Europe has perfected the art of making cityscapes pleasant. Making them mighty engines of economic dynamism is another matter ...

France may be running out of money, political stability and public patience; it is not running out of influence. A country ...

Tech has also boosted millennials’ cultural comeback. Online platforms encourage people to bathe in the content of their ...

Lawrence Lessig and Yoshua Bengio suggest how to reduce serious risks without abandoning American technological leadership.

Two years ago that approach was flawed but defensible. AI risks were mostly theoretical. Strangling a promising technology with overly onerous rules would have been a mistake. But in late 2026 „let it ...

To shore up the EU’s defences, France and Germany want it to use existing tools more aggressively, broaden the rules so that ...

Elections will sap what little resolve the continent has to make tough decisions.

A government-debt crisis is looming.

The deal is also shameful for America. Mr Putin terrorises his own people, kills Ukrainian civilians and is helping Iran ...

The Bolsonaro clan promises to align with Donald Trump, and to attack democratic institutions.

Vladimir Putin is about to subject Ukraine and Europe to a winter of horror. Each week Russia’s president plumbs new depths of cruelty and recklessness, enraged by his failure to break Ukraine in the ...