Leaders
Personality and policy
Kamala Harris can beat Donald Trump. But how would she govern?
Being a politician is about more than campaigning. More policy detail is needed
A deadly virus
Countries should act faster to curb the spread of mpox
The slower the response, the more people will die
Artificial intelligence
Regulators are focusing on real AI risks over theoretical ones. Good
Rules on safety may one day be needed. But not yet
Visas, vistas and vegetarian food
How to attract Indian tourists
Destinations are competing for the travelling rupee
Letters
On education, Africa, tourism, Russia, Lyndon Johnson
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Artificial intelligence
Mark Zuckerberg and Daniel Ek on why Europe should embrace open-source AI
Briefing
Woolly warrior
Kamala Harris has revealed only the vaguest of policy platforms
Her record suggests she would be a pragmatist
Europe
The Russian economy
The mysterious middlemen helping Russia’s war machine
The cash flows south
How Italy’s Mezzogiorno is benefiting from a flood of EU aid
Britain
Bayesian tragedy
Mike Lynch was Britain’s first software billionaire
Cancellarius culture
The tricky politics of choosing Oxford’s next chancellor
A place to be
Youth clubs in Britain have been vanishing
Righting wrongs
Britain’s boom in public inquiries into past disasters
Middle East & Africa
The Israel-Hamas war and Iran
The Middle East’s bizarre waiting game: ceasefire or Armageddon?
Iran’s new government
The threat of war is empowering the Islamic republic’s hardliners
The real action
Making love not war in the Middle East
The sun also rises
A shift towards green investment is under way in Africa
Click click boom
YouTube in Africa offers a new kind of news
United States
The view from the Bay
San Francisco Democrats are embracing “law and order” politics
More deaths, less outrage
Police are killing more Americans than ever. Where’s the outrage?
The new frontier
Behind the surge in migrants crossing America’s northern border
Stuck in low-Earth orbit
NASA insists that two astronauts are not “stranded” in space
A smashing time
Where crashing cars is the point
The Americas
Mexico’s incoming president (1)
Investors panicked after Mexico’s election. Were they right?
Mexico’s incoming president (2)
Confused and dirty: Claudia Sheinbaum’s energy plan
Military Mileise
Javier Milei is splurging on the army
Asia
A succession battle in Hanoi
Vietnam’s new ruler: hardman, capitalist, hedonist
Mining for memories
What a Japanese gold mine says about its approach to history
New city, new start?
Indonesia’s new capital is built on vanity
India’s women problem
The rape and murder of a doctor in India is fuelling outrage
China
Sizing up the ticket
China’s rulers are surprised by Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
Tossing eggs at a national pastime
Millions of Chinese people play guandan. Is that good or bad?
The other gas problem
Time for China to get serious about its methane emissions
Access delayed
Why are VPNs getting slower in China?
International
From Bangkok to Dubai
Indian tourists are conquering the world
Business
Appetite for change
Can big food adapt to healthier diets?
Blue-sky thinking
India’s largest airline is flying high
Konbini combination
What a takeover offer for 7-Eleven says about business in Japan
Changing times
Why Germany’s watchmakers are worried about the AfD
Finance & economics
Muddled and misguided
Kamala Harris’s cost-of-living plan will end in failure
Reds under the bed
America’s anti-price-gouging laws are too minor to be communist
The new gender gap
Why don’t women use artificial intelligence?
Free exchange
Artificial intelligence is losing hype
Schools brief
Risks and rules
AI needs regulation, but what kind, and how much?
Science & technology
Culture
RIP adulthood
Is Western culture stopping people from growing up?
Travel and leisure
Madrid, one of Europe’s largest cities, deserves more appreciation
Flights of fantasy
Whatever happened to flying cars and other promises?
Picture perfect
Is there such a thing as a classic?
World in a dish
In praise of mangoes
Lights, camera, Pentagon!
Hollywood has a behind-the-scenes helper you might not expect
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
Sweet stardom