Leaders
On another planet
Elon Musk is Donald Trump’s disrupter-in-chief
The entrepreneur will be let loose on America’s government
It’s time
Why British MPs should vote for assisted dying
A long-awaited liberal reform is in jeopardy
Act now, Mr Merz
Germany cannot afford to wait to relax its debt brake
It should move before the election
Diminishing returns
Too many master’s courses are expensive and flaky
Governments should help postgraduates get a better deal
Danger and deals in the Middle East
From Nixon to China, to Trump to Tehran
Iran is weak. For America’s next president that creates an opportunity
Letters
On ADHD, America’s election, Antarctica, canals, difficulties, Quincy Jones, Justin Trudeau
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Britain’s end-of-life debate
My assisted-dying bill safely solves a grave injustice, says Kim Leadbeater
Britain’s end-of-life debate
Assisted-dying advocates’ claims of freedom have it backward, says Danny Kruger
Briefing
The first buddy
Elon Musk and Donald Trump seem besotted. Where is their bromance headed?
The precedents are not encouraging
Poster boy
Elon Musk’s transformation, in his own words
Our analysis of 38,000 posts on X reveal a changed man
Europe
The Germans don’t do it better
Once dominant, Germany is now desperate
The struggle with Russia
Ukraine’s secret army in France
Britain
The Victorian example
Where British MPs should look before the vote on assisted dying
False dilemma
How to fix palliative care in Britain
Megafund pool party
Britain’s government wants bigger pension funds
Criminal justice
A sticking-plaster policy for Britain’s strained courts
Middle East & Africa
America and the Middle East
Get ready for “Maximum Pressure 2.0” on Iran
More chaos in Gaza
Israel’s hardliners reckon Gaza’s chaos shows they must control it
Sudan’s civil war
A genocidal militia’s quest for legitimacy
The non-appliance of science
Why GM crops aren’t feeding Africa
United States
Donkey Rashomon
Democrats are still processing their defeat
Farewell to the five queens
Los Angeles decides it is sick of scandal
Deporting the suits
What will Donald Trump do about legal immigration?
Capitol offences
Will Donald Trump now pardon the January 6th rioters?
Fries with that
How gaga is MAHA?
Lexington
How Donald Trump could win the future
The Americas
A match made in the Middle Kingdom
Brazil courts China as its Musk feud erupts again
Institutional failure
Parlacen, a bizarre parliament, is a refuge for bent politicians
Operation Holy Salmon
The mafia’s latest bonanza: salmon heists
Asia
Middle-class malaise
The surprising stagnation of Asia’s middle classes
Women in the workforce
The mystery of India’s female labour-force participation rate
A fight over rights
Racial tensions boil over in New Zealand
Extra baggage
Why is it so hard for Indians to get a visa?
Water woes
The Caspian Sea is shrinking rapidly
China
The Sino-American rivalry
Helping America’s hawks get inside the head of Xi Jinping
A hill of beans
Trump, trade and feeding China’s pigs
Human rights in China
Snuffing out the flame of freedom in Hong Kong
International
University in America and Britain
Is your master’s degree useless?
The Telegram
The perils of appeasing a warlike Russia
Business
A corporate identity crisis
How Chinese is Shein?
All’s well that’s Blackwell
Nvidia’s boss dismisses fears that AI has hit a wall
Death by LLM
What ChatGPT’s corporate victims have in common
Indian business
Gautam Adani faces bribery charges in America
Finance & economics
Slash and burn
How to make Elon Musk’s budget-slashing dreams come true
Europe’s revenge
Donald Trump’s gas war is about to begin
Lying flat
Is China really a nation of slackers?
The 21% war
Vladimir Putin is in a painful economic bind
Science & technology
The Human Cell Atlas
Scientists are building a catalogue of every type of cell in our bodies
Funny business
The two types of human laugh
Moving the needle
How squid could help people get over their needle phobia
Culture
Love him or loathe him?
The cult of Jordan Peterson
Dove or raven?
Woodrow Wilson’s reputation continues to decline
Valley and the gods
Tech and religion are very much alike
Sing it from the rooftops
The New York-London arbitrage for musicals
It’s a whole new ball game
Canadian v American football: can you catch the difference?
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
Layering up, scraping off