Game changer: How streaming will transform sports
The world this week
Leaders
American politics
Can Kamala Harris win?
Joe Biden’s vice-president has an extraordinary opportunity. But she also has a mountain to climb
Game changer
A global gold rush is changing sport
Fans may be cooling on the Olympics, but elsewhere technology is transforming how sport is watched
Don’t stop the buck
MAGA Republicans are wrong to seek a cheaper dollar
It is hard to cast America as a victim of the global financial system
The lost leader
Germany’s failure to lead the EU is becoming a problem
A weak chancellor and coalition rows are to blame
Africa 2.0
How to ensure Africa is not left behind by the AI revolution
Weak digital infrastructure is holding the continent back
Letters
On India, Starbucks, African farmers, electoral systems, behavioural economics, conferences
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
The American election
A prominent donor on why the Democrats shouldn’t anoint Kamala Harris
The state of Britain
Neil Kinnock on the post-war-like challenges facing Keir Starmer
Briefing
The state of play
A shift in the media business is changing what it is to be a sports fan
Team loyalty is being replaced by “fluid fandom”
Europe
Europe’s bantamweight
The Germany-shaped void at Europe’s heart
Fixing the roof
European countries are banding together on missile defence
Britain
Labour’s honeymoon
Is Britain’s economy finally moving?
Swan-upmanship
How King Charles III counts his swans
Turnout trouble
Are Britons losing the habit of voting?
A Belfast symbol
The builder of the Titanic is struggling to stay afloat
Middle East & Africa
Africa unplugged
Why the AI revolution is leaving Africa behind
Congo’s intensifying war
Rwandan soldiers may outnumber M23 rebels in Congo
Jaw-jaw and war-war
Bibi Netanyahu offered spectacle over substance in America
Mutual attrition
Israel and the Houthis trade bombs and bluster
United States
The switch in time
Which Kamala Harris is now at the top of the Democratic ticket?
The “brat” vote
Is Kamala Harris “brat”?
Kammander-in-chief?
How to decode Kamala Harris’s foreign policy
Patience, please
Reliable numbers on Trump v Harris are scarce for now
The Americas
On its knees
Cuba is out of supplies and out of ideas
Greenback blues
The strong dollar is hurting exports from Latin America
Asia
Japanese defence
Is this a new age of warrior Japan?
Pomp and preparation
Taiwan is beefing up its military exercises to counter China
What Modi 3.0 may mean
A weakened Narendra Modi subsidises jobs and doles out pork
China
An ample supply of promises
China unveils its new economic vision
The state of the union
The noose around the press in Hong Kong tightens
Chaguan
The nationalism of ideas
International
A golden opportunity
Paris could change how cities host the Olympics for good
1843 magazine
Entertainment
How to get rich (Taylor’s version)
Israel/Palestine
Marwan Barghouti, the world’s most important prisoner
Cyber-security
Secrets of a ransomware negotiator
Desert island risks
The cruise that will get you chased by the Chinese coastguard
Business
A fossil-fuel fantasy
Donald Trump’s promise of a golden age for oil is fanciful
Prestige and the podium
LVMH is splurging on the Olympics
Finance & economics
Broken record
The rich world revolts against sky-high immigration
Breaking the greenback
Donald Trump wants a weaker dollar. What are his options?
Heterodox thought
Revisiting the work of Donald Harris, father of Kamala
War economy
How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble
China’s reserves
Why is Xi Jinping building secret commodity stockpiles?
Schools brief
Artificial intelligence
AI firms will soon exhaust most of the internet’s data
Science & technology
Culture
The river runs through it
The Seine may determine athletes’ success at the Paris Olympics
Going down to the woods
How “The Blair Witch Project” changed horror films
The Economist reads
The Economist reads
The romance and reality of Paris, the Olympics’ host
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
Weapons into light