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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Poles apart: hard right wins by a sliver

Poles apart: hard right wins by a sliver

Poland’s presidential election was a fight between two distinct visions of the country’s future. Our correspondent explains how the nationalist victor, a political newcomer, will shape Europe. Why dru...

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No major food groups: aid chaos in Gaza

No major food groups: aid chaos in Gaza

A newly formed, private foundation took charge of aid distribution in the territory; a melee ensued. What is the group’s origin, and what is its plan? A pandemic treaty at last agreed by the UN is an ...

30 Touko 202524min

Duties bound: a Trump-tariff smackdown

Duties bound: a Trump-tariff smackdown

The US Court of International Trade ruled that Donald Trump’s so-called fentanyl and Liberation Day tariffs constituted executive overreach. Now what? Artificial intelligence is on a wild ride through...

29 Touko 202523min

Ivy beleaguer: Harvard hung out to dry

Ivy beleaguer: Harvard hung out to dry

The Trump administration’s determination to bend higher-education institutions to its will seems to know no bounds—and nowhere is getting it worse than Harvard University. The outcome of Poland’s pres...

28 Touko 202525min

Soldiers’ fortune: Ukraine’s prisoner swap

Soldiers’ fortune: Ukraine’s prisoner swap

No one knows which soldiers will be on the buses; many families simply come in hope. As the wider war grinds on, our correspondent witnesses a mix of joy, confusion and disappointment. Big American br...

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Perverting the course of justices: Mexico’s judiciary

Perverting the course of justices: Mexico’s judiciary

Voters will be electing each and every one of the country’s judges—removing the last meaningful check on Morena, the ruling party. Nigeria has more people without electricity than any other country, b...

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Get rich, quick: Vietnam’s next revolution

Get rich, quick: Vietnam’s next revolution

The country’s leader is in a mad rush to transform his country into an upper-middle-income powerhouse before geopolitical forces stall its rise. America’s army is being thinned out; we examine the ris...

23 Touko 202524min

Suspicious mines: Putin-proofing the Baltics

Suspicious mines: Putin-proofing the Baltics

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia know their borders may be the next front for Russian aggression. They do not want to deploy mines and razor wire—but they must. Our correspondent visits the American city...

22 Touko 202523min

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