Illustration of a cat pawing at a dangling office ID card on a lanyard

Finance & economics

Unlike everyone else, Americans and Brits still shun the office

What is their love of working from home doing to their economies?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US Vice President JD Vance shakes hands with US and Indian flags in the background.

Asia

J.D. Vance flies into a giant trade storm in India 

It is being wooed and squeezed by America and China

International

The coming struggle to choose the next pope

A conclave of 135 cardinals may pick someone very different from Francis

The world in brief

Stockmarkets fell and gold hit a record $3,500 per troy ounce afterPresident Donald Trump attacked Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, for failing to cut interest rates...

Cardinals prepared to meet in the Vatican on Tuesday to discuss the funeral ofPope Francis...

America imposed newtariffs, of up to 3,521%, onsolar-related imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam...

Roche, a Swiss drugs giant, said it will invest $50bn in America over the next five years, creating 12,000 jobs, as it braces for Trump’s tariffs on drug imports...

Pope Francis changed the Catholic church, but not as much as he hoped

The most open-minded pope for many years died on April 21st—Easter Monday—aged 88

To see off the Trump challenge, Canada must fix its productivity problem, says Michael Ignatieff

The former Liberal leader on the threats that come not from Washington but from within

This image is a political cartoon-style illustration showing a caricature of a man—possibly a UK politician—clutching a distorted Union Jack flag. The man appears dazed or dizzy, with scribble-like lines around his head, exaggerated features, and a dis

Bagehot: In praise of flag-shagging

To govern Britain, it helps to like it

Protests in Guatemala against mandatory vehicle insurance increase, Guatemala City

Guatemala’s indigenous people grow impatient with their champion

The president is struggling with his “new spring” anti-corruption drive

The dollar

How a dollar crisis would unfold

If investors keep selling American assets, a grim fate awaits the world economy

A dollar coin falling and looming over the world.

Poor countries would miss King Dollar

Even though they normally like a weaker greenback

Magnifying glasses with the Euro sign in the lens.

Can the euro go global?

With the dollar faltering, European policymakers have an opportunity

Hell is other people’s currencies

As the Trump administration may soon find out

Edition: April 19th 2025

How a dollar crisis would unfold

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