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    How the AI boom could worsen the rich world’s fiscal crunch

    world news
    Updated on Oct 1, 2026 07:04 IST
    In the past year American pre-tax corporate earnings have grown by $1.2trn, or 30%.

    Andy Burnham gets bold at last

    After ditching Sir Keir Starmer as its leader and replacing him with Andy Burnham, the ruling party has seen a bounce in opinion polls.
    world news
    Published on Sep 30, 2026 09:30 IST

    Investing for babies involves knotty trade-offs

    Should new parents favour financial capital, human capital or something else?
    world news
    Published on Sep 30, 2026 09:00 IST

    The AI boom meets a new kind of crypto scam

    Besides using lots of computing power, AI and crypto have had little in common
    world news
    Published on Sep 30, 2026 08:19 IST

    Artificial intelligence is coming for Israel’s voters

    People walk past a television channel advertisement featuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his main rival, opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot, ahead of Israel's general election, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026.
    world news
    Updated on Sep 29, 2026 11:13 IST

    Big law is being shaken up—and not by AI

    Big law is being shaken up—and not by AI
    world news
    Updated on Sep 29, 2026 11:43 IST

    Xi Jinping uses old festivals to boost the party’s image

    Performers take part in the centuries-old Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance, featuring a 67-metre dragon effigy lit with thousands of burning incense sticks, ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong, China, September 24, 2026.
    world news
    Updated on Sep 29, 2026 10:47 IST

    Will Donald Trump get to meet Kim Jong Un again?

    (FILES) North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump cross south of the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea, after Trump briefly stepped over to the northern side, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019. South Korea's defence ministry said August 17, 2026 that its joint military exercise with the United States has started after President Donald Trump's announcement it would be scaled back. Trump said he was "not happy" about US participation in the joint military exercises and is scaling back the drills aimed at deterring rival North Korea.
    world news
    Published on Sep 28, 2026 09:20 IST

    Ireland is helping supply Russia’s war machine

    The Aughinish Alumina refinery in County Limerick, Ireland, seen across the River Shannon from County Clare.
    world news
    Updated on Sep 28, 2026 09:17 IST

    How TikTok shop is helping create young British entrepreneurs

    Who started selling toys online during the covid-19 pandemic, is one of a growing number of young British entrepreneurs selling on TikTok, a Chinese video app.
    world news
    Published on Sep 27, 2026 13:36 IST

    Alternatives to GPS are around the corner

    Alternatives to GPS are around the corner
    world news
    Updated on Sep 27, 2026 13:35 IST

    America and China’s leaders indulge in pageantry as crises mount

    Donald Trump and Xi Jinping
    world news
    Published on Sep 26, 2026 02:31 IST

    Are weighted blankets really beneficial?

    Measurable gains are modest, but many users report feeling better
    lifestyle
    Updated on Sep 26, 2026 01:28 IST

    Eight of the best new novels to read now

    Our favourite books published between July and September
    lifestyle
    Published on Sep 25, 2026 10:31 IST

    German unions are fighting to defend the 35-hour week

    Germany
    world news
    Published on Sep 25, 2026 09:31 IST

    AI often makes writing worse. (Even if it makes it better)

    Writing using artificial intelligence is everywhere.
    world news
    Published on Sep 25, 2026 08:30 IST

    What Donald Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping has—and hasn’t—achieved

    Mr Trump hosted a state dinner for Mr Xi on the evening of September 24th
    world news
    Updated on Sep 25, 2026 07:02 IST

    Many surgical interventions are little better than placebo

    Patients in the rich world are more likely to go under the knife—about 60% of people in England are expected to undergo surgery at least once in their lifetime
    health
    Published on Sep 24, 2026 12:00 IST

    AI-written speeches are taking over politics

    The most common response of Parliament’s most prolific AI users was surprise and denial.
    world news
    Published on Sep 24, 2026 11:01 IST

    America is stepping back from a region it never managed to remake

    The latest, Donald Trump’s war with Iran, was meant to be over within days but is now entering its eighth month
    world news
    Published on Sep 24, 2026 10:00 IST

    How tech firms hope to beat the backlash against “pervert glasses”

    Creating a device for the AI era is hard
    technology
    Published on Sep 24, 2026 09:00 IST

    You can’t trade your way through the AI apocalypse

    It’s hard to price the threats posed by a misaligned superintelligence
    business
    Published on Sep 23, 2026 11:30 IST

    China’s Communist Party faces a generational shift

    Will rising officials be freer thinkers than older ones?
    world news
    Published on Sep 23, 2026 10:01 IST

    How middle powers are rethinking espionage

    Middle-power democracies are now reshaping their intelligence services for a more hostile world.
    world news
    Published on Sep 23, 2026 09:00 IST

    Data centres are straining the insurance market

    Despite their downmarket locations, such centres are worth vast sums of money.
    technology
    Updated on Sep 23, 2026 06:54 IST

    The UN should stop trying to be everything to everyone

    United Nations prepares for world leaders to convene for 81st United Nations General Assembly
    world news
    Published on Sep 22, 2026 12:36 IST

    Alternatives to milk are losing moomentum

    Alternative milks went mainstream in the 2010s, partly because people perceived them to be friendlier than dairy to the climate.
    world news
    Published on Sep 22, 2026 10:58 IST

    Russia’s grey-zone attacks on Europe are growing more brazen

    FILE PHOTO: A police officer in protective clothing works at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Schkeuditz, Germany, August 5, 2026, after the police said explosives experts examined a drone near a runway, and after a DHL cargo aircraft hit an unknown object as it was climbing away from the airport overnight, prompting an unscheduled landing in Hanover, according to a source familiar with the incident.
    world news
    Updated on Sep 22, 2026 07:49 IST

    Australia’s giant data-centre boom

    FILE PHOTO: The NextDC S6 data centre stands in Sydney, Australia, June 22, 2026.
    business
    Published on Sep 22, 2026 06:42 IST

    Most countries need the UN more than ever—just not this UN

    A United Nations logo on a security entrance door to the United Nations compound at the start of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, at U.N. headquarters.
    world news
    Published on Sep 22, 2026 06:31 IST
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