1. How unpopular is Britain’s Labour government?

2. Why Sir Keir Starmer remains on the brink

3. China once stole foreign ideas. Now it wants to protect its own

4. On the 50th anniversary of “Ways of Seeing” and “G.”

5. Russia’s European sabotage campaign is becoming bolder

6. “Flying” electric boats could remake urban transport

7. The War Room newsletter: Putin’s generals keep being hunted

8. Thailand’s conservatives win a shock big victory

9. At the last open crossing, Ukrainians flee Russia’s annexation

10. How Japan’s prime minister will use her massive new mandate

11. How to hedge a bubble, AI edition

12. Checks and Balance newsletter: The danger of prediction markets

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14. America may be reaching peak Spanish

15. Who might succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Britain’s prime minister?

16. Lawsuits over transgender medicine for minors could be huge

17. Does being induced lead to a medicalised birth?

18. Meet the leader of Japan’s hard-right populist movement

19. Meet the brains who explain Trumpism

20. Federal prosecutors in Minnesota are cracking down on dissent

21. Voting rights and wrongs in America

22. The “Scream” franchise adds another self-referential sequel

23. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association does penance for its sins

24. Georges Borchardt made a life from a love of reading

25. China’s graduates face a whole new set of gruelling tests

26. Why more foreigners are seeking health care in China

27. The reopened Rafah crossing in Gaza brings pitiful gains

28. Two countries have changed their position about war with Iran

29. American aid to Africa comes with more strings attached

30. Hundreds die in a mine collapse in Congo

31. Ethiopia inches ever closer to war

32. After years of despair, Haiti has a sliver of hope

33. The Panama Canal is a hinge point in Donald Trump’s new order

34. Europe proposes a magical fix for its half-finished single market

35. How neighbouring populists fall out

36. How “remigration” is penetrating Europe’s political mainstream

37. Demography puts the brake on classic-car values in Britain

38. Britain’s new union law will reshape its workplace

39. Selling AI to the left

40. Nigel Farage’s dangerous proposal on central-bank reserves

41. Britain’s police reforms are a step in the right direction

42. How democracies are using autocratic tools to muzzle journalism

43. Adults are propping up the toy industry

44. The elusive Czech at the centre of European business

45. When management mantras help—and when they hurt

46. Jeffrey Epstein’s ghost is haunting the grand old men of capitalism

47. As global press freedom dwindles, corrupt politicians rejoice

48. Congress defended American science. Its work is not over

49. How to think about new risks of nuclear proliferation

50. The new Bangladesh is only half built

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54. Newborn parties are scrambling Japanese politics

55. The outsized influence of America’s admiral in Asia

56. A booming gig economy is formalising India’s labour force

57. The age of a volatile, falling dollar has dawned

58. Hong Kong is getting its financial mojo back

59. Untangling the ideas of Donald Trump’s Fed nominee

60. Why the dollar may have much further to fall

61. Elon Musk is betting the future of his business empire on AI

62. Britain’s worst political scandal of this century

63. How an art restorer sneaked Giorgia Meloni into a church fresco

64. Can emerging markets’ stellar run continue?

65. In America science-sceptics are now in charge

66. More than a third of cancers arise from preventable risks

67. The Trump administration is eroding vital climate data

68. An Israeli visit to the site of the Bondi attack tests Australia

69. Donald Trump wants to end America’s half-century conflict with Iran

70. Why so many Colombians fight in foreign wars

71. A 5% wealth tax would drive billionaires out of California

72. Anger is deadly to moderate politicians

73. An America-China nuclear race beckons

74. Disney’s new boss faces a tricky balancing act

75. The world is more equal than you think

76. Thank God for Melania Trump

77. Blighty newsletter: Peter Mandelson’s career is over—for real this time

78. The Economist’s science and technology internship

79. The evil and the good in the American civil war

80. Elon Musk’s mega-merger makes little business sense

81. The assassination of Mr Lincoln

82. The Economist is hiring Audience fellows for 2026

83. A long-awaited trade truce between America and India

84. AI is not the only threat menacing big tech

85. An election that hopes to bring democracy back to Bangladesh

86. The right to die spreads in America

87. China’s opacity brings Pekingology back into vogue

88. Inside the hopeless effort to quash cocaine by force

89. A social network for AI agents is full of introspection—and threats

90. Can Europe do nuclear deterrence without America?

91. The War Room newsletter: Why Xi keeps gutting his own army

92. Why software stocks are getting pummelled

93. The violence in Iran could lead to civil war

94. China has launched a huge free-trade experiment

95. Has America hit “peak tariff”?

96. Why lots of English towns are creating puny local governments

97. “Aftermath” is a piercing study of Germany after 1945

98. It was hard for any viewer to look away from Sidney Poitier

99. In Japan, festivals are boldly taking art into the countryside

100. Jessamine Chan’s gripping debut novel sends up modern parenting

101. Checks and Balance newsletter: What American democracy looks like up close

102. Peace negotiations give freezing Kyiv a hint of hope

103. 2026-01-30 The World this Week - Cover Story newsletter: The ICE test

104. The War Room newsletter: Mission Maduro—when special ops succeed

105. What will Kevin Warsh’s Federal Reserve look like?

106. Is a matcha latte better for you than a builder’s brew?

107. Takaichi Sanae relies on her keenest fans in Japan

108. London is Labour’s last bastion

109. How to avoid the most common pitfalls of AI in the workplace

110. How big a threat is AI to entry-level jobs?

111. How IBM became an AI darling

112. The Gulf’s family businesses have a growing succession problem

113. Don’t be fooled. AI bosses are regular capitalists

114. Stop panicking about AI. Start preparing

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118. Dominant languages can spread even without coercion

