Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s covers What’s wrong with the banks Will Bibi break Israel? Florida’s governor has blundered over Ukraine The AUKUS pact is a model for Western allies Why America is going to look more like Texas Jeremy Hunt’s budget is better at diagnosis than treatment Letters to the editor Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff says personal sanctions need rethinking Tony Yates considers policy after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse Texas’s latest boom is its biggest yet The Anglophone military alliance in Asia is seriously ambitious India is getting an eye-wateringly big transport upgrade Micronesia takes on China China’s new head of government, Li Qiang, has Xi Jinping’s ear How life has changed along China’s border with Southeast Asia Why Chairman Mao’s victims are denied justice In America climate hawks and Big Oil alike cheer geothermal energy Theft from America’s anti-poverty programmes seems troublingly easy Chicago’s public schools are emptying. Politics makes it hard to fix The price of eggs in America cannot be explained by inflation alone Why are so many whales washing up dead on east-coast beaches? Why did America’s leaders stop caring about schools? Binyamin Netanyahu is exploiting Israel’s divisions China brokers an Iran-Saudi rapprochement How an east African country became an odd sort of global powerhouse El Salvador’s authoritarian president is becoming a regional role model Germany is at last tackling its long-standing economic weaknesses The alarming comeback of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party Ethnic Hungarians have been having a tricky time in Ukraine How Ukraine tamed Russian missile barrages and kept the lights on Europe has led the global charge against big tech. But does it need a new approach? Will Jeremy Hunt’s “budget for growth” achieve its goal? The chancellor hopes more child care will get more parents working In the name of the planet, Wales curtails roadbuilding Britain takes a fresh look at its foreign policy Britons warm up to saunas State-school admissions are rising at Oxford and Cambridge It is far too easy to run lawbreaking businesses in Britain Russia’s friends are a motley—and shrinking—crew Are Western companies becoming less global? Shareholders have high hopes for Bayer’s new boss Saudi Aramco makes an eye-popping $160bn in profit Can Gautam Adani ride out the storm? From high-speed rail to the Olympics, why do big projects go wrong? A battle royal is brewing over copyright and AI How deep is the rot in America’s banking industry? For markets Silicon Valley Bank’s demise signals a painful new phase The search for Silicon Valley Bank-style portfolios What the loss of Silicon Valley Bank means for Silicon Valley Credit Suisse faces share-price turbulence, as fear sweeps the market Is the global investment boom turning to bust? The Fed smothers capitalism in an attempt to save it Evidence is growing that playing contact sports can lead to long-term brain injuries To ensure vaccines work properly, men should get a good night’s sleep A big advance in mapping the structure of the brain Pressurised natural caves could offer a home from home on the Moon “Poverty, By America” is a fierce polemic on an enduring problem The story of the poisoners known as the “Angel Makers of Nagyrev” Are science and religion fated to be adversaries? “Omit needless words!” But not all of them Economic data, commodities and markets Upper legislative houses tend to be biased and malapportioned What to make of a clash between a Russian jet and an American drone Why Russian women are flying to Argentina to give birth Oe Kenzaburo was made a writer by a family crisis 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 covers What’s wrong with the banks Will Bibi break Israel? Florida’s governor has blundered over Ukraine The AUKUS pact is a model for Western allies Why America is going to look more like Texas Jeremy Hunt’s budget is better at diagnosis than treatment Letters to the editor Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff says personal sanctions need rethinking Tony Yates considers policy after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse Texas’s latest boom is its biggest yet The Anglophone military alliance in Asia is seriously ambitious India is getting an eye-wateringly big transport upgrade Micronesia takes on China China’s new head of government, Li Qiang, has Xi Jinping’s ear How life has changed along China’s border with Southeast Asia Why Chairman Mao’s victims are denied justice In America climate hawks and Big Oil alike cheer geothermal energy Theft from America’s anti-poverty programmes seems troublingly easy Chicago’s public schools are emptying. Politics makes it hard to fix The price of eggs in America cannot be explained by inflation alone Why are so many whales washing up dead on east-coast beaches? Why did America’s leaders stop caring about schools? Binyamin Netanyahu is exploiting Israel’s divisions China brokers an Iran-Saudi rapprochement How an east African country became an odd sort of global powerhouse El Salvador’s authoritarian president is becoming a regional role model Germany is at last tackling its long-standing economic weaknesses The alarming comeback of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party Ethnic Hungarians have been having a tricky time in Ukraine How Ukraine tamed Russian missile barrages and kept the lights on Europe has led the global charge against big tech. But does it need a new approach? Will Jeremy Hunt’s “budget for growth” achieve its goal? The chancellor hopes more child care will get more parents working In the name of the planet, Wales curtails roadbuilding Britain takes a fresh look at its foreign policy Britons warm up to saunas State-school admissions are rising at Oxford and Cambridge It is far too easy to run lawbreaking businesses in Britain Russia’s friends are a motley—and shrinking—crew Are Western companies becoming less global? Shareholders have high hopes for Bayer’s new boss Saudi Aramco makes an eye-popping $160bn in profit Can Gautam Adani ride out the storm? From high-speed rail to the Olympics, why do big projects go wrong? A battle royal is brewing over copyright and AI How deep is the rot in America’s banking industry? For markets Silicon Valley Bank’s demise signals a painful new phase The search for Silicon Valley Bank-style portfolios What the loss of Silicon Valley Bank means for Silicon Valley Credit Suisse faces share-price turbulence, as fear sweeps the market Is the global investment boom turning to bust? The Fed smothers capitalism in an attempt to save it Evidence is growing that playing contact sports can lead to long-term brain injuries To ensure vaccines work properly, men should get a good night’s sleep A big advance in mapping the structure of the brain Pressurised natural caves could offer a home from home on the Moon “Poverty, By America” is a fierce polemic on an enduring problem The story of the poisoners known as the “Angel Makers of Nagyrev” Are science and religion fated to be adversaries? “Omit needless words!” But not all of them Economic data, commodities and markets Upper legislative houses tend to be biased and malapportioned What to make of a clash between a Russian jet and an American drone Why Russian women are flying to Argentina to give birth Oe Kenzaburo was made a writer by a family crisis Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)