Greenlighted: American climate legislation
On Sunday America’s Senate passed the most-ambitious climate legislation in the country’s history, giving Democrats and President Joe Biden a huge win heading into the midterms. Why Africa is experien...
8 Aug 202226min
Our summer special: a despot, a magic trick and a star
In a bumper episode, we highlight a summer’s-worth of deeply reported stories from 1843, our sister magazine: we profile Muhammad bin Salman, the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, who is both a liberal...
5 Aug 202236min
Real rate of return: Ukraine’s Kherson bid
As Russia’s campaign in the eastern Donbas region loses steam, our correspondent finds Ukraine’s efforts to recapture Kherson are gaining momentum. But at what cost? India is notorious for its stagger...
4 Aug 202221min
Nancy meeting you here: a tetchy Taiwan trip
The visit of America’s speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has Chinese tempers flaring. We ask what the trip suggests about American policy and what it means for Taiwan. Crowdfunding ...
3 Aug 202222min
Not-so-safe house: America kills al-Qaeda leader
For decades Ayman al-Zawahiri was the chief ideologue of the terrorist group. We ask what his death in Afghanistan means for the broader jihadist movement. A vote on abortion in Kansas today is a shar...
2 Aug 202224min
Blistering pace: monkeypox spreads
As the first fatal cases outside Africa are reported, we investigate the response to the disease, and the parallels with the early days of HIV. Nuclear waste has been stockpiled in supposedly temporar...
1 Aug 202224min
Deus ex Manchina: American climate legislation’s revival
Joe Biden’s climate legislation stalled, in large part because Joe Manchin, West Virginia’s senior senator and a Democrat, had reservations. But Mr Manchin reversed course on Wednesday. Mr Biden looks...
29 Jul 202222min
Getting more interesting: the Fed raises rates
America’s central bank has raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point—its fourth rise this year. It is walking a fine line between cooling the economy and tipping the country into r...
28 Jul 202224min
