TOLL ROADS ARE SPREADING IN AMERICA / THE ECONOMIST

Turnspike Toll roads are spreading in America The decline of petrol taxes is to blame The price of freedom Photograph: Alamy Drive south out...

TRUMP`S AMERICA AND A CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS WITH EUROPE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Trump’s America and a clash of civilisations with Europe The White House sees mass immigration as a bigger threat than Russia — and it is pr...

THE FED QUIETLY ANNOUNCES IT`S NO LONGER IT`S NO LONGER STEERING THE SHIP / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

The Fed Quietly Announces It’s No Longer Steering the Ship That’s one of several big implications of a dry ‘implementation note’ on its Trea...

THE JUDGE AT THE END OF EUROPE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Judge at the End of Europe When, in a few years’ time, almost everyone is claiming that they opposed Israel’s war crimes in Gaza, the wo...

POWERING THE AI / JOHN MAULDIN`S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Powering the AI By John Mauldin According to Einstein, energy is everything.  Literally.  Every material thing you can touch is simply energ...

THE MEANING OF CHINA`S RECORD-HIGH TRADE SURPLUS / THE ECONOMIST

Not so self-reliant The meaning of China’s record-high trade surplus The country is too complacent about its export dependence Illustration:...

WHY THE TALIBAN IS COMING IN FROM THE COLD / THE FINANCIAL TIMES BIG READ

Why the Taliban is coming in from the cold Isolated since 2021, the Islamist group is now rebuilding ties with many countries, despite a fie...