Donald Trump has no grasp of what it means to be president
The world this week
Leaders
After Charlottesville
Donald Trump has no grasp of what it means to be president
U-turns, self-regard and equivocation are not what it takes
Reality starts to dawn
Britain is slowly moving towards accepting harsh truths about Brexit
In this week’s papers on customs arrangements and Ireland, Theresa May’s government begins to accept some inconvenient truths
Can we fix it?
The construction industry’s productivity problem
And how governments can catalyse change
Trade negotiations
How to improve NAFTA
A threat to free trade in North America has turned into an opportunity to boost it
Double happiness
People with two nationalities should be feted, not mistrusted
Countries that bar them from certain jobs should think again
Letters
Letters
Letters to the editor
Briefing
Solar eclipses
Once portents of terror, eclipses are now an excuse for a party
This month’s eclipse is a cultural as much as a scientific event
Watch with care
The eclipse is a test of solar power in America
Supply disruptions are not expected, but demand is a wild card
Eclipses to come
If you want to see less of the sun, become an Australian
New Zealanders will do pretty well, too
Europe
The beautiful south
Germany’s new divide
Upping the ante
Poland’s ruling party picks a fight with Germany
Return of the crooner
Silvio Berlusconi may manage a political comeback
Assembly required
IKEA goes to Serbia
Charlemagne
Russian culture wars take centre stage
Britain
Papering over the cracks
At last Britain begins to spell out its Brexit aims
Starter for nine
From A* to grade nine: England reforms its GCSE exams
What bothers Britain?
Britons mellow on migration
Picking winners
British farms learn to work with fewer seasonal migrants
The Big Ben bong ban
Chimes gone by
The Garden Bridge collapses
How London threw £46m into the Thames
Middle East & Africa
Destroying history
War in the Arab world has devastated the region’s heritage
Energy politics
Israel has a gas conundrum
Stumped for words
A battle over language is hampering Algeria’s development
Angola’s election
The MPLA’s grip on Angola is weakening
Politics in Kenya
Kenya’s new government faces serious challenges
A deluge of mud and death
A mudslide devastates the capital of Sierra Leone
United States
After Charlottesville
Donald Trump’s failure of character emboldens America’s far right
Rogues’ gallery
The far right—a user’s manual
All the working ladies
Women alone are driving a recovery in workforce participation
Lexington
Travels with Mike Pence
The Americas
When will Brazil’s future arrive?
Investors seem confident that an economic recovery is under way
The moral of Muskrat Falls
A dodgy dam in Canada’s east
Asia
Palm-fringed pandemonium
The government of the Maldives is struggling to stay afloat
Double trouble
A dual-citizenship row rattles the Australian government
Missing the mark
Indian officials are humiliating people who defecate outdoors
China
Workers, disunited
China’s labour law is no use to those who need it most
International
Letter from Alphabet
The e-mail Larry Page should have written to James Damore
Business
Least-improved
Efficiency eludes the construction industry
Building under water
Marine contractors have made huge leaps in productivity
End of the affair
American business leaders break with Donald Trump
Dark side of the sun
A trade dispute threatens America’s booming solar industry
Ants in your pants
China’s digital-payments giant keeps bank chiefs up at night
Finance & economics
Lighthizer, camera, action!
The Trump administration is investigating Chinese trade practices
Dynastic equilibrium
China modernises its monetary policy
Faith, hope and impact
The Catholic church becomes an impact investor
Against the odds
Hedge funds try to promote sports betting as an asset class
Eponymous heroes
A firm that shares a name with its founder earns higher profits
Free exchange
Why Africa’s development model puzzles economists
Schools brief
Externalities
Pigouvian taxes
Science & technology
Combating drug addiction
The search for vaccines against street drugs
Hormones and behaviour
Testosterone makes men more impulsive
Culture
Death in the afternoon
A remarkable account of the 2011 tsunami in Japan
Thinking thrice
When thoughts often turn to death
A nation with music
English folk song, a great tradition
Deep blue sea
Humankind’s odd need to catch sharks
Obituary
Putting things straight