It began as a bit of fun. Forty years ago, an Economist writer came up with a simplified measure of purchasing power, using a product sold almost everywhere: the Big Mac. Like a bun-bound basket of ...

On Sunday the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, OPEC +, meets to decide oil-production quotas for September. Core members will probably raise output by nearly 188,000 ...

S TANDING OUTSIDE the new “Number 10 North” office, set up by Andy Burnham in the centre of Manchester, is a statue of John ...

In Sana’a, Yemen’s capital, pictures of Abdul-Malik al-Houthi are a frequent sight. He glowers from billboards, with a dagger ...

The scale of the mass movement was compounded by three things: a ruling this month from Spain’s Supreme Court giving ...

Donald Trump said that his Board of Peace has struck a deal for Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza to disarm fully.

Donald Trump said that his Board of Peace has struck a deal for Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza to disarm fully.

Elon Musk’s “America” super PAC is reportedly planning to spend up to $120m to help elect Republicans in competitive races in ...

France is facing the “toughest situation since the second world war”, declared Emmanuel Macron on July 27th on a visit to ...

All this raises the tantalising prospect that self-employment could provide meaningful alternative work for some who lose ...

At a stroke, Mr Ozel, recently removed as leader of the Republican People’s Party ( CHP ), has redrawn Turkey’s political map ...