America is anxious, and awesomely powerful America should not imprison frontier AI Turkey and Israel should trade energy, not insults Venezuela’s earthquakes are partly America’s problem We woz wrong about oil
If you thought the global financial crisis was bad… America’s Supreme Court was right to expand presidential power Essay America’s Wrecking-ball revolution Hope, backlash and the battle for America What remains of the city upon the hill?
America is mighty—but becoming less dominant The Supreme Court leaves Donald Trump with plenty to celebrate Transforming the cradle of the Confederacy Donald Trump’s reflecting-pool debacle is a gift to America
Promised reforms could change Cuba radically Venezuelans are furious with the American-backed regime The Caribbean has a problem with pesticides Brazilians are going gaga for Chinese brands
The AI boom and geopolitics are rewiring Asia’s oceans Pakistan’s army chief battles with its imprisoned ex-prime minister India’s government overhauls a vast workfare programme
Why can’t India’s government build a decent website?
Donald Trump is kicking out Chinese firms, but keeping their tech China hushes up a plane crash in the heart of its capital Hong Kong, once a great place to raise and spend money, is halfway back
Africa’s new middle class is putting down roots in the suburbs Africans are turning to Starlink Uganda’s volatile army chief goes after the press The next great Middle East rivalry Donald Trump’s hope for a new Middle East is premature
Meeting Jordan Bardella, France’s possible president America’s Balkan policy is all about gas Volodymyr Zelensky’s surge is a bid to force peace talks Is Germany’s government finally getting its act together? Europe’s airport queues are extremely long—and getting longer Happy birthday America, the ally Europe admires—questioningly
Why Cambridge and Cambridge need each other Chinese carmakers aim to go upmarket in Britain Is Andy Burnham more than just a smart-casual Sir Keir Starmer? Britain hopes drones will help it escape its defence-budget bind Death and dishonesty in British maternity hospitals The ascent of the chippy southerner
Big oil’s secretive trading arms are having an extraordinary year The rise of vibe lawyering Donald Trump’s AI regime is opaque, unpredictable—and unsustainable Can Bending Spoons thrive as a listed company? Indonesia gives its best-known entrepreneur a decade in jail The Toddyssey
Show a liberal a Lime bike and he will show you his soul
How much will a 4th of July cookout cost this year? A new Plaza Accord for global currencies wouldn’t work Is The Economist always wrong? China cracks down on rule-bending offshore investments Unpacking Venezuela’s peculiar debt restructuring Turkey’s economic plan to win from the Iran war Are stablecoins money?
Scientists take another step towards lab-made life Should every baby’s DNA be sequenced? Scientists can now study the event horizons of black holes Is too much sleep as bad as too little?
Route 66: How a century-old highway helps explain America A Danish bestseller about butterflies has set hearts aflutter Heinz tomato ketchup and the sweet taste of market dominance Amorality and greed at Silicon Valley’s favourite university The Herculaneum scrolls are starting to be read Messi, Mbappé, Ronaldo: this World Cup belongs to the superstars