Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s cover New drugs could spell an end to the world’s obesity epidemic The new Brexit deal is the best Britain can expect. Support it Is Bangladesh’s admired growth model coming unstuck? The tech slump is encouraging venture capital to rediscover old ways Saving the rainforests would be a bargain Letters to the editor Brian Lande and Jeff Rojek believe that American police need better training A new class of drugs for weight loss could end obesity Bangladesh’s economic miracle is in jeopardy India’s G20 presidency will be a win for Narendra Modi South-East Asia is crying out for regional leadership Young South Koreans are embracing fractional investing New Zealand is right to atone for its colonial crimes in the Pacific China’s prime minister, Li Keqiang, is about to retire Chinese arms could revive Russia’s failing war How to prevent sycophancy in China’s civil service Why aren’t China and America more afraid of a war? In search of Ron DeSantis’s foreign-policy doctrine The Supreme Court looks askance at Biden’s student-debt relief Scott Adams’s racist comments were spurred by a badly worded poll Chicago’s mayoral run-off will test the Democrats’ left and right The big American post-Roe battle over abortion pills Why Connecticut is exonerating witches Biden’s big bet on big government How America plans to break China’s grip on African minerals Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s political kingmaker, wins a flawed election A new type of Palestinian militia is emerging Tunisia’s autocratic ruler adopts the “Great Replacement” theory Why Baghdad may have the worst traffic in the Middle East Brazil’s new president may soon face another threat: his predecessor Mexico’s government has attacked the country’s electoral watchdog The war in Ukraine has made eastern Europe stronger Ukraine finds stepping up mobilisation is not so easy Syrian earthquake survivors in Turkey have nowhere to go Italy’s largest opposition party gets a young and radical new leader After seven years of Brexit talks, Europe has emerged as the clear winner Britain’s stockmarket has languished. Its gilt market may be next Explaining what is in the Windsor framework Britain’s tomatoes are a victim of the energy crisis Nicola Sturgeon’s modest record of reform Can Britain and France put their differences behind them? God’s pronouns are causing conniptions in Britain How Britain’s Conservative Party channels Milhouse from The Simpsons The biggest obstacle to saving rainforests is lawlessness How the titans of tech investing are staying warm over the VC winter Investors are going nuts for ChatGPT-ish artificial intelligence Foreign investors are being snagged by India’s tax net Artificial intelligence is reaching behind newspaper paywalls The uses and abuses of hype Lessons from Novo Nordisk on the stampede for obesity drugs America’s property market suggests recession is on the way Russia’s sanctions-dodging is getting ever more sophisticated The anti-ESG industry is taking investors for a ride China’s cities are on the verge of a debt crisis Is India’s boom helping the poor? David Solomon lacks answers for Goldman Sachs’s angry investors Ajay Banga may be just what the fractious World Bank requires The case against Google hinges on an antitrust “mistake” Firms search for greener supplies of graphite for EV batteries The origin of grapevines is a tangled vine itself Antarctic rocks can help sort stone tools from natural lookalikes Nigel Biggar tries—and fails—to rehabilitate the British Empire “I Have Some Questions for You” raises lots of them Three stories of collusion during the second world war The defiant artistry of 19th-century African-American potters Marcel Marceau was a giant of an underappreciated art form Economic data, commodities and markets Places with high religious participation have fewer deaths of despair How quickly can Russia rebuild its tank fleet? Why statelessness is bad for countries and people Bernard Ingham and Betty Boothroyd ensured democracy worked as it should Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)
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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s cover New drugs could spell an end to the world’s obesity epidemic The new Brexit deal is the best Britain can expect. Support it Is Bangladesh’s admired growth model coming unstuck? The tech slump is encouraging venture capital to rediscover old ways Saving the rainforests would be a bargain Letters to the editor Brian Lande and Jeff Rojek believe that American police need better training A new class of drugs for weight loss could end obesity Bangladesh’s economic miracle is in jeopardy India’s G20 presidency will be a win for Narendra Modi South-East Asia is crying out for regional leadership Young South Koreans are embracing fractional investing New Zealand is right to atone for its colonial crimes in the Pacific China’s prime minister, Li Keqiang, is about to retire Chinese arms could revive Russia’s failing war How to prevent sycophancy in China’s civil service Why aren’t China and America more afraid of a war? In search of Ron DeSantis’s foreign-policy doctrine The Supreme Court looks askance at Biden’s student-debt relief Scott Adams’s racist comments were spurred by a badly worded poll Chicago’s mayoral run-off will test the Democrats’ left and right The big American post-Roe battle over abortion pills Why Connecticut is exonerating witches Biden’s big bet on big government How America plans to break China’s grip on African minerals Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s political kingmaker, wins a flawed election A new type of Palestinian militia is emerging Tunisia’s autocratic ruler adopts the “Great Replacement” theory Why Baghdad may have the worst traffic in the Middle East Brazil’s new president may soon face another threat: his predecessor Mexico’s government has attacked the country’s electoral watchdog The war in Ukraine has made eastern Europe stronger Ukraine finds stepping up mobilisation is not so easy Syrian earthquake survivors in Turkey have nowhere to go Italy’s largest opposition party gets a young and radical new leader After seven years of Brexit talks, Europe has emerged as the clear winner Britain’s stockmarket has languished. Its gilt market may be next Explaining what is in the Windsor framework Britain’s tomatoes are a victim of the energy crisis Nicola Sturgeon’s modest record of reform Can Britain and France put their differences behind them? God’s pronouns are causing conniptions in Britain How Britain’s Conservative Party channels Milhouse from The Simpsons The biggest obstacle to saving rainforests is lawlessness How the titans of tech investing are staying warm over the VC winter Investors are going nuts for ChatGPT-ish artificial intelligence Foreign investors are being snagged by India’s tax net Artificial intelligence is reaching behind newspaper paywalls The uses and abuses of hype Lessons from Novo Nordisk on the stampede for obesity drugs America’s property market suggests recession is on the way Russia’s sanctions-dodging is getting ever more sophisticated The anti-ESG industry is taking investors for a ride China’s cities are on the verge of a debt crisis Is India’s boom helping the poor? David Solomon lacks answers for Goldman Sachs’s angry investors Ajay Banga may be just what the fractious World Bank requires The case against Google hinges on an antitrust “mistake” Firms search for greener supplies of graphite for EV batteries The origin of grapevines is a tangled vine itself Antarctic rocks can help sort stone tools from natural lookalikes Nigel Biggar tries—and fails—to rehabilitate the British Empire “I Have Some Questions for You” raises lots of them Three stories of collusion during the second world war The defiant artistry of 19th-century African-American potters Marcel Marceau was a giant of an underappreciated art form Economic data, commodities and markets Places with high religious participation have fewer deaths of despair How quickly can Russia rebuild its tank fleet? Why statelessness is bad for countries and people Bernard Ingham and Betty Boothroyd ensured democracy worked as it should Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)