Are share prices headed for a crash? Josh Roberts, our capital markets correspondent, explains why even the best traders struggle to predict sudden jumps in volatility. Find out how much wealth could be lost in an AI stockmarket slump, and view our visual guide:https://t.co/vactT97AGX ...

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist https://t.co/nVb5iFSmm4 ...

Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have thrived thanks to their coastal locations, business-friendly cultures, and big foreign diasporas—things that less fortunate states in India cannot quickly acquire. The pair offer lessons nonetheless https://t.co/MAqIs0uLfe ...

Instead of rebuilding Gaza’s existing cities, some Americans and Israelis hope to start reconstruction on Israeli-controlled territory. That seems unlikely to work https://t.co/fAG8rHaTCb ...

AI companies are at pains to emphasise the care they take to prevent their models from making things up. Yet some errors are tricky to prevent https://t.co/RUyzmIpcyd ...

Western diplomats are trying to talk both sides back from the brink. But a covert proxy war between Ethiopia, Eritrea and their allies has, in effect, already begun https://t.co/ydC8qqhCgX ...

Many analysts predict gold will break $5,000 an ounce by the end of 2026. But early this year none had anticipated it would cross $4,000 in 2025. Do theories explaining its soaring price really make sense? https://t.co/tUayVktpam ...

Despite new problems, life for most Spaniards is good. The task of its politicians is to ensure that it remains so https://t.co/4qi1CAG1kT ...

Sumo remains a great bastion of conservatism in Japan. Many hope the country’s new female prime minister will break the long-standing taboo on women entering the ring. But it looks unlikely https://t.co/CAJCMJS26E ...

RT Sarah Wu (@sarah_wu_)From the outside, the picture of China can look gloomy: a slowing economy, high youth unemployment and intractable price wars. But instead of collapsing, the country is laughing. In @TheEconomist's 2026 guide, I look at what's ahead for the stand-up scene https://t.co/fozJyqcy0j ...