The Economist
May 16th 2026
e-ISSN : 0013-0613
Contents:
- Prepare for an AI jobs apocalypse
- Sir Keir Starmer has failed abjectly. He should go
- Oil prices could soon rise convulsively
- Indonesia, the biggest Muslim-majority country, is on a risky path
- Mothers who cannot breastfeed have been given terrible advice
- Not all Donald Trump’s peacemaking boasts are empty
- The Gulf war will change Asia for good
- Trade or Taiwan? Trump and Xi struggle to set the terms
- Donald Trump’s midterm strategy: purge the Republican Party
- A bombshell leak threatens Flávio Bolsonaro’s election bid
- A Congolese militia wants to sell critical minerals to Donald Trump
- Russia is stumbling on the battlefield
- Who can save the Labour Party?