The aliens among us: How viruses shape the world
The world this week
Leaders
Into the open
The Israel-UAE deal is good news for a troubled region
Even if tensions remain high elsewhere in the Middle East
Suffering in the Sahel
A coup in Mali is unlikely to make matters better
Western countries cannot solve African crises with military support alone
Silicon Valley v Wall Street
The IPO is being reinvented
Tech firms are taking advantage of frothy stockmarkets to experiment with new ways to go public. Good
Trouble among NATO allies
Dealing with a dangerous dispute in the eastern Med
Turkey and Greece must be encouraged to exchange views, not blows
Letters
On software problems, Britain, India, racism, Clement Attlee
Letters to the editor
Essay
Europe
Hanging on, for now
Alexander Lukashenko is trying to beat protesters into submission
Welcome to politics
Italy’s populist Five Star Movement is becoming a more normal party
Alexei Navalny in peril
Russia’s opposition leader is in a coma, seemingly poisoned
Balking at Balkan babies
The Balkans are getting short of people
Britain
The economy
Mass unemployment threatens Britain
Clothes, image and Instagram
How social media made Gymshark
Ethnicity and politics
Black Lives Matter in Northern Ireland
Media and society
Britons are increasingly avoiding the news
Middle East & Africa
The strong, silent type
The United Arab Emirates has become a force in the Middle East
Wait a minute Mr Postman
Why African countries issue stamps celebrating English cricketers
Oil on protected waters
An oil spill off Mauritius threatens protected ecosystems
A coup that was coming
What next for Mali?
United States
The postmaster always rings twice
More mail-in voting doubles the chances of recounts in close states
Our kind of people
America’s black upper class and Black Lives Matter
From iPhones to aircraft carriers
American national-security maximalism can be self-defeating
The hydroxychloroquine of energy policy
Drilling in Alaska’s national wildlife refuge makes no sense
The Americas
Anxious isles
The pandemic’s indirect hit on the Caribbean
Asia
Peace talks without peace
Why the stalemate in Myanmar persists
Virtual respect for the dead
Covid-19 has made it hard for the Japanese to visit family graves
International
Business
Partying like it’s 1999
Initial public offerings are back in Silicon Valley
Power play
Epic Games takes on Apple
Believe the hypercar
Rimac is making a big name for itself in battery-powered transport
A big-sum game
Tencent Video battles iQiyi in China’s streaming wars
Weekend plans
IG Metall is pushing for a four-day week
No more quarter
America closes the last loophole in its hounding of Huawei
Finance & economics
Navigating the storm
Can Dubai enter the premier league of financial centres?
Cloth of gold
Why the economic value of a face mask is $56.14
Conforming to norms
China’s monetary stimulus is unusually restrained
Schools brief
Hidden figures
Why does low unemployment no longer lift inflation?
Science & technology
Culture
Twentieth-century fox
Albert Murray was a bard of America’s racial complexity
A river and a nation
An enchanting trip down the mighty Magdalena
Home Entertainment
For your summer getaway, try an imaginary city
Economic & financial indicators
Graphic detail
Obituary
Passion plays