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How AI could help the climate
The technology could help decarbonise the industries that have proved the hardest to clean up
Asia
Xi Jinping may try to woo the victims of Donald Trump’s tariffs
America’s chaos is a chance for China to wield influence in the region
1843 magazine | Friends with benefits? The country still in thrall to the Wagner Group
In the Central African Republic locals are learning Russian while mercenaries knock back lager
The world in brief
America continued to walk back its tariffs by exempting Chinese electronic parts and devices, including phones and computers...
Britain passed an emergency law on Saturday giving the government control of a steel plant in Lincolnshire, in the East Midlands, to prevent its imminent closure...
A Russian missile strike killed at least 20 people in Sumy, a city in north-eastern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials...
America and Iran said they had held “positive and constructive” talks in Oman about the Iranian nuclear programme...
Britain’s rushed, muddled intervention in the steel industry
Even the government’s strongest argument, national security, needs closer scrutiny
Charlemagne: The thing about Europe... it’s the actual land of the free now
Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison
Electric vehicles also cause air pollution
Though fume-free, their brake pads and tyres disintegrate over time
The philosopher changing free speech in Britain
Arif Ahmed is forcing universities to behave better
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The Intelligence
Art of the real: Trump bows to markets
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Understand the global economic upheaval caused by Trump’s tariffs
Tracking the presidency
How is America’s economy faring under Donald Trump?
Canadian poll tracker
Ahead of elections later this month, the Liberals are surging
Trump’s tariffs on China
China has a weapon that could hurt America: rare-earth exports
It has only just begun to use it
Why China thinks it might win a trade war with Trump
The country’s officials vow to “fight to the end”
China’s shoemakers seem more sanguine than its politicians
A trade war will cause a lot of damage, but many have weathered storms before
How America could end up making China great again
A big beautiful opportunity
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Edition: April 12th 2025
The age of chaos
Bolstering Ukraine’s defence industry
Europe should buy from Ukraine’s defence industry, and invest in it
The assault on America’s universities
Donald Trump’s plan to remake universities threatens America’s prosperity and freedom
How AI can be good for the climate
It could help decarbonise the industries that have proved the hardest to clean up
Oh, grow up! The rise of “adulting” courses
Too many adults are absolutely clueless
Technology Quarterly: March 1st 2025
The age of CRISPR
Ida Emilie Steinmark explores whether it can deliver on its promise
- Can gene editing deliver on its promise?
- CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how
- Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing
- Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory
- Eat your GE-greens
- Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives
- Designing babies
- Gene editing can still change the world
- Acknowledgments
