Leaders
Free markets
The capitalist revolution Africa needs
The world’s poorest continent should embrace its least fashionable idea
Immigration
Donald the Deporter
Could a man who makes ugly promises of mass expulsion actually fix America’s immigration system?
Herbert Kickl and the hard right
The Putinisation of central Europe
Austria could soon get its most extreme chancellor since the 1940s
From nickel to pickle
Just because Indonesia has nickel, doesn’t mean it should make EVs
Economic nationalists are making a reckless bet
Women and the armed forces
Pete Hegseth’s culture war will weaken America’s armed forces
Donald Trump’s nominee for defence risks driving away talent
Thinking about the demon drink
Health warnings about alcohol give only half the story
Enjoyment matters as well as risk
Letters
On Africa, Germany, sulphur, Biden, Jimmy Carter, machine translation, nicknames
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Russia and the West
Time is not on Russia’s side, argues Finland’s foreign minister
Briefing
Deportation fixation
How far will Donald Trump go to get rid of illegal immigrants?
It is his signature policy, but the obstacles are daunting
Europe
A Volkskanzler in the offing
Austria could soon have a first far-right leader since 1945
The true believer
Olaf Scholz still thinks he can win re-election as chancellor
Remembering a dictatorship
Spain’s government marks 50 years since Franco died
Bones of contention
A dispute over old war crimes strains Polish-Ukrainian relations
Britain
Offline Keir, online Kemi
What Elon Musk’s tweets about sex abuse reveal about British politics
Driving up the price
Rolls-Royce cars pushes the pedal on customisation
Apple watches and wobble boards
A much-praised British scheme to help disabled workers is failing them
End of the space race
The decline in remote working hits Britain’s housing market
Dangerous liaisons
The phenomenon of sexual strangulation in Britain
Bagehot
How means conquered ends
Middle East & Africa
Thirteenth time lucky?
Lebanon tries yet again to elect a new president
All talk and no truce
From inside an obliterated Gaza, gunfire not a ceasefire
Certifiably genocidal
America concludes genocide has been committed in Sudan—again
Halfway to revolution
Mozambique’s opposition leader flies home into chaos
United States
A perfect storm
Los Angeles against the flames
Walking the line
Mike Johnson has his old job back, for now
Snakes on a list
When treating snakebites, American hospitals turn to zoos
Alcohol guidelines
Most Americans think moderate drinking is fine
Against expensive excellence
The US Army needs less good, cheaper drones to compete
The Americas
Caught in the middle
Does made in Mexico mean made by China?
Asia
Back to the future
Indonesia nearly has a monopoly on nickel. What next?
Incorruptible
What a 472-year-old corpse reveals about India
Ambitious but expensive
AUKUS enters its fifth year. How is the pact faring?
What are friends for?
Joe Biden’s mixed legacy on Japan
China
Debt, deficits and depressed consumers
Does China have the fiscal firepower to rescue its economy?
Grains for the iron rice bowl
A pay rise for government workers sparks anger and envy in China
The roof of the world shakes
A big earthquake causes destruction in Tibet
International
The Kevlar ceiling
Women warriors and the war on woke
Special report
Like the jaws of the crocodile...
The economic gap between Africa and the rest of the world is growing
An urbanisation unlike any other
Africa is undergoing social change without economic transformation
The need for “development bargains”
African elites should align themselves with their countries’ needs
Who you gonna call?
The African investment environment is at its worst in years
Closing arguments
To catch up economically, Africa must think big
Business
It’s electrifying!
A new electricity supercycle is under way
Making friends
Will Mark Zuckerberg’s Trump gamble pay off?
High and dry
Alcohol-free drinks are becoming big business
Southern oscillation
America’s internet giants are being outplayed in the global south
Beyond the iPhone
Foxconn and other gadget-makers are expanding their empires
Alloys and allies
What next for US Steel?
Finance & economics
Falling stars
Europe could be torn apart by new divisions
Labour the point
Can America’s economy cope with mass deportations?
Dark humour
China’s markets take a fresh beating
Buttonwood
How corporate bonds fell out of fashion
Science & technology
Return of the House of Wisdom
How the Gulf’s rulers want to harness the power of science
I can do it with a distributed heart
Training AI models might not need enormous data centres
Well informed
Does melatonin work for jet lag?
Culture
No crime, plenty of punishment
Jimmy Lai’s trial is a headline-worthy example of injustice
Thinking outside the God complex
Are mystics kooks or valuable disrupters?
Free speech in France
Ten years after the Charlie Hebdo attack, satire is under siege
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
Listening to the heart