Weekly edition of The Economist for May 23rd 2026. You've seen the news, now discover the story.

Britain’s second-biggest city is strangely Italian. After the second world war its road system was remodelled (not entirely ...

Their words, and rude hand gestures, were directed towards an away end of the stadium full of Stoke City supporters—whose ...

W hen the first Hard Rock Cafe opened in 1971 in London, the musical genre to which the restaurant chain pays tribute had ...

W hen he became president of Bolivia in November, Rodrigo Paz was riding high. His election ended 20 years of almost ...

In Maine, Graham Platner is betting centrist and right-leaning voters want economic revolution more than culture war ...

As we report this week, the Premier League is the most-watched sports competition on the planet and generates £10bn ($13bn) ...

The government makes loans and grants to Brazilian firms, as well as taking equity stakes. It aims to increase the locally ...

She and her husband, who both worked at a startup, thought home-schooling would be a better fit for their son, who is ...

Yet surveys of churchgoers suggest that America’s clergy regularly do engage in political advocacy. Despite this there has ...

Star Wars has not had a theatrical outing since “The Rise of Skywalker”, which grossed $1.1bn in 2019. With the release of ...

Though there were brief periods of acceptance, for the most part Jews were barely tolerated and subject to sporadic violence ...