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The world this week

Politics
Business
KAL’s cartoon
This week’s covers
Leaders


An unexpected beacon
Britain is the best place in Europe to be an immigrant
What other countries can learn from its example

The war in Gaza and beyond
At a moment of military might, Israel looks deeply vulnerable
America should help it find a better strategy

Pills by post
America’s Supreme Court should reject the challenge to abortion drugs
The case against mail-order mifepristone is legally and medically spurious

Steel men
The hidden costs of Biden’s steel protectionism
Uncertain political benefits do not justify the president’s vetoing a Japanese takeover of US Steel

Japan today, Japan tomorrow
Why Japan’s economy remains a warning to others
Low real rates, low growth and high debts are not going away

Letters

On American trade policy, universities, anger, Al Gore, artificial intelligence, the middle ages, markets
Letters to the editor
By Invitation


American foreign policy
Both Biden and Trump are foreign-policy flops, argues John Bolton
A way forward?
The new Palestinian prime minister maps out his vision for a path to peace
India’s election
Gurcharan Das on why it’s lonely being an Indian liberal
Briefing


No winners
The war in Gaza may topple Hamas without making Israel safer
It will end up even more deeply mired in the conflict that is the main threat to its security
Asia


East Asian dramas
Relations between Japan and South Korea are blossoming
Immobile republic
How to make India richer
That’ll cost you
India’s election could be the world’s most expensive
Banyan
A string of setbacks for the junta in Myanmar presents an opportunity
China


Clicks and control
America is concerned about social media. China is, too
Bang and blast! It’s too noisy to muffle
Even China’s own state media sometimes resent state control
Article 23
Hong Kong passes a security law that its masters scarcely need
Chaguan
China’s low-fertility trap
United States


Political demographics
Joe Biden’s weakness among Latinos threatens his re-election
That’s DWAC
Donald Trump tries his hand with meme-stocks
Down is up
Fewer states allow abortions, yet American women are having more
Miffy-ed
The Supreme Court hears its first abortion case since ending Roe
Militant tendency
Is the most powerful teachers union in America overreaching?
Lexington
Binyamin Netanyahu is alienating Israel’s best friends

Middle East & Africa


Israel and America
Deposing Israel’s king
A new prime minister for Palestine
A new leader offers little hope for Palestinians
Game on
Jacob Zuma’s new party could swing South Africa’s election
Africa unplugged
Damage to undersea cables is disrupting internet access across Africa
When the wells run dry
Nigeria’s high-cost oil industry is in decline
Trouble on the high seas
Somali pirates are staging a comeback
The Americas


The chainsaw and the blender
After 100 brutal days, Javier Milei has markets believing
Fiddling the figures
AMLO is trying to bury the tragedy of Mexico’s missing people
Europe


From high to low
Drug decriminalisation in Europe may be slowing down
After the show
Vladimir Putin celebrates his fake election win
On shaky ground
Earthquake fears loom large in Istanbul’s mayoral race
Bringing up baby
Europe is giving more parental leave to its workers
Stealth bombers
The cyberwar in Ukraine is as crucial as the battle in the trenches
Charlemagne
Ukraine’s European allies are either broke, small or irresolute
Britain


Migration and society
Without realising it, Britain has become a nation of immigrants
Totting it up
Parents in Britain are getting more government-funded child care
Wolfson prized
Next, Britain’s retail superstar
Road to hell
Britain’s dimmed love affair with motorways
Bagehot
The Conservative Party’s Oppenheimer syndrome
Business


The AI pie
Just how rich are businesses getting in the AI gold rush?
Supersize me
Europe wants startups to do AI with supercomputers
Corporate A&E
Demand is soaring for capitalism’s emergency surgeons
Posh space
Luxury hotels are having a glorious moment
Coming to a strip mall near you
Could Aldi’s supermarkets conquer America?
China’s other TikToks
TikTok is not the only Chinese app thriving in America
Bartleby
The secret to career success may well be off to the side
Schumpeter
Can anything stop Nvidia’s Jensen Huang?
Finance & economics


Oil and beyond
How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Interesting times
Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment
The last mile
Why America can’t escape inflation worries
Hamilton’s heir
First Steven Mnuchin bought into NYCB, now he wants TikTok
The 6% problem
America’s realtor racket is alive and kicking
Buttonwood
How to trade an election
Free exchange
Why “Freakonomics” failed to transform economics
Science & technology


AI got rhythm
A new generation of music-making algorithms is here
Back of the neural net
AI models can improve corner-kick tactics
Third time lucky—ish
Elon Musk’s Starship reaches orbit on its third attempt
Aggressive dogs
How XL Bullies became such dangerous dogs
Culture


The young and the relentless
How worried should people be about Generation Z?
Jurassic spark
How the discovery of dinosaur fossils caused a revolution
Court disorder
Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser returns with a memoir
House of horrors
One of the smallest museums in Africa might be its most important
A miracle on 92nd Street
New York’s 92nd Street Y turns 150
Back Story
Kate Winslet explores how to be a good autocrat
The Economist reads


The Economist reads
Seven of the best war novels
Economic & financial indicators

Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary