The world this week

Politics this week
Business this week
KAL’s cartoon
Leaders

Russia
What Putin fears
People in Russia and Belarus are wearying of the backward-looking autocrats who rule over them

Dementia
The forgotten problem
The rising prevalence of dementia is a global emergency

Mexico
How not to handle a scandal
Rather than strengthening institutions to fight corruption, Mexico’s president puts on a show

Hollywood and China
Un-American activities
How studios should deal with a growing Chinese audience and its authoritarian gatekeepers

Covid-19 and mental health
A world of trauma
How to grapple with the psychological scars of the pandemic

Letters

Letters to the editor
On Kamala Harris, vaccines, fishing rights, postmen, IPOs, Boris Johnson, TikTok
Briefing

Belarus and Russia
The people lose patience
The uprising in Belarus and the poisoning of Alexei Navalny reveal Vladimir Putin’s vulnerability

Asia


Japanese politics
After Abe
The Christchurch massacre
Dignity in the face of depravity
North Korea’s economy
Self-strangulation
Catering in the time of covid-19
Grounded beef
Banyan
Tough, but incompetent
China


Podcasting
Listening in
Matronymics
In the name of the mother
Chaguan
System, heal thyself
United States


Natural disasters
The condor’s cry
QAnon
On and on
Guo Wengui and Steve Bannon
Cognitive dissidents
More trouble in Wisconsin
A summer of fury
Sparring for the Senate
Kennedy fatigue?
Back to school
Learning and covid
Covid-19 in schools
Don’t blame the children
Lexington
Hail to the king
The Americas


Mexico
Bombshells on board
Sibling storms in the Caribbean
Storms Marco and Laura strike the Caribbean
Middle East & Africa


Mozambique
More misery, few answers
Migration
Cheques don’t check treks
Nollywood and the pandemic
Time to sharpen up
The Palestinians
Very brief holidays in the sun
Islam and dogs
Bone of contention
Europe


Germany’s refugee influx
Did they handle it?
Green-fingered Bulgarians
Constant gardeners
Montenegro’s election
Not very Christian
French higher education
Saclay sacré
Charlemagne
The Pampers index
Britain


Housing
Generation rent grows up
Fading Sinophilia
Flying dragon, passing fashion
The Labour Party
Middle-class hero
Politics and music
Last fight of the Proms
The hospitality business
Turning the tables
Books
The old stories
School uniforms
The new school tie
Bagehot
Learning German
International


Mental health
The common tragedy
Special report


Dementia
The perils of oblivion
The science
Plaque blues
Care
God’s waiting rooms
Going abroad
The last resort
Financing care
Alms for oblivion
Ethics
Still human
Business


Hollywood and China
Red carpet
German blue chips
Ascend and deliver
Health care
Left to their own devices
Energy utilities
Lit
Bribery
A closer look at greasy palms
Palantir Technologies
A prickly patriot
Schumpeter
For your eyes only
Finance & economics


Stock exchanges
Big fish
King of the hill
Ant Group IPO filing shows its might
Phil Hogan
Exit bruiser
Norges Bank
An expensive dream
Lebanon’s insurers
Broken cover
Housing in Seoul
The high-rise life
Buttonwood
Pinky v Blinky
Free exchange
Razing hopes
Schools brief


Greenback dominance
Buck up
Science & technology


Automation
Walking with robots
Covid-19
Trials and tribulations
Books & arts


Body art
The new ink masters
Elena Ferrante’s new novel
The second sex
The Freemasons
Inside the Lodge
Pop music
Send for “Help!”
Economic & financial indicators

Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail


Vaccination
A first-world problem
Obituary


Marvin Creamer
Wind, sea and stars