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The world in brief
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Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, sounded a warning over a build-up of 50,000 Russian soldiers near its border in apparent preparation for a large summer offensive...
Mr Trump warned Vladimir Putin that he is “playing with fire” as Russia continued to strike Ukraine with drones...
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MAGA’s assault on science is an act of grievous self-harm
America will pay the price most of all
Trump’s attack on science is increasingly fierce and indiscriminate
It started as a crackdown on DEI. Now all types of research are being cancelled
America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain
Other countries may benefit. Science will suffer
How cuts to science funding will hurt ordinary Americans
Federal agencies are struggling to predict the weather and monitor disease
Vietnam’s next revolution
The man with a plan for Vietnam
A Communist Party hard man has to rescue Asia’s great success story
Vietnam’s economy is booming, but its new leader is worried
Export-led growth may soon run out of steam
Vietnam, squeezed between America and China, looks for new friends
It might even try to invigorate ASEAN
Vietnam’s diaspora is shaping the country their parents fled
As well as sending remittances, many are returning to their homeland
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Edition: May 24th 2025
The assault on American science
UK-EU: No reset, but a start
The best part of the UK-EU deal is a system for doing more deals
America’s assault on science
MAGA’s attack is an act of grievous self-harm
The man with a plan for Vietnam
A Communist Party hard man has to rescue Asia’s great success story
Can Jamie Dimon create a $1trn bank?
We interview JPMorgan Chase’s boss, and his lieutenants
Special reports: May 31st 2025
A new financial order
Innovative financial giants have supplanted banks atop Wall Street. Thomas Bennett hails their dynamism, but warns against hubris
- Financial giants are transforming Wall Street
- Clash of the titans
- What it means to be illiquid
- The debt barons who are taking on the banks
- The latest investment fad is made for gamblers
- Can anything stop America’s superstar hedge funds?
- How the next financial crisis might happen
