Leaders
Turmoil in Britain
Welcome to Britaly
A country of political instability, low growth and subordination to the bond markets
The housing horror show
A global house-price slump is coming
It won’t blow up the financial system, but it will be scary
Dig deep
Ukraine’s economy is defying the odds. But it needs help
America has been generous. The EU is dithering
Renewable energy
India’s next green revolution
The country’s clean-energy push shows a way to escape the coal addiction
Letters
On church bells, Detroit, Jair Bolsonaro, Armenia and Azerbaijan, management consultants
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Briefing
Skunk no more
Will India become a green superpower?
One of the world’s most polluting countries is investing heavily in clean tech
Europe
Shooting Shaheds
Iranian drones pose a fiendish military problem for Ukraine
Russia’s waning influence in Germany
Russia was more deeply embedded in German politics than suspected
The Kyiv-Kramatorsk express is back
Ukrainian Railways reconnects a city scarred by a bombing
Say it with metal
France is sending weapons and air-defence systems to Ukraine
Not so easy
Italy’s coalition-building runs into trouble
Britain
Revenge of the institutions
A brush with the bond markets reorders British politics
The low-growth gang
What a comparison between Britain and Italy reveals
Immigration
Suella Braverman resigns as home secretary
Carbon capture
Indians want the Koh-i-Noor diamond back
Walking in cities
In Britain, the least sexy form of travel is getting some attention
United States
Midterm maths
How to spot a wonky poll
Bizarre school fights
No, American schools are not encouraging pupils to identify as cats
What’s in a name?
Florida Democrats have taken to calling Republicans socialist
Middle East & Africa
The long goodbye?
Why America and Saudi Arabia are still inseparable
A symbolic fire catches on
Iran’s protests spread, as a notorious prison burns
Have baby, stay in school
Why teenage mothers in Zimbabwe struggle to get educated
The rainbow nation’s mafia
How organised crime is blighting South Africa’s economy
The Americas
Missing the samba beat
Brazil’s next president will face a big, tricky in-tray
A modern inferno
An American-backed foreign force may be sent to Haiti
Asia
Tactical advantage
North Korea is preparing for another nuclear test—or many
Recusal of service
The Philippine justice minister’s son is ensnared in a drug bust
One-man party
Imran Khan appears to be more popular than ever
Getting real
New Zealand is toughening up on China
China
Heir unapparent
Xi Jinping has no interest in succession planning
Xi’s word counts
In his reports to the party, Xi Jinping signals change subtly
Moving to mid-levels
Will the Chinese of tomorrow live like the Spaniards of today?
When “wolf warrior” diplomacy goes too far
A protester in Britain is beaten up by Chinese diplomats
International
Business
Reality bites
How much trouble is Mark Zuckerberg in?
The silicon squeeze
The American chip industry’s $1.5trn meltdown
100% covid-proof
Kweichow Moutai is beating China’s covid hangover
Fodder for the FTC
Kroger, America’s second-biggest grocer, goes shopping
Finance & economics
The boom is over
Housing markets face a brutal squeeze
Stick to Wall Street
Goldman Sachs’s disastrous Main Street gamble
Bullets and balance sheets
Ukraine’s economy seems to be growing again
Free exchange
Why inflation refuses to go away
Science & technology
Drugs for depression
How to make better use of antidepressants
Neanderthal man and woman
DNA grants a glimpse of Neanderthal family life
Conserving elephants
Malaysia’s elephants stay more outside protected areas than in
Culture
War without war
How the civil-rights movement succeeded
Home Entertainment
Helen Garner was a pioneering chronicler of motherhood
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
A tale of two pandemics
In America and eastern Europe, covid-19 got worse in 2021
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
How America’s midterms could reshape the courts
The Economist explains
Will Russia’s drone attacks change the war in Ukraine?
Obituary
The man who said no