Leaders
How ugly will it get?
America’s election is mired in conflict
Donald Trump’s conspiracy machine is already gearing up for election night
Mixed message
Mario Draghi’s best ideas are those Europe finds least comfortable
The danger is that it picks the easy ones
The dangers of rock claiming
More storms are brewing in the South China Sea
A dangerous new stage in the conflict is beginning
Corporate crusade
How to finish Japan’s business revolution
Tokyo-listed companies have become more friendly to shareholders, but the job is only half-done
Subsidise people, not petrol
Nigeria’s catastrophic fuel crisis has a straightforward solution
How to scrap a popular yet ruinous subsidy
Letters
On Iranian hostages, handwriting, underground cables, love, Kamala Harris, artificial intelligence, gobbledygook
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Briefing
A foregone confusion
What will happen if America’s election result is contested?
The system is now stronger, but so is public mistrust of it
Europe
Dirty sponges
Squeaky-clean Europe is more corrupt than you think
French politics
Michel Barnier’s burden
A bloody trade
Danger in Donbas as Ukraine’s front line falters
Britain
Brotherly love
The harmony between Labour and Britain’s trade unions
In deep trouble
Britain’s submarines are at sea for too long—or not at all
Driven up the wall
Finding a driving test in Britain is painful, slow and expensive
Keeping the juices flowing
Volunteering has big benefits for the elderly
Urban planning
Why have Britain’s new towns become fashionable again?
Middle East & Africa
Not wanted here
Turkey is trying to deport Syrian refugees back to a war zone
The Philadelphi story
A narrow corridor in Gaza has become an obstacle to a ceasefire
No petrol, no peace
If Nigeria cannot end fuel shortages, disaster beckons
Markets amid madness
How trading in war-torn Sudan survives—just
United States
TikTok, tarot and Trump
Astrologers are predicting the result of America’s election
Trouble in Paradise Valley
Democratic control of the Senate depends on a seven-fingered farmer
Campaign calculus
The systemic bias Kamala Harris must overcome in order to win
New term, same balancing act
America’s college heads revise rules for handling campus protests
The Americas
Asia
Superpower tensions in Asia
The scary new map of the South China Sea
India v Bangladesh
Can India’s garments industry benefit from Bangladesh’s turmoil?
Machh ado about nothing
What ilish, a fish, says about India-Bangladesh relations
Of scams and syndicates
The downfall of a Philippine mayor may be linked to Chinese gangs
Corporate dynasties
Kim Beom-su, the billionaire founder of Kakao, faces trial
China
Stability, now what?
Can Xi Jinping take Hong Kong “from stability to prosperity”?
Leading the way
China is beating America in the nuclear-energy race
We’re keeping them
Why China banned international adoptions
International
The toil, tears and sweat of competition
Sport is getting hotter, harder and deadlier
Business
Mergers and inquisitions
Is the era of the mega-deal over?
Job half done
Japan’s sleepy companies still need more reform
Not edgy enough
AI will not fix Apple’s sluggish iPhone sales any time soon
Snapped up
Demand for high-end cameras is soaring
Raining cats and dogs
People are splurging like never before on their pets
The ties that bind
Why family empires dominate business in India
Finance & economics
The 72-year-old patient
Can anything spark Europe’s economy back to life?
Foreign-exchange markets
Norway’s weak currency presents a mystery
Buttonwood
Can bonds keep beating stocks?
Xi, the generous
China’s government is surprisingly redistributive
Long, hot summer
The IMF has a protest problem
The big squeeze
Why orange juice has never been more expensive
Free exchange
An American sovereign-wealth fund is a risky idea
Science & technology
The motherlode
Breast milk’s benefits are not limited to babies
Tests of time
The world’s first nuclear clock is on the horizon
Radiation-belt remediation
Particles that damage satellites can be flushed out of orbit
Culture
Can you tell the truth?
The information wars are about to get worse, Yuval Noah Harari argues
A secret love affair
Why many French have come to like “Emily in Paris”
The CIA’s Rip van Winkle
The riveting story of the longest-held American prisoner-of-war
It’s an ink-stained world
Tabloids are about more than trashy headlines
The Economist reads
The Economist reads
How Christianity shapes politics in America
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
Samba plus sunshine