Leaders
Getting to zero
The first big energy shock of the green era
There are grave problems with the transition to clean energy power
Cheques and imbalance
Is the world economy entering a wage-price spiral?
Both wage growth and inflation are unusually high
The coronavirus
Millions of lives depend on how the pandemic ends
The world can see the end of the covid-19 emergency, but some daunting tasks lie ahead
Reluctant regulators
Who should police the web?
Politicians should not offload the responsibility onto others
Building back best
Latin America could become an alternative to China
But only if the protectionist policies of the region’s politicians don’t get in the way
Letters
The London Stock Exchange, philanthropy, religion, urinating cows, Brazil, “like”
Letters to the editor
Briefing
Europe
Uncomfortable truths
It is tempting to blame foreigners for Europe’s gas crisis
France’s wannabe Trump
Eric Zemmour, the anti-immigrant radical who could supplant Marine Le Pen
Britain
Two plus two make four
Academic freedom in British universities is under threat
Master and commander
British defence strategy is undergoing a naval tilt
Back to the past
The Northern Ireland protocol is up for discussion. Again
All talk and no trouser
Why Stormont has dithered endlessly on corporation tax
Demography and destiny
In Britain, childlessness seems likely to return to 1920s levels
How red is my valley?
Mark Drakeford wants to shake up Welsh politics
Middle East & Africa
The final countdown
A new crisis between America and Iran looms
Vote first, fight later
Iraq’s dismal election prompts militias to threaten violence
The far-fetched pavilions
At the Dubai expo, no one is eager to talk about reality
Thomas Sankara’s ghost
Burkina Faso opens trial for the assassination of Sankara
United States
Anatomy of a scandal
Opinion on the use of puberty blockers in America is turning
Lexington
Dave Chappelle for gender realism
The Americas
Post-pandemic pick up
Latin America’s economies have an opportunity to grow
Asia
Seeing like a state
India’s high-tech governance risks leaving behind its poorest citizens
Duterte II: the sequel
Rodrigo Duterte may pass on his job to his daughter
Tin-pot dynasty
Turkmenistan’s horse-loving dictator is grooming his son
No more Mr Rice Guy
A rush to farm organically has plunged Sri Lanka’s economy into crisis
China
Protracted war
How long can China’s zero-covid policy last?
International
An interview with Dmitry Muratov
A Russian editor says he won the Nobel because his slain colleagues could not
Business
Playing for time
Don’t expect big oil to fix the energy crunch
An undersea change
The booming business of knitting together the world’s electricity grids
Girls uninterrupted
Femtech firms are at last enjoying an investment boom
The longest layover
Why does Tata Group want Air India back?
Bartleby
How to run better meetings
Finance & economics
The pandemic bonus
Wages are surging across the rich world
The International Monetary Bank
The IMF decides to keep its boss
Rental resurgence
Another upward force on American inflation: the housing boom
The shell games go on
A new study finds that dirty money remains easy to hide
Plastic policemen
Credit-card firms are becoming reluctant regulators of the web
Science & technology
An embassy to the Trojans
A probe intended to study the Trojan asteroids takes off
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test
The launch of an exploration of Earth’s defences
Position-specific isotope analysis
How to tell biological from non-biological molecules
Snakes alive!
Why there are so many species of serpent
Fishing for allergens
A novel technique can discover new allergens
Culture
Technology, business and society
Two new books explore the impact of accelerating technology
Spy fiction
A posthumous novel from John le Carré
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
