Leaders
A week of violence
How to respond to the riots in Britain
Punish the thugs. Stand up for immigration. And improve local services
Growth scares
Will America’s economy swing the election?
It is not entering recession, but it is slowing down. That is bad news for Kamala Harris
Leaders
Is Tim Walz the right vice-presidential running-mate for Kamala Harris?
Progressives like him, but the presidential candidate will need to find ways to win over moderates
A desperate dissolution
Banning the opposition won’t save Thailand’s unpopular regime
Once again, the army pretends its critics are anti-royal
Glass half full
Why Ethiopia and Nigeria must press on with reforms
Currency liberalisation alone is not enough
People power
Bangladesh has ousted an autocrat. Now for the hard part
A caretaker leader, Muhammad Yunus, must try to rebuild democracy
Letters
On nutrition and IQ, the Paris Olympics, Kamala Harris, Mark Zuckerberg
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Briefing
Pursuing happiness
Can Kamala Harris win on the economy?
A visit to a crucial swing state reveals the problems she will face
Nevada gets lucky
Swing-state economies are doing just fine
They would be doing even better if the Biden-Harris administration had been more cynical
The left-behind
America’s “left-behind” are doing better than ever
But manufacturing jobs are still in decline
Europe
Shell and shock
Ukraine surprises with a high-stakes raid into Russia
Choose the snooze
The siesta is still a serious business in Europe’s south
Britain
The haters
The evolution of Britain’s extreme right
Attitudes to immigration
Are Britain’s rioters representative of views on immigration?
Insanity and asylum
How hotels became targets for British rioters
Middle East & Africa
Swinging back to the centre
South Africa’s foreign minister wants better relations with the West
Soldiers of misfortune
Why South Africa’s army is floundering in Congo
Iran v Israel
Iran’s frightening new playbook for war
Up with extremism
Hamas’s pick of Yahya Sinwar as leader makes a ceasefire less likely
United States
Pouches of resistance
Why do conservatives in America love Zyn?
The Irish hello
A short-term work visa shows the benefits of immigration
Yes in God’s backyard
Can churches fix America’s affordable-housing crunch?
The Americas
Venezuela’s election
How the mad, bad Maduro regime clings to power
Perfume of the Pacific
Colombia prepares for a vanilla boom
Asia
A second liberation
Can hope beat hatred in Bangladesh?
Democratic deficit
Thailand’s top court tramples over the country’s democracy
Is the future female?
Could Kamikawa Yoko be Japan’s next prime minister?
China
Selling the farm
One way to turbocharge the Chinese economy
Digital papers please
China’s new plan for tracking people online
Increasingly caffeinated
China is now the world leader in coffee shops
Revolution-coloured glasses
How China views the popular uprising in Bangladesh
International
Tipping the balance
Why the war on childhood obesity is failing
Business
Industrial involution
China’s manufacturers are going broke
Code-breaking
China is overhauling its company law
Searching questions
A court says Google is a monopolist. Now what?
Finance & economics
Cigarettes, coffee and panic
The stockmarket rout may not be over
Marching on
A global recession is not in prospect
Free exchange
Should central bankers argue in public?
Schools brief
Artificial intelligence
How AI models are getting smarter
Science & technology
Keeping your marbles
How to reduce the risk of developing dementia
Gendered medicine
Do women make better doctors than men?
Purple patches
Lavender extract makes excellent mosquito-repellent
Terraforming Mars
Engineered dust could help make Mars habitable
Culture
The souls in a new machine
These are the two new books you need to read about AI
The best of times is now
Why history podcasts are booming now
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
Out of Stalin’s terror