The revolt against regulation
The world this week
Leaders
Sticky tape
Around the world, an anti-red-tape revolution is taking hold
Done right, deregulation could kick-start economic growth
Scorn thy neighbour
By cutting off assistance to foreigners, America hurts itself
Donald Trump’s chaotic aid freeze makes his country weaker
Seek and ye shall find
The real meaning of the DeepSeek drama
The Chinese model-maker has panicked investors. But it is good for the users of AI
Dealmaking in the Middle East
How to use “maximum pressure” to stop an Iranian bomb
The Islamic Republic is closer than ever to obtaining nukes
Africa in peril
Rwanda does a Putin in Congo
To understand the seizure of Goma, consider a parallel with Ukraine
Tax harmonies
Despite fears of a global tax war, Donald Trump has a chance to make peace
A global minimum tax on companies ought to be acceptable to America
Letters
On Russian speakers in Ukraine, standing ovations
Letters to the editor
Briefing
The war on red tape
Many governments talk about cutting regulation but few manage to
Yet radical deregulation is often a big boost to growth
Self-restraining Raj
Even in India, bureaucracy is being curtailed
Many small steps could make a big difference
Europe
Papers please
Inside Europe, border checks are creeping back
Merz’s migration gamble
A day of drama in the Bundestag
Danger in the Donbas
Amid talk of a ceasefire, Ukraine’s front line is crumbling
Rebuilding the left
The French government’s survival is now in Socialist hands
Britain
Published by Authority
Britain’s oldest newspaper is a treasure trove of trivia
An unacceptable toll
Why Britain has fallen behind on road safety
Lessons from Southport
Is British justice too secretive?
The new normal
Many Britons are waiting 12 hours at A&E
Students and retail
What the rise of bubble tea says about British high streets
Bagehot
The rise of the Net-Zero Dad
Middle East & Africa
High stakes in the Great Lakes
The fall of Goma heralds more bloodshed in eastern Congo
The next steps
Ahmed al-Sharaa declares himself president of Syria
The Middle East and nuclear weapons
Iran’s alarming nuclear dash will soon test Donald Trump
Gaza’s future
Hamas talks a big game but is in chaos
Love ‘em or hate ‘em
Syria’s new rulers say they are keen to integrate foreign fighters
United States
Executive power
Donald Trump goes to war with his employees
Aid and a bet
America’s foreign aid pause puts lives at risk
Deep-state news
Kash Patel is a crackpot
Lexington
Donald Trump’s Defining Decade
The Americas
Latin America First
Donald Trump turns an angry gaze south
Calamity in Catatumbo
Armed groups are terrorising Colombia’s border with Venezuela
Champion decarboniser in the making?
Brazil’s ragged finances are holding back its green ambitions
Asia
After the attempted coup, then what?
Who is Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s possible next president?
Khmer fugue
Is Cambodia slipping out of China’s orbit?
Unaffordable island
Why Taiwanese youth complain of becoming “housing slaves”
China
Purge, purge, pardon
China needs its frightened officials to save the economy
Drugs and dissent
The bad side-effects of China’s campaign to cut drug costs
Meaning what, exactly?
America and China are talking. But much gets lost in translation
International
Baby-making boom
As adoptions collapse, demand for international surrogacy is soaring
The Telegram
A big, beautiful Trump deal with China?
Business
Bubble trouble
DeepSeek sends a shockwave through markets
Driving off a cliff
No one gains from American tariffs on cars from Mexico and Canada
Bartleby
The allure of the company town
Finance & economics
Beyond tariffs
Donald Trump’s economic warfare has a new front
Melonibanca
Giorgia Meloni has grand banking ambitions
Putting Michel to work
Can Germany’s economy stage an unexpected recovery?
Free exchange
Tech tycoons have got the economics of AI wrong
Science & technology
What doesn’t kill you
Why carbon monoxide could appeal to the discerning doper
Well informed
Should you worry about microplastics?
Culture
World in a dish
Tofu: never judge a food by its political reputation
Opening gambit
Can Magnus Carlsen convince people to watch chess?
The bloom is off the rose
Are internet firms the problem, or are you the problem?
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
One man on his island