The fact that the yen has been so weak against a falling greenback is remarkable. It is doubly striking, because the gap ...

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China’s leverage rests on its near-monopoly of rare-earth supply chains. It accounts for 70% of the ores dug up, over 90% of ...

Residents have “raised their children there. Now, they’re raising their grandchildren there,” she says. “It’s a great model.” ...

Mr Viall has said the programme will set aside cultural biases about age to focus on compatibility. It is a romantic idea ...

Inflation itself might provide another explanation for the yen’s weakness. Since 2024 prices rose faster in Japan than in all ...

For nearly a decade they existed in legal limbo. The Kurds could not try them, nor would they free them. Most Western ...

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If he doesn’t need you, he’ll throw you out with the trash,” said one rival. Reid tried to get Mr Ralston fired several times ...

The Economist takes a simpler approach. Since 1986 we have compared the price of one item, the Big Mac, across the globe. To ...

But while the language is unprecedentedly wounding, it has mostly been said before, though more gently: generations of ...