V ote for renewal,” urge giant billboards as Kazakhstan heads into a parliamentary election on August 23rd. Kassym-Jomart ...

They depict the seven men who have taken charge in Iran since Ali Khamenei, the former supreme leader, was killed in an ...

P lease God, give me one more oil boom—and I promise not to piss it all away next time” reads a popular bumper sticker in ...

Chart: The Economist In July French and German security chiefs announced they would replace a “digital backbone” reliant on ...

The container ship set off from the Chinese port of Ningbo on August 15th to begin the first regular cargo service between ...

But that reputation may not survive the events of Zambia’s recent election, which was held on August 13th. Mr Hichilema, who ...

Most of South Africa’s municipalities—the units of local government meant to deliver basic services—are a mess. Their failure ...

The ineffectual response can be explained by the stance of Israel’s government. The IDF knows that Binyamin Netanyahu, the ...

A new planning framework, published by the government on August 17th and effective immediately, takes aim at the Knockholts: ...

Britain is spooked. It may boot Palantir out of the National Health Service (NHS), where the firm has a contract to manage ...

The cut of up to half in the climate-effects of air travel would come at a very small cost. The number of flights at lowered ...

That two opposing sides of the political spectrum credit their own ideas for the success of one of the world’s better-run ...