It’s too darn hot

The world this week

Politics

The world this week

Business

The world this week

Cartoon: Continuing uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz

Leaders

Our cover

It’s too darn hot. Blame global dimming

Our cover

Donald Trump’s gutting of the Department of Justice

A man, no plan, Iran

Donald Trump’s blind alley

Lonely hearts clubbed

China’s rulers have a woman problem

Sovereign default

How to make AI safe—and lessen dependence on America and China

Booze over bedtime

America should stop making it so hard to have fun

Letters

A selection of correspondence

The United States is once again in a state of rebellion

By Invitation

The psychological battle

Would Europeans fight, if it came to that?

Briefing

What is at stake for Israel?

Israel’s future hangs in the balance

Britain

Labour’s rebellious ranks

Can Andy Burnham keep his own MPs under control?

Larry the cat

Lessons from a cat about to outlast yet another prime minister

Fun and games

Glasgow, rescuer of the Commonwealth Games, needs saving too

The toll of terror

Violence is reshaping British political life

Winning margins

Britain’s bookies have weathered a tricky World Cup

The club hub

London’s private members’ clubs are proliferating

Bagehot

Sir Keir’s bucket list

Europe

Culture wars

Ukraine’s reformist defence minister is ousted

Carbon tax me, but not yet

Europe seems set to ease its carbon pricing

Zero-migration populism

Sweden squashed migration. The populist right wants to go further

The fall of a wall

Opening the border between Spain and Gibraltar

A flight curse

Why Berlin’s airport is still completely hopeless

Charlemagne

In praise of Scandinavia’s risky and dirty playgrounds

United States

The rule of law

Donald Trump’s transformation of the Department of Justice will be hard to undo

Not so fast

Democrats challenge a big Hollywood tie-up

The night shift

Cities are rethinking what happens after dark

Tortured voters

America’s other elections problem

Lexington

Lindsey Graham tried to save the wrong countries from Donald Trump

Middle East & Africa

A straitjacket of their own making

Donald Trump has no good options for reopening the Strait of Hormuz

Whose friend?

America’s other battle with Iran

Uncontained

The Ebola epidemic is getting out of control

How many is too many?

A hit new show takes on polygamy in modern South Africa

A crumbling legacy

How to preserve Africa’s architectural gems

The Americas

The Americas chokepoint

The Panama Canal is growing more important

White sand, white coats, murky water

The biggest schools training America’s doctors are in the Caribbean

Best of enemies

Argentina v England is one of the most intense rivalries in sport

Asia

Myanmar

Is Aung San Suu Kyi dead?

Magical mystery tour

An unreliable America is drawing Asia’s middle powers closer

Lingering spirits

Haunted houses are in demand in Japan

Prince and purge

A real but selective crackdown on Cambodia’s scam industry

Ashoka

An incomplete list of falling objects in India

China

Sex imbalance

China is dealing with its own manosphere

Biting the dust

Xi Jinping expels another leader from his top team

No more bots

China wants to end AI romances

Chaguan

A squeezed China is trying to wring more from its state assets

International

Artificial insecurity

Sovereign AI, independent of America and China, is a pipe dream

The Telegram

When China’s open-source AI is a trap

Business

Trillion-dollar Lilly

Eli Lilly is reinventing the pharma business

Rules and measures

Demis Hassabis has a plan to harness AI safely

Wings up

How high can Red Bull fly?

Bartleby

How to sell a kettle

Memory bank

How SK Hynix became the king of advanced memory chips

Schumpeter

Meet the committee to buy Europe

Finance & economics

Wallet

Storm clouds gather over America’s financial supremacy

Distilled distress

America’s Hormuz brinkmanship is worsening a global fuel crunch

Peak surplus

China’s trade gap is narrowing. And other surprises

Taskmaster

Can Kevin Warsh’s Fed force 5 reimagine monetary policymaking?

Buttonwood

What investment gurus get wrong

Free Exchange

How to shrink the Fed’s $7trn balance-sheet

Science & technology

Hotter still and hotter

The rate at which Earth is absorbing energy is alarming scientists

Well informed

How to train for a heatwave

Culture

An epic mistake

A very silly adaptation of “The Odyssey”

Prestige or pretension?

Why Sir Christopher Nolan inspires such devotion—and contempt

Music and nostalgia

Emo culture was not just a phase, as it turns out

Invading your space

A mystery street artist is taking over cities

Posterity

George Sand’s life was a heady mix of sex and serious fiction

Back Story

The wild, gripping story of the Nord Stream pipeline bombing

Economic & financial indicators

Indicators

Economic data, commodities and markets

Obituary

Drinking by the rules

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The world this week

Politics

Business

Cartoon: Continuing uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz

Leaders

It’s too darn hot. Blame global dimming

Donald Trump’s gutting of the Department of Justice

Donald Trump’s blind alley

China’s rulers have a woman problem

How to make AI safe—and lessen dependence on America and China

America should stop making it so hard to have fun

Letters

The United States is once again in a state of rebellion

By Invitation

Would Europeans fight, if it came to that?

Briefing

Israel’s future hangs in the balance

Britain

Can Andy Burnham keep his own MPs under control?

Lessons from a cat about to outlast yet another prime minister

Glasgow, rescuer of the Commonwealth Games, needs saving too

Violence is reshaping British political life

Britain’s bookies have weathered a tricky World Cup

London’s private members’ clubs are proliferating

Sir Keir’s bucket list

Europe

Ukraine’s reformist defence minister is ousted

Europe seems set to ease its carbon pricing

Sweden squashed migration. The populist right wants to go further

Opening the border between Spain and Gibraltar

Why Berlin’s airport is still completely hopeless

In praise of Scandinavia’s risky and dirty playgrounds

United States

Donald Trump’s transformation of the Department of Justice will be hard to undo

Democrats challenge a big Hollywood tie-up

Cities are rethinking what happens after dark

America’s other elections problem

Lindsey Graham tried to save the wrong countries from Donald Trump

Middle East & Africa

Donald Trump has no good options for reopening the Strait of Hormuz

America’s other battle with Iran

The Ebola epidemic is getting out of control

A hit new show takes on polygamy in modern South Africa

How to preserve Africa’s architectural gems

The Americas

The Panama Canal is growing more important

The biggest schools training America’s doctors are in the Caribbean

Argentina v England is one of the most intense rivalries in sport

Asia

Is Aung San Suu Kyi dead?

An unreliable America is drawing Asia’s middle powers closer

Haunted houses are in demand in Japan

A real but selective crackdown on Cambodia’s scam industry

An incomplete list of falling objects in India

China

China is dealing with its own manosphere

Xi Jinping expels another leader from his top team

China wants to end AI romances

A squeezed China is trying to wring more from its state assets

International

Sovereign AI, independent of America and China, is a pipe dream

When China’s open-source AI is a trap

Business

Eli Lilly is reinventing the pharma business

Demis Hassabis has a plan to harness AI safely

How high can Red Bull fly?

How to sell a kettle

How SK Hynix became the king of advanced memory chips

Meet the committee to buy Europe

Finance & economics

Storm clouds gather over America’s financial supremacy

America’s Hormuz brinkmanship is worsening a global fuel crunch

China’s trade gap is narrowing. And other surprises

Can Kevin Warsh’s Fed force 5 reimagine monetary policymaking?

What investment gurus get wrong

How to shrink the Fed’s $7trn balance-sheet

Science & technology

The rate at which Earth is absorbing energy is alarming scientists

How to train for a heatwave