Bitcoin of the realm: El Salvador’s experiment

Bitcoin of the realm: El Salvador’s experiment

President Nayib Bukele thinks obliging businesses to take the cryptocurrency will help with remittances, inclusion and foreign investment. So far, few are convinced. From after-school tutoring to endless extracurricular activities, education is an increasingly cut-throat affair; we examine the costs of these academic arms races. And Sally Rooney’s new novel and the question of what makes great contemporary fiction.

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Misplaced Truss? Britain’s ruling party meets

Misplaced Truss? Britain’s ruling party meets

Prime Minister Liz Truss has had a bruising first few weeks in office. Amid policy U-turns and plummeting poll numbers, her Tory party’s annual shindig is a venue for much soul-searching. Russia’s “pa...

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Poll vaulter: Brazil’s surprise election result

Poll vaulter: Brazil’s surprise election result

Jair Bolsonaro, the incumbent president, did unexpectedly well—giving his campaign a boost and foreshadowing a tough run-up to the second round. Malawi’s incipient democracy stands as a shining region...

3 Loka 202223min

Form-annex trick: Russia’s Ukraine-seizure bid

Form-annex trick: Russia’s Ukraine-seizure bid

After a series of sham referendums, President Vladimir Putin is expected to annex four partly occupied regions of Ukraine. We ask what risks that move would pose. What has driven China’s president to ...

30 Syys 202223min

Lula loop: meeting Brazil’s presidential front-runner

Lula loop: meeting Brazil’s presidential front-runner

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a leftist former president, looks well-placed to win a third term. But which Lula would Brazil get—the fiscal conservative or the populist spendthrift? Germany has an earned...

29 Syys 202227min

Off the top of their heads: Iran’s widespread protests

Off the top of their heads: Iran’s widespread protests

Women are burning their hijabs on bonfires and hacking off their hair—but the unrest has come to be about far more than the heavy hands of the morality police. The murder of Abe Shinzo, a former Japan...

28 Syys 202225min

In for a penny, in for a pounding: Britain’s economic gyrations

In for a penny, in for a pounding: Britain’s economic gyrations

The markets are so far entirely unconvinced that the new administration’s Reagan-esque economic plans will work to spur growth—just look at sterling's tumble. In Tibet, China’s mass collection of DNA ...

27 Syys 202223min

Giorgia on my mind: Italy’s far-right government

Giorgia on my mind: Italy’s far-right government

Italians have voted decisively for a coalition of right-wing parties, with Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, the likely next prime minister. What this means for Italy, Europe and the wa...

26 Syys 202224min

Empire State v real-estate empire: Donald Trump’s legal woes

Empire State v real-estate empire: Donald Trump’s legal woes

Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, announced a sweeping lawsuit against Donald Trump, his businesses and three of his children. He’s also being investigated over allegations of election inter...

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