Leaders
Where will he stop?
History will judge Vladimir Putin harshly for his war
Russia’s president has launched an unprovoked assault on his neighbour
Spending the federal bonanza
The right way for America’s states to use federal largesse
America’s states have more green stuff than grey matter
The private-equity delusion
Investors have come to see private markets as a cash cow
They need to temper their expectations
Courting trouble
South Africa must protect its judges
Nelson Mandela warned about the weakening of the judiciary. He was right
Automation
The world should welcome the rise of the robots
Concerns over mass unemployment are unfounded
Letters
On Canada, bilingual people, Estonia, levelling up, Uganda, Gordon Brown, tech giants
Letters to the editor
Briefing
The return of large-scale war to Europe
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has brought war back to Europe
Europe
Thunder on the right
The leader of Spain’s main opposition party is ousted
Holy See-saw
Did Pope Francis restrict defendants’ rights?
Charlemagne
Europe is the free-rider continent
Britain
International trade
Britain’s post-Brexit trade policy is slowly maturing
Covid-19 rules
England’s coronavirus regulations are no more
Indeterminate prison sentences
Too many British prisoners are still serving indefinite sentences
Eyes on the big prize
Running Britain's national lottery is not as easy as it was
Trials and errors
Clinical trials are ailing
Middle East & Africa
Lines in the sand
West Africa’s coastal states are bracing for a jihadist storm
Here comes Trouble
Names in southern Africa are both creative and revealing
Cleaning up the laundromat
The UAE tries to crack down on dirty money
A ban on the van
Are Cairo’s menacing minibuses on their way out?
United States
Take the money and run
How states are using, and misusing, funds from the American Rescue Plan
The Empire State
New York’s new governor is proving to be adept at the power game
Parks and permits
America’s outdoor permits are not solving overcrowding
Adolescent brides
Child marriage in America has fallen sharply—but not far enough
Lexington
Deploying reality against Putin
The Americas
Asia
Call me by my name
Why so many Asian cities adopt an alias
The chastened cowboy
Will humiliation in Myanmar help Cambodia distance itself from China?
China
Special report
Into the mainstream
Private markets have grown exponentially
Strategic priorities
Alternative fund managers are increasingly mainstream
Private credit
More borrowers turn to private markets for credit
Regulation and reputation
Regulators have private markets in their sights
Business
The techno-independence movement
China wants to insulate itself against Western sanctions
Perfect storm
Sea Group faces choppier waters
Bartleby
The unseen costs of dirty work
Culture vultures
Private equity is buying up America’s newspapers
Burger flip-out
What is Carl Icahn’s beef with McDonald’s?
Finance & economics
Trading with the enemy
The economic consequences of the war in Ukraine
Karat and stick
Gold demand has surged in India
The future of Generali
The battle to modernise Italy's corporate governance
Free exchange
How to avoid a fatal backlash against globalisation
Science & technology
Epigenetic inheritance
A strange case of intergenerational memory
Lithium production
Two new ways of extracting lithium from brine
Science and the law
Eyewitness evidence is more reliable than has been thought
Culture
Art and regeneration
Mexico revives a tradition of painting murals with a purpose
Novel-prizewinning fiction
Olga Tokarczuk’s “The Books of Jacob” is a wild, unruly saga
Home Entertainment
“Nosferatu” and the birth of the undead
The Nixon presidency
In his memoir, an aide to Richard Nixon recalls him fondly
Refugees and reportage
A journalist joins his Afghan friend’s odyssey to Europe
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
More equal than others
Are some countries faking their covid-19 death counts?
Obituary
Lone Humourist Scourge