Sudan: Why its catastrophic war is the world’s problem
The world this week
Leaders
A humanitarian disaster
Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem
It could kill millions—and spread chaos across Africa and the Middle East
Good policy, not good luck
Why inflation fell without a recession
High interest rates, not the passage of time, have restored price stability
There must be blood
People should be paid for blood plasma
Shortages are hampering the production of essential medicines
The new wall
Donald Trump’s promise of “mass deportation” is unworkable
Yet he could cause serious harm by trying
Letters
On nuclear weapons, carry trades, American visas, sports, war, Churchill’s urinal
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Debt and development
Break the taboos propping up unsustainable debt, pleads a former central banker
Briefing
An intensifying calamity
Anarchy in Sudan has spawned the world’s worst famine in 40 years
Millions are likely to perish
Chaos machine
The ripple effects of Sudan’s war are being felt across three continents
It is a sign of growing global impunity and disorder
Disaster in Darfur
“Hell on earth”: satellite images document the siege of a Sudanese city
El-Fasher, until recently a place of refuge, is under attack
Europe
Germany’s fraught state elections
Why east Germany is such fertile ground for extremists
French politics
France seeks a new government
The new enemy
Azerbaijan’s government turns on its critics at home
Britain
An old-age problem
Fixing social care in England is a true test of Labour’s ambition
Careful consideration
Funding social care: an international comparison
Do not go to gate
Heathrow’s third runway asks questions of the airport and Labour
Keep up, your honour
A language guide for judges is a window into modern Britain
What ho, y’all
Why country music is booming in Britain
Middle East & Africa
Real estate and religion
Israel’s settlers are winning unprecedented power from the war in Gaza
A kingdom divided
Have Israel’s far-right religious nationalists peaked?
The Middle East
Israel and Hizbullah play with fire
Nigeria parties on the cheap
A Nigerian’s guide to weddings during the cozzie livs
United States
Power hungry
Why Texas Republicans are souring on crypto
Over the Rainbow
What Texas’s oldest motel reveals about the rural South
Return to sender
Donald Trump’s dream of mass deportations is a fantasy
Campaign calculus
To hold the Senate, Democrats have to do something extraordinary
The Americas
Canada’s rising populist
Canada’s Conservatives are crushing Justin Trudeau
The rule of law in Mexico
AMLO’s dangerous last blast threatens Mexico
Asia
Succession in Indonesia
The King of Java inflames an Indonesian “democratic emergency”
Not digging it
Why Australia is not yet a critical minerals powerhouse
China
Technology and power
Is Xi Jinping an AI doomer?
Two very different leaders
Why Xi Jinping is envious of his predecessor
Our Beijing bureau chief’s valedictory dispatch
China’s new age of swagger and paranoia
International
Too much, too little. Too late?
The poisonous global politics of water
Business
Back in style
How Abercrombie & Fitch got hot again
French correction
Renault readies itself to take on Chinese rivals
Rise and fall
Pinduoduo, China’s e-commerce star, suffers a blow
The Zuckerberg mankini
Meta is accused of “bullying” the open-source community
Schumpeter
What could stop the Nvidia frenzy?
Finance & economics
The cushioned blow
Inflation is down and a recession is unlikely. What went right?
Trustbusting
Are American rents rigged by algorithms?
Eastern promise
How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
Free exchange
Vast government debts are riskier than they appear
Science & technology
Off to the races
Digital twins are speeding up manufacturing
Mirror worlds
Digital twins are enabling scientific innovation
Culture
Leagues of their own
Why the world is teeming with so many new sports leagues
An arboreal affair
How “reading trees” can unlock many mysteries
Monkey business
“Black Myth: Wukong” is China’s first blockbuster video game
The Economist reads
The Economist reads
Six novels about India, perhaps the world’s most interesting place
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
The anatomy of love