Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s covers Disney’s troubles show how technology has changed the business of culture Turkey could be on the brink of dictatorship Excess deaths are soaring as health-care systems wobble South Africa’s collapsing railway company is a cautionary tale How to sell to the young Letters to the editor Mona Juul says Russia-Ukraine talks would be premature—but preparing for them would not Jeffrey Sachs on why neutral countries should mediate between Russia and Ukraine As Disney turns 100, its business is on a rollercoaster ride Japan’s armed forces are getting stronger, faster India’s sinking towns spark debates about development Why South Korea is talking about getting its own nukes Japanese youngsters want to look like Chinese starlets Jacinda Ardern resigns as New Zealand’s prime minister A murder in Afghanistan highlights the misery of women Who gets to define what Asia means? For the first time since the 1960s, China’s population is shrinking A planned spaceport in Djibouti may give China a boost Covid-19 has already torn through large swathes of China Riding the slow train in China Incomes are rising in America, especially for the poorest The presidential mislaying of classified documents is infectious How America’s far right flits from issue to issue What the spread of universal basic-income schemes says about America’s safety net It is still legal to hit children in school in 19 American states George Santos is the congressman America deserves Turkey eyes reconciliation with a Syrian regime it tried to topple Binyamin Netanyahu rushes to take on Israel’s Supreme Court Iran and its Arab neighbours are divided over a name How young Sudanese are still fighting for democracy South Africa’s disintegrating freight railway is crippling firms Why Zimbabwe’s schools have taken to selling chickens What does China’s reopening mean for Latin America? Peru’s political chaos looks likely to persist Brazil’s new president wants to reduce the number of hungry people France and Germany stifle their spats to celebrate a 60-year friendship A helicopter crash has dealt a heavy blow to Ukraine’s government A Russian town counts the cost of Vladimir Putin’s war Some liberated Ukrainian regions have mixed loyalties The next Czech president will be a Trumpish oligarch or a general The Ukraine war is forcing eastern Europe to build more links Europe’s “neutral” countries are having to adapt to the new world The toxic culture of the Metropolitan Police Service The SNP response to the blocking of its transgender act is illiberal Britain’s trade unions lose faith in the pay review bodies Britain is well-placed to cope with a downturn in the housing market Horse-racing in Britain is in deep trouble Why super-strict classrooms are in vogue in Britain British politics needs more money Open-source intelligence is piercing the fog of war in Ukraine Turkey faces a crucial election this summer The Turkish economy is in pressing need of reform and repair Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s relatives are becoming increasingly powerful The effects on Turkey of Syria’s civil war Turkey has given up promoting political Islam abroad Turkey has a newly confrontational foreign policy The Turkish opposition faces big obstacles to winning the election Turkey is still just a democracy, but it is not certain to remain that way How the young spend their money Mexico’s electric-car ambitions China’s tech crackdown starts to ease Why pointing fingers is unhelpful The painful development of India’s startups TSMC is making the best of a bad geopolitical situation Why health-care services are in chaos everywhere China’s re-globalisation paradox Venture capital’s $300bn question Japan’s extraordinarily expensive defence of its monetary policy Investment banks are struggling in a high-interest-rate world The rise of the uber-luxurious office Could Europe end up with a worse inflation problem than America? Which firm will win the new Moon race? Ideas for finding ET are getting more inventive A decades-old model of animal (and human) learning is under fire New films in France tackle race, gender, exile and belonging “Pegasus” lifts the lid on a sophisticated piece of spyware A philosopher offers four case studies in failure “O Caledonia” teaches girls how to grow up In “Still Pictures” Janet Malcolm turns her pen on herself Translating the Bible is a vexed task, as a new book shows Economic data, commodities and markets How gas stoves became part of America’s culture wars How humans healed the ozone layer Adolfo Kaminsky saved thousands of Jews by changing their identities A flurry of new studies identifies causes of the Industrial Revolution 