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 ...

To curtail Russians visiting Europe may be to lump the oppressed with their oppressor. But any other policy would make the bloc appear hopelessly naive https://t.co/dWOFeUA2aV ...

Naples’ chief prosecutor has warned that mafia outfits recruit young people “by showing them wealth and easy money.” Some bosses have even used TikTok to control their clan from within jail https://t.co/LDjtAb368t ...

The best scenario for building on recent achievements in the Middle East would be a world in which those striving for a more peaceful region prevail. It starts in Gaza https://t.co/1duwVmb3Rh ...

On June 10th 2026 the fighting between Russia and Ukraine will have lasted longer than the second world war.That conflict, too, was supposed to have been over in a few weeks. Read in The World Ahead why a terrible reckoning is coming for Russia https://t.co/jKNfBy3UBS ...

The engine of government is sputtering in Britain. Yet a total overhaul of Downing Street and Whitehall in general is unthinkable when the top of government is a circus https://t.co/lBDjCy2TQP ...

When word trickled out that Imran Khan had a new female spiritual advisor, the plot twist hooked the nation.1843 tells the story of Bushra Bibi, from pir to first lady to prisoner https://t.co/rFTt0Ps1Ic ...

America, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE must push Ethiopia and Tigray to avoid war and honour the peace agreement of 2022. It is easier to stop a war from starting than it is to end one https://t.co/xiDphrnSwt ...

Three and a half years into full-scale war, most Ukrainians have learned to seize whatever bit of life they can, whenever they can. Maryna Zhegulina’s clinic offers one such window of respite https://t.co/XFysyCQxNi ...

Though comedians in India may not be fined or jailed for every complaint, police are required to investigate, which means comedians spend time and money defending themselves. So why do they keep going? https://t.co/DdF7w49loa ...