The world this week

Politics this week
Business this week
KAL’s cartoon
Leaders

The world economy
Geopolitics and business
America and China now dominate global business. That is a wake-up call for other countries

Israel
A chance of renewal
Getting rid of Binyamin Netanyahu is a good way to help Israel clean up its politics

Commercial property
House of pain
As remote working outlasts covid-19, someone has to foot the bill for empty offices

America’s crime spike
Killing reform
What is the best approach to rising violent crime?

Latin America’s giant
Brazil’s dismal decade
Few countries have fallen so fast. To recover, Brazil must recognise what went wrong

Letters

Letters to the editor
On Mexico, covid-19 vaccines, green investing, endowments, Charles Dickens
Briefing

Business in Europe
The land that ambition forgot
Once a corporate heavyweight, Europe is now an also-ran. Can it recover its footing?

Asia


South Korea and China
They’ll never take our kimchi
India’s far-flung territories
Run the jewels
Regulating online content (1)
Shooting the messenger
Regulating online content (2)
Prohibited material
Banyan
Minus the shooting
China


Fertility rules
A third is the word
Infrastructure in Tibet
Fast track to the throne
Chaguan
A century-old party woos the young
United States


Liberals and crime spikes
Reality bites
Congress
Sins of commission
Endless Frontier Act
Political science
Homes with wheels
Vanity projects
Horseracing and drugs
Off-track
Covid racial disparities
All of the above
Measuring poverty
The hunger wanes
Lexington
Who owns the national pastime?
Middle East & Africa


South Africa
The stench of corruption
France and Africa
Atonement
Congo
Mount Nyiragongo’s fury
Israel
Almost there
Jordan
A jingle makes nerves jangle
The Americas


Venezuela
A scofflaw’s offer
Argentina
Rushing for the exit
Europe


Covid-19 in Europe
Hot shots
German politics
Deny the Alternative
Religion in Germany
One roof, three faiths
Italy and the Mafia
The price of success
An interview with Ukraine’s president
The comedian gets serious
Charlemagne
Tiny but less mighty
Britain


Post-pandemic governance
Defending the realm
Horticulture
Turf wars
Public finances
Maturing nicely
Politics
House of Zoom
Schools and covid-19
F for effort
Housing
Spaces inbetween
Culture and politics
The long march
Bagehot
Tolerating intolerance
International


Gender wars
Let’s talk about sex
Special report


Brazil
The captain and his country
The economy
A dream deferred
Corruption and crime
Sliding back
The Amazon
Money trees
Politics
In need of reform
Evangelicals
Of Bibles and ballots
The prospects
Time to go
Sources and acknowledgments
Business


The car industry
Chasing Tesla
Consumer goods and sexual identity
When to mind your business
Entertainment
Feeling animated
Bartleby
Detecting the real bullshit
Chinese armsmakers
The best-laid battle plans
Schumpeter
The firm that saw the future
Finance & economics


Commercial property
Shaky foundations
Oil prices
The clumsy cartel
Hong Kong
Failure to land
Private equity in China
Serving a higher purpose
Divergence, big time
Covid’s unequal effect on companies
Overhauling corporate tax (1)
The twilight of the tax haven
Overhauling corporate tax (2)
Fighting for the scraps
Free exchange
Pace your debts
Science & technology


Inventing the future
Cloning DARPA
Composing by computer
Programmes by programs
Cicadas, insecticides and children
A brooding problem
Forensic science
Where were you on Thursday the 15th?
The origin of watermelons
Sweetness and light
Books & arts


Dutch colonial rule
Return of the repressed
Decision-making
Noise pollution
Johnson
One giant leap for humankind
Going postal
How the West was won
Economic & financial indicators

Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail


Algorithmic discrimination
Bias in, bias out
Obituary


Josep Almudéver
The colours of dawn