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The Economist

May 16th 2026

e-ISSN : 0013-0613

Contents:

  1. Prepare for an AI jobs apocalypse
  2. Sir Keir Starmer has failed abjectly. He should go
  3. Oil prices could soon rise convulsively
  4. Indonesia, the biggest Muslim-majority country, is on a risky path
  5. Mothers who cannot breastfeed have been given terrible advice
  6. Not all Donald Trump’s peacemaking boasts are empty
  7. The Gulf war will change Asia for good
  8. Trade or Taiwan? Trump and Xi struggle to set the terms
  9. Donald Trump’s midterm strategy: purge the Republican Party
  10. A bombshell leak threatens Flávio Bolsonaro’s election bid
  11. A Congolese militia wants to sell critical minerals to Donald Trump
  12. Russia is stumbling on the battlefield
  13. Who can save the Labour Party?