Economy weathered a fraught geopolitical landscape to reach 5% target but structural challenges at home ‘are not going away’, say experts Chinese authorities can say they hit their growth goals last year, but Donald Trump’s ongoing trade aggression, a slow-motion housing market collapse and unhappy consumers remain major challenges for the world’s second-largest economy. Data released on Monday showed the Chinese economy grew by 5% in 2025, steady on the year before and hitting the official target of “around” that pace. Continue reading...

L’autoritarisme gagne du terrain partout, au point de faire basculer des démocraties que l’on croyait à l’abri de telles dérives, notamment les États-Unis sous l’influence de Donald Trump, qui entamait son deuxième mandat il y a un an presque jour pour jour, le 20 janvier 2025. Le Canada résiste au phénomène, mais aurait tort de se croire immunisé, préviennent des analystes. Un dossier de Marc Thibodeau.

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Portland Communications, founded by Keir Starmer’s communications chief, linked to so-called ‘black hat’ edits A high-profile PR company founded by Keir Starmer’s communications chief has been accused of commissioning changes to Wikipedia pages to make them more favourable towards clients. Portland Communications, founded by Tim Allan, has been linked to the so-called “black hat” edits, sometimes called “Wikilaundering”. Several changes were made to Wikipedia pages by a network of editors, allegedly controlled by a contractor working on Portland’s behalf. Continue reading...

Des représentants du milieu des affaires pointent l’absence des fonctionnaires, toujours partiellement en télétravail, pour expliquer la lenteur de la relance du centre-ville de Montréal. Ils appellent Québec à faire preuve de « responsabilité civique » en lançant un mouvement de retour au bureau de ses employés.

Trump said Wednesday that anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies.

Exclusive: US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies feel ever more distant, results show A year after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a global survey suggests much of the world believes his nation-first, “Make America Great Again” approach is instead helping to make China great again. The 21-country survey for the influential European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) thinktank also found that under Trump, the US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies – particularly in Europe – feel ever more distant. Continue reading...

The sociology professor is suitably comfortable with AI helpers that he creates his own – it’s their inventors’ motives and unregulated environment he argues we should be concerned about

Neuroscientist Ben Rein is on a mission to show that being around others not only feels good, but can even improve recovery from strokes, cancer and heart attacks. So why are so many of us isolated and glued to our phones?

January 8, 2026, 11:47 AM ET A virtually blank resume may spook employers, but job candidates don’t need a lengthy work career to land a gig—after all, one of Steven Bartlett’s best hires only had two...

Les emballages de fromage déjà râpé sont fort pratiques, mais afin d’éviter que les morceaux de fromage ne collent ensemble, les fabricants ajoutent de la cellulose, un ingrédient issu du bois qui emp...

Every year a Chinese-dominated flotilla big enough to be seen from space pillages the rich marine life on Mile 201, a largely ungoverned part of the South Atlantic off Argentina

When student work looked like McKinsey memos, an NYU business school professor used AI oral exams to test real learning.

1066 is synonymous with the battle of Hastings. Yet while Duke William was launching his conquest of England, the rest of Europe had its own crises to contend with. Charles West takes us on a tour of ...

Scientists found a way to let people perceive an intense blue-green hue unlike anything they had seen before – and the technique could help people with colour blindness

María Corina Machado climbs over barriers to meet chanting supporters gathered outside the Grand Hotel in early hours of Thursday Venezuela’s best-known opposition leader, the Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado, has made a dramatic appearance in Norway after slipping out of her authoritarian homeland by boat. The Venezuelan politician and pro-democracy activist stepped out on to the balcony of Oslo’s iconic Grand Hotel at just before 2.30am local time, after spending the past 11 months in hiding in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. Continue reading...