Leaders
An unexpected beacon
Britain is the best place in Europe to be an immigrant
What other countries can learn from its example
The war in Gaza and beyond
At a moment of military might, Israel looks deeply vulnerable
America should help it find a better strategy
Pills by post
America’s Supreme Court should reject the challenge to abortion drugs
The case against mail-order mifepristone is legally and medically spurious
Steel men
The hidden costs of Biden’s steel protectionism
Uncertain political benefits do not justify the president’s vetoing a Japanese takeover of US Steel
Japan today, Japan tomorrow
Why Japan’s economy remains a warning to others
Low real rates, low growth and high debts are not going away
Letters
On American trade policy, universities, anger, Al Gore, artificial intelligence, the middle ages, markets
Letters to the editor
Briefing
No winners
The war in Gaza may topple Hamas without making Israel safer
It will end up even more deeply mired in the conflict that is the main threat to its security
Britain
Migration and society
Without realising it, Britain has become a nation of immigrants
Wolfson prized
Next, Britain’s retail superstar
Road to hell
Britain’s dimmed love affair with motorways
Europe
From high to low
Drug decriminalisation in Europe may be slowing down
After the show
Vladimir Putin celebrates his fake election win
On shaky ground
Earthquake fears loom large in Istanbul’s mayoral race
Bringing up baby
Europe is giving more parental leave to its workers
United States
Political demographics
Joe Biden’s weakness among Latinos threatens his re-election
That’s DWAC
Donald Trump tries his hand with meme-stocks
Militant tendency
Is the most powerful teachers union in America overreaching?
Middle East & Africa
Israel and America
Deposing Israel’s king
A new prime minister for Palestine
A new leader offers little hope for Palestinians
When the wells run dry
Nigeria’s high-cost oil industry is in decline
Trouble on the high seas
Somali pirates are staging a comeback
The Americas
The chainsaw and the blender
After 100 brutal days, Javier Milei has markets believing
Fiddling the figures
AMLO is trying to bury the tragedy of Mexico’s missing people
Asia
East Asian dramas
Relations between Japan and South Korea are blossoming
Immobile republic
How to make India richer
That’ll cost you
India’s election could be the world’s most expensive
China
Clicks and control
America is concerned about social media. China is, too
Bang and blast! It’s too noisy to muffle
Even China’s own state media sometimes resent state control
Chaguan
China’s low-fertility trap
Business
Coming to a strip mall near you
Could Aldi’s supermarkets conquer America?
China’s other TikToks
TikTok is not the only Chinese app thriving in America
Schumpeter
Can anything stop Nvidia’s Jensen Huang?
Finance & economics
Oil and beyond
How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Interesting times
Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment
The last mile
Why America can’t escape inflation worries
Hamilton’s heir
First Steven Mnuchin bought into NYCB, now he wants TikTok
The 6% problem
America’s realtor racket is alive and kicking
Buttonwood
How to trade an election
Free exchange
Why “Freakonomics” failed to transform economics
Science & technology
AI got rhythm
A new generation of music-making algorithms is here
Back of the neural net
AI models can improve corner-kick tactics
Third time lucky—ish
Elon Musk’s Starship reaches orbit on its third attempt
Aggressive dogs
How XL Bullies became such dangerous dogs
Culture
The young and the relentless
How worried should people be about Generation Z?
Court disorder
Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser returns with a memoir
A miracle on 92nd Street
New York’s 92nd Street Y turns 150
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
Monkeys and morality
Frans de Waal taught the world that animals had emotions
By Invitation
American foreign policy
Both Biden and Trump are foreign-policy flops, argues John Bolton
India’s election
Gurcharan Das on why it’s lonely being an Indian liberal
The Economist reads
The Economist reads