Why AI is a risk to Communist China How AI is breaking the British state Gulf states should make a deal with Iran on Hormuz Governments are making a dangerous bet on the AI boom Republicans and Democrats uniting against animal testing are wrong How to end Sudan’s brutal, forgotten conflict
The new era of finance needs innovation more than consensus FIFA needs a constitution for the commercial age
How AI-fuelled wealth is reshaping South Korea A temple scandal rocks India’s ruling party The Philippines’ big offshoring industry is growing despite AI New Zealand’s foreign minister sparks ire with a detestable taunt India’s monsoon is getting weirder
Why ever fewer young Chinese study abroad To some, reviled former leaders don’t look so bad China’s superstitious mayors China won’t apologise for overcapacity
Can America retrain workers before AI leaves them behind? America’s income taxes are diverging The Senate has become an annoyance to Donald Trump
Americans are sick of Republicans and Democrats. Can independents win? America’s Democratic Socialists are having the summer of their lives
Amid foreign interference, Brazil’s election kicks off with a whimper Javier Milei’s Odysseus act Mexico’s president stops turning the other cheek
How long can Iran weaponise Hormuz? More “peace” and more funerals in Gaza Forget gold and copper. Africa’s latest boom is in fruit An African vision of artificial intelligence Nigeria’s builder-in-chief
Europe encourages its neighbours to practise migration blackmail Donald Trump’s Arctic threats are pushing Iceland towards Europe Why the EU’s big covid-recovery fund lost steam Italians may help Germany get its trains to run on time
The tragedy of the commons, AI edition From parking tickets to planning, the state is under siege by AI As the climate hurts Britain’s wheat farmers, it’s time to adapt The English Channel is quieter than usual. Why? Millions play padel. Will anyone watch it? If you want to understand modern Britain, listen to BBC Radio 2 Zack Polanski and the politics of eternal adolescence
A battle for supremacy has laid Sudan and its capital to waste Al Capone would recognise today’s world order. That’s not good
Hollywood is entering its AI era A global pipeline-investment boom is under way America’s lack of shipbuilding prowess is a problem for its navy A letter from Gianni Investors have fresh doubts about Elon Musk’s grandiose ambitions Americans are losing their appetite for fast food
What will Kevin Warsh do if America’s economy breaks? How China gets better bang for its buck than America in AI African countries are souring on the dollar India’s IT sector is surviving artificial intelligence Investors in Situational Awareness deserved to lose their shirts How—and how much—should central banks talk?
How a bipartisan coalition is taking aim at animal research Should AI labs be treated like the owners of dangerous animals? How poor countries are dealing with America’s AIDS cuts How to stop procrastinating
Why you should sit through 15 hours of opera A long-lost memoir brings the horrors of atomic warfare to life The rock-star chef is off the menu at Noma Hollywood’s latest obsession: older women and younger men The problem with AI companion toys for children