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Production of one-cent coins in America will cease in 2026. The penny’s life has been long and fruitful, but its time has ...

Weekly edition of The Economist for Nov 15th 2025. You've seen the news, now discover the story.

The question for Democrats, who will now probably lose Mr Golden’s seat in 2026, is whether their leaders are still sensible ...

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T he silencing of the guns in Tigray, a northern region of Ethiopia in which hundreds of thousands of people may have died in ...