The Economist
Also: The geopolitics of air-conditioning
A worker walks past air conditioning units in Kolkata, India
Trying to stay cool
The geopolitics of air-conditioning
Heatwaves are making access to AC a political problem around the world
A protester holds a sign saying No To Foreign Men Grooming Gangs during a protest at a planned site for an asylum-seeker centre in Thetford, UK on July 19th 2026
Child sexual abuse
A widely repeated statistic is shaping Britain’s grooming-gangs debate
The Economist investigates whether it stands up
A colourful toy-like robot is walking inside a large exercise wheel. The wheel has a grey frame with ladder-style rungs, set against a bright green background
When 11 zeroes is child’s play
AI revenues are growing fast, but not fast enough
The returns on trillions of dollars of spending are deeply uncertain
Illustration of a tree stump with clock hands
Well Informed
Is it useful to measure “biological” v “chronological” age?
You will get data, but perhaps not knowledge