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 Disney’s troubles show how technology has changed the business of culture Turkey could be on the brink of dictatorship Excess deaths are soaring as health-care systems wobble South Africa’s collapsing railway company is a cautionary tale How to sell to the young Letters to the editor Mona Juul says Russia-Ukraine talks would be premature—but preparing for them would not Jeffrey Sachs on why neutral countries should mediate between Russia and Ukraine As Disney turns 100, its business is on a rollercoaster ride Japan’s armed forces are getting stronger, faster India’s sinking towns spark debates about development Why South Korea is talking about getting its own nukes Japanese youngsters want to look like Chinese starlets Jacinda Ardern resigns as New Zealand’s prime minister A murder in Afghanistan highlights the misery of women Who gets to define what Asia means? For the first time since the 1960s, China’s population is shrinking A planned spaceport in Djibouti may give China a boost Covid-19 has already torn through large swathes of China Riding the slow train in China Incomes are rising in America, especially for the poorest The presidential mislaying of classified documents is infectious How America’s far right flits from issue to issue What the spread of universal basic-income schemes says about America’s safety net It is still legal to hit children in school in 19 American states George Santos is the congressman America deserves Turkey eyes reconciliation with a Syrian regime it tried to topple Binyamin Netanyahu rushes to take on Israel’s Supreme Court Iran and its Arab neighbours are divided over a name How young Sudanese are still fighting for democracy South Africa’s disintegrating freight railway is crippling firms Why Zimbabwe’s schools have taken to selling chickens What does China’s reopening mean for Latin America? Peru’s political chaos looks likely to persist Brazil’s new president wants to reduce the number of hungry people France and Germany stifle their spats to celebrate a 60-year friendship A helicopter crash has dealt a heavy blow to Ukraine’s government A Russian town counts the cost of Vladimir Putin’s war Some liberated Ukrainian regions have mixed loyalties The next Czech president will be a Trumpish oligarch or a general The Ukraine war is forcing eastern Europe to build more links Europe’s “neutral” countries are having to adapt to the new world The toxic culture of the Metropolitan Police Service The SNP response to the blocking of its transgender act is illiberal Britain’s trade unions lose faith in the pay review bodies Britain is well-placed to cope with a downturn in the housing market Horse-racing in Britain is in deep trouble Why super-strict classrooms are in vogue in Britain British politics needs more money Open-source intelligence is piercing the fog of war in Ukraine Turkey faces a crucial election this summer The Turkish economy is in pressing need of reform and repair Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s relatives are becoming increasingly powerful The effects on Turkey of Syria’s civil war Turkey has given up promoting political Islam abroad Turkey has a newly confrontational foreign policy The Turkish opposition faces big obstacles to winning the election Turkey is still just a democracy, but it is not certain to remain that way How the young spend their money Mexico’s electric-car ambitions China’s tech crackdown starts to ease Why pointing fingers is unhelpful The painful development of India’s startups TSMC is making the best of a bad geopolitical situation Why health-care services are in chaos everywhere China’s re-globalisation paradox Venture capital’s $300bn question Japan’s extraordinarily expensive defence of its monetary policy Investment banks are struggling in a high-interest-rate world The rise of the uber-luxurious office Could Europe end up with a worse inflation problem than America? Which firm will win the new Moon race? Ideas for finding ET are getting more inventive A decades-old model of animal (and human) learning is under fire New films in France tackle race, gender, exile and belonging “Pegasus” lifts the lid on a sophisticated piece of spyware A philosopher offers four case studies in failure “O Caledonia” teaches girls how to grow up In “Still Pictures” Janet Malcolm turns her pen on herself Translating the Bible is a vexed task, as a new book shows Economic data, commodities and markets How gas stoves became part of America’s culture wars How humans healed the ozone layer Adolfo Kaminsky saved thousands of Jews by changing their identities A flurry of new studies identifies causes of the Industrial Revolution Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)