Out for blood: the Theranos trial

Out for blood: the Theranos trial

Elizabeth Holmes founded a big blood-testing startup; her claims were founded on very little. As her trial begins we ask how the company got so far before it all crumbled. Research on primates is increasingly frowned upon in the West, leaving a strategic opportunity in places such as China. And lessons in a lost novel by French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.

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Mayor may not: Turkey’s election re-run

Mayor may not: Turkey’s election re-run

Turkey’s ruling AK party never conceded defeat in Istanbul’s mayoral election in March. Now the result has been annulled, worrying the opposition and international observers. A China-America trade dea...

7 Touko 201921min

Everything in moderation: YouTube

Everything in moderation: YouTube

Susan Wojcicki, YouTube’s chief executive, tells our correspondent that moderating the streaming giant’s content is her biggest challenge. No wonder: every minute, 500 hours-worth of it is added. Also...

6 Touko 201923min

Barr, none: the White House’s defiance

Barr, none: the White House’s defiance

The no-show of America’s attorney-general in Congress is just the latest example of the White House’s broad stonewalling policy; we look at the constitutional crisis that may be brewing. Facebook’s bl...

3 Touko 201922min

Buy the bullet: global defence spending

Buy the bullet: global defence spending

Governments the world over are beefing up defence spending—chief among them America’s and China’s. But some aggressive countries’ budgets are actually shrinking. May Day protests in France took a viol...

2 Touko 201920min

Putsch comes to shove: Venezuela

Putsch comes to shove: Venezuela

Juan Guaidó, the opposition figure widely viewed as the legitimate leader of Venezuela, has made a dramatic attempt to seize power from President Nicolás Maduro. But the effort appears stalled; how di...

1 Touko 201922min

Inflationary pressure: Argentina’s strikes

Inflationary pressure: Argentina’s strikes

Patience runs thin amid rampant inflation and a devaluing currency; Argentines are taking to the streets for two days of strikes and protests. Taiwan’s richest man has joined the presidential race, bu...

30 Huhti 201920min

Crossing the “t”s: China-America trade talks

Crossing the “t”s: China-America trade talks

American negotiators will be in Beijing this week, for what appears to be the final stages of striking a trade deal. What’s left to be agreed, and what are the sticking points? Also, America’s shale b...

29 Huhti 201920min

The strain in Spain: an election looms

The strain in Spain: an election looms

Ahead of this weekend’s general election, we examine Spain’s fractured political landscape. A much-needed bastion of stability in Europe looks set for a long fight to form a government. We also take a...

26 Huhti 201921min

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