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The world this week

Politics

The world this week

Business

The world this week

The weekly cartoon

Leaders

Our cover

America wakes up to AI’s dangerous power

Blockade heads

How to end the war in Iran

Tax day mayday

America will come to regret its war on taxes

Hungary’s elections

Peter Magyar’s victory will keep Hungary in the spotlight

The Caracas condition

Donald Trump has made Venezuela a better place

A slow-motion tragedy

The impending global food shock is preventable

Letters

A selection of correspondence

Does the European Convention on Human Rights need reforming?

By Invitation

The big ask

Welcome to the world of machine audiences

Briefing

Hype but also hope

Venezuela is not the triumph Donald Trump claims, but it’s improving

Britain

The mayor’s heir

Reform UK is reassembling Boris Johnson’s electoral coalition

Swingtime politics

Britons are more politically promiscuous than ever

Reform UK’s donors

New legislation will restrict Reform UK’s biggest source of money

Mad about the debt

Labour will struggle to placate Britain’s angry graduates

Lower value

Does Britain send too many people to university?

Bagehot

The invention of Wales

Europe

A crushing defeat

“Complete change of regime” in Hungary

The folly of crowds

A scramble ahead of France’s presidential election

A friend in need

In the Gulf, Ukraine flaunts its skill at intercepting drones

Panic vroom

European policymakers fiddle with energy prices, again

A Spanish-Basque row over a painting

Where should Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” be allowed to hang?

Charlemagne

Orban-proofing the EU

United States

Happy filing day

A tax revolt is under way in America

The Department of Warring

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon is a lethality-maxxing wasps’ nest

Go fish

The Hudson is now so clean that everyone can eat from it

How many divisions

POTUS v the Pope

Bunker mentality

The big business of survival bunkers

Spin doctors

Why the Trump administration is waging war on fraud

Lexington

J.D. Vance’s theory of Trumpism is no match for the practice

Essay

America at 250

War and the making of a superpower

America at 250

John Maynard Keynes saved capitalism from itself

Middle East & Africa

Blockades and bargains

The Gulf war has settled into an uneasy limbo

Double trouble

Donald Trump’s blockade of Hormuz is a dangerous gamble

The other front

Israel and Lebanon both want to dislodge Hizbullah

Laws of war

Is bombing power plants and oil facilities a war crime?

A strange golden age

Zimbabwe’s bizarre economic boom

Bogus in Benin

A victory in Benin’s presidential election was hardly democratic

The Americas

Holiday paradise or urban hellscape?

Rio de Janeiro is a beautiful warning to the rest of Brazil

Asia

What women want

A battle for female voters is changing India’s elections

Strait talk

Singapore and Malaysia knock heads over the war in Iran

Double whammy

Collapsing remittances will compound Asia’s energy shock

Spying on spies

Scam Inc has a new weapon

Banyan

The secret of India’s most liveable megacity

China

Technological trade-offs

Why China’s government worries about AI

No sweat

Training for Beijing’s humanoid half-marathon is gruelling

What women actually want

Soaring numbers of Chinese women demand divorce

Chaguan

China’s pension failings expose its harshest inequality

International

Shooting for peace

The game theory behind violating ceasefires

Farm alarm

Millions will go hungry if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed

The Telegram

If it starts, a nuclear-arms race will be unstoppable

Business

Tycoon capitalism

Could AI’s leading men become as powerful as Ford or Rockefeller?

Release tension

Why Anthropic and OpenAI are locking up their latest models

Board to tears

America’s corporate boards are under siege

Silicon in the sun

Australia’s startup scene is thriving at last

Rocket wallahs

India’s space industry is blasting off

Bartleby

The desperate pursuit of final approval

Haute streak

From Ralph Lauren to The Row, American luxury is booming

Schumpeter

David Zaslav and the tyranny of incentives

Finance & economics

Sovereign wealth of woe

War will drain the Gulf’s $6trn treasure chest

The Warsh of times

America’s next Fed chair is caught in a vice

Too strategic to fail

Pakistan’s deft diplomacy is an economic blessing. And a curse

Code red

The tech jobs bust is real. Don’t blame AI (yet)

Buttonwood

How to build a portfolio when bonds fail to buffer stocks

Free Exchange

Global imbalances are back. Who’s to blame?

