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Seriously? Yes
Donald Trump’s chances of a comeback are uncomfortably high
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How to fix the NHS
Money will help. But a radical shift in focus is more important
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Carry on Kyriakos
The Greek prime minister deserves his unexpected triumph
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Paying for a new arms race
How to get a better bang for every billion bucks
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Seize the day (and the board)
Why activist investors are needed more than ever
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A bungled coup
Ron DeSantis has little chance of beating Donald Trump to his party’s nomination
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Europe’s electric opportunity
BERLINThe bumpy road to zero-emission mobility
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Raid on Belgorod
KYIVBut who is really behind the attacks?
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Spring in their step
PARISWomen take over, as a departing male leader contemplates politics
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Passing the gas crisis
Europe has shaken off Putin’s gas embargo—providing it with lessons on how to deal with China
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Ward mentality
To survive, the NHS must stop fixating on hospital care
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More immigrants, less immigration
The government’s immigration policy is incoherent because voters are incoherent
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Fear of the failed state
JOHANNESBURGBusiness leaders have realised that running the country cannot be left to the ANC
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Are they unfair?
KAMPALAAfrican governments say that debt pessimism is often unwarranted
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The succession
Theocracy may not survive the current upheaval in the country
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Can Jordan and Saudi Arabia fall in love?
AMMANDynastic alliances don’t always do the trick
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Tribulations and trials
NEW YORKHow Donald Trump’s trials and the Republican primary intersect
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Solidarity snips
Vasectomy procedures rose after the Dobbs ruling
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Deciphering the “doom loop”
SAN FRANCISCODowntown is at a tipping-point
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Problem solved?
WASHINGTON, DCInsulin is cheaper, but some struggle to get it at a price they can afford
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The too few and the less proud
MINNEAPOLISSince George Floyd’s murder, policing has changed. It needs to change more
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Florida man
Ron DeSantis is a more formidable ideologue, if a lesser politician, than Donald Trump
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The race to succeed AMLO
MEXICO CITYMexico could elect its first female president next year
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A power struggle
SÃO PAULOLula wants to purge Brazil of Jair Bolsonaro’s influence. That will be hard
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Lucky for some
BEIJING AND SYDNEYAustralia has faced down China’s trade bans, and emerged stronger
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Asia’s iron lady
TYSONS CORNER, VIRGINIAThe long-serving prime minister is keeping outsiders happier than Bangladeshis
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Up and away
TOCHIGIAn ageing society is finding creative ways to dispose of its dead
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Islands in the storm
America is lavishing attention on Pacific island states
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A toe-hold in Europe
BEIJING AND BUDAPESTEuropean views of China have hardened in recent years. To China’s leaders, that makes Hungary all the more special
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Festival time
BEIJINGThe young are heading to the countryside to let their hair down
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Dog’s dinner
BEIJINGCancel culture in China’s cities is nationalist, not woke
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Why China’s rulers fear gay rights
Social conservatism plus paranoia about foreign infiltration prompts a crackdown
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The cost of the global arms race
What a “war tax” means for the global economy
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A giant sucking sound
Can carbon removal become a trillion-dollar business?
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Trying to get back on track
BERLINWhy Deutsche Bahn has gone off the rails
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Muscle and memory
SINGAPOREAsian businesses are being dragged into the chip war
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Reactivated
If you think activist investors have gone soft, think again
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Zell-side analysis
NEW YORKWhat would one of America’s mightiest real-estate tycoons invest in next?
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The corporate summer camp
Why have executive retreats become so extravagant?
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Non-proliferation treaties
Why the tech giants have an interest in regulating generative AI
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Nightmare scenario
WASHINGTON, DCWhat happens if America defaults on its debt?
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Xi v Putin
China and Russia compete to woo Central Asia’s former Soviet republics
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Quite the coup
SHANGHAIClunky state-owned firms see their valuations soar, by official command
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i > g
The American credit cycle is at a dangerous point
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Love and conflict
What would humans do in a world of ultra-powerful artificial intelligence?
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Buzzkill
What a shortage of Adderall means for economic growth
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Brains in a box
Artificial brains are helping scientists study the real thing
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Fuel from your wheels
Turning old tyres into new, low-emission fuel
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Helicopter beetles
Parenting can be bad for the young—at least from a genetic point of view
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Water works
VENICEVenetians are pondering raising their entire city to escape the rising tide
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The robotic school
Beneath the mimicry, generative AI models are developing their own artistic style
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A language for the world
By learning English, people around the globe are changing it, too
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Living history
NEW YORKAugust Wilson was and remains a bard of black life in America
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The new normal
Our model suggests that global deaths are still 5% above pre-covid forecasts
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L’enfant terrible
Martin Amis, novelist and provocateur, died on May 19th, aged 73
