The Great Fall of China

The world this week

Leaders

Financial markets

The Great Fall of China

Fear about China’s economy can be overdone. But investors are right to be nervous

Pay-as-you-go government

It’ll cost you

Charging for public services sometimes makes sense. Often, though, it is a racket

The Iran nuclear agreement

Lots of heat but not much light

The debate over the Iran deal is plagued by acrimony and hyperbole. Both sides are missing the point

Migration to Europe

Let them in and let them earn

A bigger welcome mat would be in Europe’s own interest

VR and the future of computing

Awaiting its iPhone moment

Virtual reality is a promising technology, but will not go mainstream in its current form

Letters

On patents, Germany and Poland, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

Letters to the editor

Briefing

China and the world economy

Taking a tumble

Stockmarket turmoil in China need not spell economic doom. But it does raise questions far beyond the country’s shores

Europe

Migration in Europe

Looking for a home

French security

Derailed

South-eastern Europe

Knocking on heaven’s door

Turkish politics

The gambler

Greek elections

And another one

Britain

Public services

Pay-as-you-go government

Murder and politics in Northern Ireland

The consequences of a killing

Weather forecasting and the BBC

Turned out not so nice

Jeremy Corbyn’s economic policy

Too good to be true

Up, up and not away

Immigration breaks a record

Tourism

Pouring in

Middle East & Africa

South Africa’s state-owned companies

Commanding plights

Ebola in Sierra Leone

Hail to the chiefs

Reform in Iraq

Good on paper

Protests in Lebanon

Talking trash

Israeli politics

The left’s Likudnik

Muslim dress in Egypt

Haughty about the hijab

United States

Nuclear waste

Faff and fallout

Teamsters

Truckin’ on

The fight to stop the nuclear deal

Counting heads

Jimmy Carter

High Plains drifter

Counterfeit art

The Bean and the Bubble

The Americas

Crime in Venezuela

Justice decayed

Canada’s economy

The new rustbelt

Caribbean resorts

Plaguing paradise

Asia

Politics in Malaysia

No more Mr Nice Guy

An election in Singapore

The Lee side

Troubled Nepal

Federal express

International

Responsible holiday-making

Travelling light

Business

Marketing in the digital age

A brand new game

Monetising Snapchat

Snap judgments

Agricultural suppliers

Controversial hybrids

Taxing multinationals

Patently problematic

Finance & economics

Infrastructure in the rich world

Building works

Ukraine’s debt restructuring

Tinkering around the edges

Defending the naira

Wheelbarrows to the rescue

Monetary policy in Japan

Core concern

The economics of generosity

The kindness of neighbours

Private islands

Non-profit paradise

Free exchange

Off the block

Schools brief

What caused the Cambrian explosion?

The other Big Bang

Science & technology

Virtual reality

Grand illusions

Culture

Italian fiction

Ties that bind

The French Resistance

Freedom force

Management theory

Blighting the horizon

The Lewis chessmen

Bones of contention

Islamist violence

Hydra-headed

Contemporary art in Japan

Educating Aida

Obituary

Obituary: Howard Brody

The science of swing