Science & technology

Examining the Mythos

How AI hackers will shake up cyber-security

Serving them right

How to make buffet breakfasts less wasteful

Cancer’s cheat code

Tumour cells use a genetic trick to become drug-resistant

Evolution revolutions

How natural selection really shaped humanity

Well Informed

Are sugar substitutes healthier than the real thing?

Culture

Acropolis now

Mary Beard offers a spirited defence of studying classics

Bird brains

What the world’s most hated avian reveals about people

Breaking free

Liberalism must revive itself before it’s too late

Babewatch

Western men are going abroad to find traditional wives

Back Story

A rom-com ignites a row about tragedy, taste and art

Child’s play

The dark side of posting about your children online

Economic & financial indicators

Indicators

Economic data, commodities and markets

Obituary

Analysing aliens

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The world this week

Politics

Business

The weekly cartoon

Leaders

America wakes up to AI’s dangerous power

How to end the war in Iran

America will come to regret its war on taxes

Peter Magyar’s victory will keep Hungary in the spotlight

Donald Trump has made Venezuela a better place

The impending global food shock is preventable

Letters

Does the European Convention on Human Rights need reforming?

By Invitation

Welcome to the world of machine audiences

Briefing

Venezuela is not the triumph Donald Trump claims, but it’s improving

Britain

Reform UK is reassembling Boris Johnson’s electoral coalition

Britons are more politically promiscuous than ever

New legislation will restrict Reform UK’s biggest source of money

Labour will struggle to placate Britain’s angry graduates

Does Britain send too many people to university?

The invention of Wales

Europe

“Complete change of regime” in Hungary

A scramble ahead of France’s presidential election

In the Gulf, Ukraine flaunts its skill at intercepting drones

European policymakers fiddle with energy prices, again

Where should Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” be allowed to hang?

Orban-proofing the EU

United States

A tax revolt is under way in America

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon is a lethality-maxxing wasps’ nest

The Hudson is now so clean that everyone can eat from it

POTUS v the Pope

The big business of survival bunkers

Why the Trump administration is waging war on fraud

J.D. Vance’s theory of Trumpism is no match for the practice

Essay

War and the making of a superpower

John Maynard Keynes saved capitalism from itself

Middle East & Africa

The Gulf war has settled into an uneasy limbo

Donald Trump’s blockade of Hormuz is a dangerous gamble

Israel and Lebanon both want to dislodge Hizbullah

Is bombing power plants and oil facilities a war crime?

Zimbabwe’s bizarre economic boom

A victory in Benin’s presidential election was hardly democratic

The Americas

Rio de Janeiro is a beautiful warning to the rest of Brazil

Asia

A battle for female voters is changing India’s elections

Singapore and Malaysia knock heads over the war in Iran

Collapsing remittances will compound Asia’s energy shock

Scam Inc has a new weapon

The secret of India’s most liveable megacity

China

Why China’s government worries about AI

Training for Beijing’s humanoid half-marathon is gruelling

Soaring numbers of Chinese women demand divorce

China’s pension failings expose its harshest inequality

International

The game theory behind violating ceasefires

Millions will go hungry if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed

If it starts, a nuclear-arms race will be unstoppable

Business

Could AI’s leading men become as powerful as Ford or Rockefeller?

Why Anthropic and OpenAI are locking up their latest models

America’s corporate boards are under siege

Australia’s startup scene is thriving at last

India’s space industry is blasting off

The desperate pursuit of final approval

From Ralph Lauren to The Row, American luxury is booming

David Zaslav and the tyranny of incentives

Finance & economics

War will drain the Gulf’s $6trn treasure chest

America’s next Fed chair is caught in a vice