Tug of Warsh: will the new chair politicise the Fed?

Tug of Warsh: will the new chair politicise the Fed?

After months of speculation, Donald Trump has picked Kevin Warsh to run the Federal Reserve. Our correspondent explains what this means for America–and the world economy. What matters more in Thailand’s election: the will of the people or the power of the monarchy? And why Hong Kong’s humble tram network could help keep tourism on track.


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Stone unturned? Trump’s adviser on trial

Stone unturned? Trump’s adviser on trial

Today Roger Stone, a colourful associate of President Donald Trump for 40 years, goes on trial facing seven charges; he denies them. Could his testimony worry the Trump camp? In the international race...

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Facebooklets: breaking up Big Tech

Facebooklets: breaking up Big Tech

Few politicians are as ambitious about dismantling the tech behemoths as Elizabeth Warren, one of America’s Democratic presidential contenders. What she is proposing, though, would be neither easy nor...

4 Marras 201921min

Impeach-y keen: Trump investigation goes public

Impeach-y keen: Trump investigation goes public

America’s House of Representatives took its first vote on how to proceed with impeachment proceedings against the president. Republicans will now struggle to defend him. Uighurs, China’s Muslim minori...

1 Marras 201923min

Iraq in a hard place: deadly protests continue

Iraq in a hard place: deadly protests continue

Demonstrations have been growing for a month and show no signs of abating. But would the reforms that the protesters are demanding actually work? We examine a pioneering bit of Lithuanian software tha...

31 Loka 201920min

May as well: Boris Johnson’s electoral bet

May as well: Boris Johnson’s electoral bet

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has at last secured a general election. Just as with his predecessor Theresa May, that may not result in easier Brexit arithmetic. We speak to Amy Klobuchar, a Democratic-...

30 Loka 201922min

Not fare enough: Chile’s protests

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The ongoing unrest is no longer about a rise in metro fares; Chileans have risen up to demand that the prosperity of their country be distributed more evenly. The “Visegrad Four” economies of central ...

29 Loka 201920min

State of disarray: the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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The man who brought Islamic State to the world stage with visions of a brutal “caliphate” has been killed. But the jihadist movement, while weakened, lives on. Argentines voted their reformist preside...

28 Loka 201920min

Poll dance: Boris Johnson’s election ploy

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