Leaders
Only the beginning
Trump is a revolutionary. Will he succeed?
He has already done lasting harm to America
Reform UK
The man Britain cannot ignore
Nigel Farage’s return means a new, more volatile era in British politics
Recession and succession
President Trump’s attacks on the Fed are not over
Jerome Powell wins a reprieve. But expect more showdowns between the White House and the Fed
On the move
Africans need jobs. The rest of the world needs workers
Migration from Africa is a mega-trend that transcends today’s populist surge
Maple-leaf makeover
How Canada went from preachy to pragmatic
On the eve of an election, its political transformation is stunning
Expecting the unexpected
How to keep AI models on the straight and narrow
Interpretability techniques are powerful, but must be used with care
Letters
A selection of correspondence
The challenges faced by Brazil’s Supreme Court, and more
By Invitation
Briefing
Tomorrow’s workers
Emigration from Africa will change the world
As other countries age, they will need African youth
Europe
Healthy living
France is a far healthier country than America
Not from Mars
Why Italy’s defence spending lags far behind
Deal or no deal?
America is selling a Ukraine peace plan. No one is buying, yet
Charlemagne
Europe’s reluctant reset with Turkey
Britain
Middle East & Africa
A cool reception
Why Ukraine is losing the war for African opinion
Beach bummed
The Mauritius miracle is losing its sheen
The pitfalls of an Iran deal
Is Donald Trump about to bomb Iran or rebuild it?
Kingmakers in the Levant
The Druze’s influence outweighs their numbers
The church in Gaza
The pope phoned a priest in Gaza every day
United States
Separation of powers
Who will stop Donald Trump’s drive for unchecked power?
Will the levies brake?
Expect more chaos in Donald Trump’s tariff policies
Amazon Prime for humans
How Donald Trump plans to ramp up deportations
The Proust of Truth Social
America’s poster-in-chief is very, very online
The Americas
Captain election
How a tetchy central banker became “Captain Canada”
Asia
Multipolar problems
J.D. Vance flies into a giant trade storm in India
Opportunity in the air
Taiwan flogs America drones “not made in China”
A very stable city-state
What’s at stake as Singapore goes to the polls
Chaos in Jammu & Kashmir
India and Pakistan could come to blows over Kashmir
China
Pro-natalism
China’s $38,000 baby formula
International
American air strikes
Trump’s red-hot war on terror
Cluster-struck
Learning to love the cluster bomb
Big decisions in the Vatican
The coming struggle to choose the next pope
The Telegram
The ugly task of Putin-proofing your border
Business
The new atomic age
Peter Thiel doubles down on patriotism in the Trump era
Meals on wheels
For Volkswagen, things go from bad to wurst
President Grinch
How Donald Trump might steal Christmas
Mall mercies
Shopping malls are making a comeback in America
Bartleby
The early lives of bosses
Finance & economics
Chipping away
Why American tech stocks are newly vulnerable
Give me your jetsetters, your multi-millionaires
Trump wants a certain kind of immigrant: the uber-rich
Til they drop
Will China’s shoppers cushion the Trumpian blow?
College blues
What price cool? $31 a month, according to students
Science & technology
Code of misconduct
AI models can learn to conceal information from their users
Breaking the mould
Lethal fungi are becoming drug-resistant—and spreading
Culture
The times, they did a-change
The Vietnam war made American culture bolder and more varied
Recruiting athletes
The NFL has turned the draft into thrilling television
Internet personalities
They sing and dance—but rarely show their faces. Meet VTubers
The heart of art
Exploring the mysteries of the Louvre
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
The works of mercy