A bird in the hand: Elon Musk buys Twitter
The world’s richest man now has the keys to one of the most influential social-media platforms. Can it be the free-speech wonderland he is aiming for? Should it? In America marriages involving those u...
26 Apr 202223min
Le Pen pusher: Macron wins again
Emmanuel Macron’s re-election is historic and, for many, a relief. But, as we discuss in the final instalment of our French-election series, the campaign revealed divisions that will trouble his secon...
25 Apr 202227min
Rwanda-on-Thames: Britain’s asylum proposal
BRITAIN’S GOVERNMENT has proposed sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda. The plan has been widely criticised as expensive and ineffective—but the greater danger is that the plan works. New research suggest...
22 Apr 202223min
Knocking on hell’s Dvornikov: the battle for Donbas
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has entered a new phase, and its forces in Ukraine have a new commander—one with a history of targeting civilians. The next few weeks are likely to see huge, bloody battle...
21 Apr 202225min
Sana’a sunrise: A ceasefire in Yemen
In Yemen, fighting between Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths. Recently, a ceasefire has taken hold — but whether it presages the war’s end or further f...
20 Apr 202223min
In neither camp: Neutrality and war
ONE-THIRD of the world’s population lives in countries backing neither Russia nor Ukraine. The Biden administration has tried to persuade them off the fence, without much success. In Egypt, social mor...
19 Apr 202222min
Running for cover: our Ukraine-refugees special
The war in Ukraine has created the greatest flux of refugees in Europe since the second world war. We visit Poland, where the response has been remarkably smooth, and a New York neighbourhood that is ...
18 Apr 202227min
Girls interrupted: Afghanistan
When the Taliban resumed power, there were hopes that women might not be as excluded, repressed and abused as they were previously. Those hopes have faded. As smartphone sales plateau, tech giants are...
15 Apr 202223min
