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Russia had a more powerful army. It didn't think the West would intervene. The invasion was poorly planned. We're not talking about Russia's current war, but about Russia's Crimean War in the 1850s.

Most of the global cases of sickle cell disease are diagnosed in African countries. The Economist Intelligence Unit – the research and analysis division of the Economist media group – estimated that in 2020 the total annual cost of treatment and impact on the economy of sickle cell disease across…

The report published in Lancet Infectious Diseases also agreed with the WHO’s estimates on excess deaths

Vienna has been crownded as the world’s most liveable city, according to a report published on Thursday.

Beneath the bluster, Conservative rule has become no more than shifting the blame for Britain’s problems, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Austrian capital Vienna has made a comeback as the world's most livable city, according to an annual report from the Economist published Thursday. The Ukrainian capital Kyiv was not included this year after Russia invaded the country in late February, while Russian cities Moscow and St Petersburg fell in…

Many S&P 500 investors are convinced a recession is on the way. And if it is, you'll want to know which stocks to avoid.

S&P 500 investors are playing a waiting game: When will the next recession hit? But it doesn't have to be a game of chicken, too.

Recept Tayyip Erdogan wrote an article for the Economist reiterating his objection to the two Nordic countries’ joining the security bloc

In explaining the reasons for Russia’s unexpected military weakness in Ukraine, few have expressed it better than The Economist. The magazine noted “the incurable inadequacy of despotic power” and “the cheating, bribery and peculation” that is “characteristic of the entire administration”.

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Kinley Salmon, Africa correspondent for The Economist, about the widespread fuel shortages affecting the continent.