagne: The prospect of war has turned Europe into a continent of preppers
Could you survive 72 hours without outside food, water or electricity?
Myanmar’s earthquake piles misery on civil war
Where will aid come from, and how will the junta use it?
Jonathan Powell: Britain’s foreign-policy fixer
The influential intermediary faces perhaps his toughest challenge yet
Discover more
The Weekend Intelligence
Europe’s demographic destiny
Tracking the presidency
How popular is Donald Trump?
Canadian poll tracker
Ahead of elections later this year, the Liberals are surging
Weekend culture
What to watch this weekend
Four titles that are worth your time—and one to avoid
How not to handle a corporate kiss-and-tell book
Meta’s attempt to put a gag on “Careless People” is backfiring
Five years after covid, have scientists learned their lesson?
The history of one of epidemiology’s least favourite ideas
Transatlantic fights over war budgets are nothing new
An oft-forgotten negotiation between Winston Churchill and Andrew Mellon resonates
Elon Musk’s efficiency drive
Is Elon Musk remaking government or breaking it?
So far, there is more destruction than creation
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
Can Musk put people on Mars?
Whether successful or not, his attempt to do so will reshape America’s space programme
Games
Dateline history quiz
Guess when these extracts were published in The Economist
Mini crossword
Our wordplay puzzle
Pint-sized news quiz
Have you been following the headlines?
Other highlights
Climate change may make it harder to spot submarines
The sound of their engines will not travel as far
Trump is driving American scientists into Europe’s arms
But the continent will have to invest more to lure top talent
How safe is your DNA in a bankruptcy?
23andMe’s demise raises thorny legal questions
Why India’s south is fighting plans to overhaul parliament
Tamil Nadu’s leader explains in an interview with The Economist
The consequences of Trumponomics
Trump’s tariff pain: the growing evidence
As “liberation day” nears, American businesses suffer
The Trump administration is playing a dangerous stockmarket game
American investors are extremely exposed to a sell-off—and so is the economy
Even the Trumpiest stocks are suffering
Investors may have misjudged which firms would thrive under the new administration
Will Trump’s tariffs turbocharge foreign investment in America?
Companies from Asahi to TSMC are expanding production in the country—for now
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
Edition: March 29th 2025
Elon Musk’s efficiency drive
The Spring in Reeves’s step
Labour can still rescue Britain’s growth prospects
China’s stockmarket rally
Can foreign investors learn to love China again?
Netanyahu’s hubris
Israel’s expansionism is a danger to others—and itself
Signals intelligence Trumpstyle
The cover-up is worse than the group chat
