The Economist
January 2026
Peace negotiations give freezing Kyiv a hint of hope
The huge working-class suburb has been without central heating for the best part of a week, with 300,000 people exposed to temperatures as low as -15°C. The strain has frayed not only residents’ nerves, but also the local wiring, which buckles under surges from heaters, kettles and improvised stoves
People hope we will deliver light after all.”
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How its long-lost empires still shape Europe
Europe is at China’s mercy to get crucial raw materials
Silicon Valley wades into a trade spat with South Korea
Coupang’s data breach is turning into a diplomatic row
Ryanair might be the world’s most successful airline
Lately the boss of Ryanair has retreated somewhat from the spotlight
Europe is about to sign a long-awaited free-trade deal with India
Will the smartphone survive the AI age?
Europe remains dangerously reliant on American arms
Russia’s no-show in Venezuela weakens its bad-boy image
Instead of having states engage in dialogue with one another, there are those relying on might-makes-right…to impose their will,
An awful crash blots Spain’s gleaming super-fast trains
Ukraine’s new air-defence whiz must stop a redoubled blitz
K YIV’S NIGHTTIME curfew has been in force through nearly four years of war, unchanged even on New Year’s Eve
The battle war for Warner Bros is only getting fiercer
Netflix has sweetened its offer to fend off Paramount
Europe can still win the other AI race
Chinese AI models are popular. But can they make money?
It is now the undisputed global leader in so-called open-weight models, which make freely available the numerical parameters learned during training (though not the underlying data or source code)
TikTok is still a danger. America no longer cares
T ikTok has sucked up countless hours of teenagers’ lives
Donald Trump’s bullying is irritating his European populist chums
Respect for international law and the sovereignty of states cannot be applied selectively.”
Commercial blackmail is equally intolerable,
Denmark braces for Donald Trump’s Greenland tariffs
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High costs and stagnant spending are putting businesses through the meat grinder
As divisions over Greenland grow, Europe examines its options
No intimidation nor threat will influence us,... neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else”.