Leaders
Eat, inject, repeat
New drugs could spell an end to the world’s obesity epidemic
The long-term effects must be carefully studied. But the excitement is justified
Take the deal
The new Brexit deal is the best Britain can expect. Support it
Both the Tories and the Democratic Unionist Party should get behind the new agreement with the EU
Delta force
Is Bangladesh’s admired growth model coming unstuck?
A development superstar faces malign politics and rising corruption
Back to its roots
The tech slump is encouraging venture capital to rediscover old ways
Small, profitable firms in strategic industries are now all the rage
Cash for climate services
Saving the rainforests would be a bargain
Far more money is needed to make conservation more profitable than slash and burn
Letters
On Chile, heat pumps, academic freedom, Yue Fei, Scotland, enthusiastic workers
Letters to the editor
Briefing
Big shots
A new class of drugs for weight loss could end obesity
They promise riches for drugmakers, huge savings for health systems and better lives for millions
Britain
Brexit and Northern Ireland
Explaining what is in the Windsor framework
Salad shortages
Britain’s tomatoes are a victim of the energy crisis
A state of drift
Nicola Sturgeon’s modest record of reform
Our Mother who art in heaven
God’s pronouns are causing conniptions in Britain
Europe
Europe’s new power balance
The war in Ukraine has made eastern Europe stronger
Noughts and crosses
Ukraine finds stepping up mobilisation is not so easy
United States
International man of mystery
In search of Ron DeSantis’s foreign-policy doctrine
Misleading polls
Scott Adams’s racist comments were spurred by a badly worded poll
The way from Amarillo
The big American post-Roe battle over abortion pills
Damned Yankees
Why Connecticut is exonerating witches
Lexington
Biden’s big bet on big government
The Americas
Middle East & Africa
Situation critical
How America plans to break China’s grip on African minerals
A change of the old guard
Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s political kingmaker, wins a flawed election
A migratory conspiracy
Tunisia’s autocratic ruler adopts the “Great Replacement” theory
Asia
Fruit of the loom
Bangladesh’s economic miracle is in jeopardy
Indonesia and ASEAN
South-East Asia is crying out for regional leadership
China
International
The rule of saw
The biggest obstacle to saving rainforests is lawlessness
By Invitation
Business
VCetacean evolution
How the titans of tech investing are staying warm over the VC winter
Intelligence services
Investors are going nuts for ChatGPT-ish artificial intelligence
The angels’ share
Foreign investors are being snagged by India’s tax net
Big tech v the news
Artificial intelligence is reaching behind newspaper paywalls
Bartleby
The uses and abuses of hype
Finance & economics
Bringing down the house
America’s property market suggests recession is on the way
Vertiginous views
China’s cities are on the verge of a debt crisis
Two-speed transmission
Is India’s boom helping the poor?
Science & technology
Culture
The ethics of empire
Nigel Biggar tries—and fails—to rehabilitate the British Empire
Campus fiction
“I Have Some Questions for You” raises lots of them
African-American ceramics
The defiant artistry of 19th-century African-American potters
Home Entertainment
Marcel Marceau was a giant of an underappreciated art form
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
Obituary
No-nonsense times two
Bernard Ingham and Betty Boothroyd ensured democracy worked as it should
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
How quickly can Russia rebuild its tank fleet?
The Economist explains