Can pandas fly? The struggle to reform China’s economy
The world this week
Leaders
Pandas can fly
The struggle to reform China’s economy
How Xi Jinping could both calm the trade war and make China richer
British politics
The fragmentation of the big parties
The resignation of 11 MPs from their parties may not sound much. But it could yet disrupt Britain’s broken politics
The southern border
Don’t complain about Donald Trump’s powers, curtail them
For the president to declare a state of emergency is spurious. It may well also be legal
Business risk
Climate change and the threat to companies
Firms urgently need to rethink how they approach climate risk
Education
The perils of learning in English
Young children should be taught in their mother tongue instead
Letters
On Huawei, Gaelic, light, Iran, doctors, work
Letters to the editor
Briefing
The death curve
Tens of thousands of Americans die each year from opioid overdoses
The federal response remains sluggish and inadequate
Europe
A climate of hatred
Anti-Semitism, racism and anti-elitism are spreading in France
Germany’s fear of China
How China has pushed Germany to rethink industrial policy
Praying about preying
How far will Pope Francis go in rooting out sexual abuse?
Denmark builds a pig wall
Can a border fence keep out wild boar?
Charlemagne
The secrets of the Saarland
Essay
Britain
Political realignments
Britain’s Parliament splinters
Honda shuts its British factory
Honda’s departure adds to the gloom enveloping Britain’s car industry
The not-so-golden era
The British government is growing warier of China
From the barricades to the bar
Long hostile to the legal system, British trade unions have changed
Declining UN influence
Brexit weakens Britain’s influence at the UN
Trying to nail Mr Bigs
Police need to rethink how they deal with organised crime
Middle East & Africa
When the bad guys come home
Governments are struggling to deal with returning jihadists
Labour pain
The decline of the Israeli left
The new alms-giving
How Africa is creating welfare states
No woman, no cry
An entrepreneur brings professional grieving to eastern Congo
Education and mobility
The geography of education in Africa
United States
Of judges and journeys
Will the courts let Donald Trump build his wall?
The 2020 electionThe Democrats
Bernie Sanders jumps into a crowded pool
The heat-seeking missile
What Rahm Emanuel has done for Chicago
Social media
America’s cops take an interest in social media
Speak, memory
The surprising revival of the Hawaiian language
The Americas
Economic reform
Jair Bolsonaro tackles Brazil’s pensions problem
Twitter, but not better
Cuba’s leaders adopt social media, not democracy
Butts out
Resignations rattle Justin Trudeau
Asia
Sabre-rattling in South Asia
India vows to punish Pakistan after the latest terrorist attack
Pincer movement
Pakistan’s fostering of terrorism leads to growing isolation
Fifty shades of grey
In Japan, there is a boom in books by and for the elderly
Duterte v the church
Rodrigo Duterte flummoxes the Philippine church
China
Sun, sea and a diplomatic point
China’s high-spending tourists bring political clout
International
Language without instruction
More children around the world are being taught in English, often badly
Business
After the deluge
Business and the effects of global warming
After Kaiser Karl
The future of Chanel without Karl Lagerfeld
Not a pretty picture
Nvidia plays the diversification game
Bartleby
The new aristocrats of power
Storm in a coffee cup
JAB upends coffee trading
It takes a village
Why retired people could be ideal customers for self-driving cars
Finance & economics
Reclaiming the booty
Countries are seeking help to deal with corporate tax avoidance
Lactose intolerance
A gamble in France could cost UBS dear
Going for broker
A surprising number of North Korean refugees send money home
Shooting the messenger
Germany’s regulator bans short-selling in Wirecard
Buttonwood
Why private equity appeals
Soy sources
The global soyabean market has been upended
Science & technology
Nitrogen fertilisation
Rice, maize and sorghum may be able to fix nitrogen from the air
How heavy elements were made
A lot of the periodic table is a result of neutron stars colliding
Exploring the cosmos
The problems of flying to Mars
The hitch-hiker’s guide to the Pacific
A long-term natural experiment hints at how species disperse
Culture
Every step you take
Life and society are increasingly governed by numbers
The end of normal
A terrifying look at the consequences of climate change
Walking the line
A timely history of the Irish border
Roux the day
Gumbo: a love story
Do not think of a white bear
Lecture performance showcases the power of language
Economic & financial indicators
Graphic detail
The centre cannot hold
British voters are unimpressed by Theresa May’s Brexit deal
Obituary
Remembering a robot