The Economist
April 2026
Global shipping: Countries are rushing to build ports in a contest to secure maritime trade routes
Smugglers’ haven: Hong Kong is a good place to find stolen or looted Chinese artefacts
Informing on the informants: The government’s lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center is bonkers
Scottish Gaelic v Scots: The battle between Scotland’s two national languages
The world this week: Business
The world this week: The weekly cartoon
The world this week: Politics
Informing on the informants: The Southern Poverty Law Centre has badly lost its way
Smugglers’ haven: Hong Kong is a conduit for looted Chinese antiquities
Shipping: The global scramble for ports
The Economist: Drill pickle: oil prices still misjudge shock
Competing objectives: Europe’s competition czar explains its balancing-act on merger rules
Competing objectives: Europe’s competition czar explains its balancing-act on merger rules
Nothing in the tank: The crisis in oil markets will get bigger before it goes away
Nothing in the tank: The crisis in oil markets will get bigger before it goes away
Geopolitics and the Gulf: The UAE walks out of OPEC
Geopolitics and the Gulf: The UAE doubles down on Israel and America
No respite for the rupee: India’s weak currency reflects deeper problems than the Iran war
No respite for the rupee: India’s weak currency reflects deeper problems than the Iran war
Alpha trial: Elon Musk and Sam Altman bring their rivalry to court
Alpha trial: Elon Musk and Sam Altman bring their rivalry to court