119. An expert on civil war issues a warning about America

120. Congo’s regime hounds its opponents

121. Prisons holding jihadists in Syria are no longer secure

122. China’s rare-earth chokehold terrifies the West, but Brazil benefits

123. Republican states are censoring universities

124. Knocking down council estates helped poor children prosper

125. Europe is at China’s mercy to get crucial raw materials

126. The Paris Metro is getting a dazzling extension

127. Viktor Orban may lose his next election

128. How its long-lost empires still shape Europe

129. It is possible, but should it be done?

130. For the first time in half a century, astronauts are going back to the Moon

131. Checks and Balance newsletter: An overlooked year in American history

132. Xi Jinping’s purge should worry the world

133. Taiwan’s new opposition leader wants to talk to Xi Jinping

134. The too-slow change of Indian agriculture

135. Africa’s two biggest economies may be turning the corner

136. The weak yen and the weakening dollar are signs of financial fragility

137. The fate of Japan’s 6trn foreign portfolio rattles global markets

138. Why is the yen still so weak?

139. It isn’t just Japan: Asia’s other big currencies also look cheap

140. Nigeria’s economy may be back from the brink

141. ICE’s impunity is a formula for more violence

142. Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE

143. Just how debased is the dollar?

144. Xi Jinping is immensely powerful. Why can’t he stamp out corruption?

145. Immigration agents have become Donald Trump’s personal posse

146. Silicon Valley wades into a trade spat with South Korea

147. Is America about to attack Iran?

148. Haters on the right and left are wrong about London

149. How London can rise again

150. The cost of the cost-of-living obsession

151. Mark Tully spoke to Indians as one of them

152. Near the front line, Russians are growing tired of war

153. For the first time in 54 years there are no pandas in Japan

154. London is far safer than violent viral videos will have you believe

155. Lots of world leaders are attacking Europe. Why?

156. How Congress can rein in ICE—and start to redeem itself

157. The West and Ukraine are capsizing Russia’s shadow fleet

158. Republicans are waking up to the awful optics in Minneapolis

159. How porn stars can survive in the age of AI

160. Blighty newsletter: The biggest winners of the Andy Burnham debacle

161. Behind China’s race to build aircraft-carriers

162. How to tell if Venezuela is heading for democracy

163. The case for optimism in South Africa

164. What is driving gold’s relentless rally?

165. Can Minnesota prosecute federal agents for using excessive force?

166. Why AI won’t wipe out white-collar jobs

167. Ryanair might be the world’s most successful airline

168. The War Room newsletter: Three ways Donald Trump could strike Iran

169. Hizbullah, Iran’s most powerful proxy, has been humbled

170. China fears a flood of unemployed workers in rural areas

171. Thailand’s liberals face a difficult election

172. Which European cities are least affordable for renters?

173. Checks and Balance newsletter: Can US attorneys answer to the president and the law?

174. How London became the rest of the world’s startup capital

175. The Ugandan state unlawfully detains a novelist

176. Europe is about to sign a long-awaited free-trade deal with India

177. Will the smartphone survive the AI age?

178. Mark Carney understands the new world, but can he survive it?

179. Why Congress won’t restrain Trump’s assault on allies over Greenland

180. Sadiq Khan is not the mayor right-wingers imagine him to be

181. Another horrifying shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis

182. What Xi Jinping’s purge of China’s most senior general reveals

183. Europe remains dangerously reliant on American arms

184. 2026-01-23 The World this Week - Cover Story: The true danger posed by Donald Trump

185. Who is ahead in the race for Japan’s next parliament

186. How to get power naps right

187. A detailed look at Britain’s changing ethnic mix

188. Cecilia Giménez only meant to be helpful

189. Which Chinese provinces splash their cash?

190. What’s a good man worth in China’s marriage market?

191. Ageing farmers threaten South-East Asia’s growth

192. Trump’s grandiose peace plans may spell more pain for Gaza

193. How the Kurds lost control of north-eastern Syria

194. Uganda’s opposition leader is on the run

195. The collapse of a Brazilian bank ensnares politicians and judges

196. Donald Trump’s siege in Minneapolis is floundering

197. Welcome to the wild world of skijoring

198. Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless

199. Britain’s Chagos disposal looks like an idea out of time

200. A scenario for a Conservative comeback in Britain

201. On Scotland’s nationalist fringes, a new Tartan intolerance rises

202. Chinese AI is a risk for Europe. So is shunning it

203. Britain’s good idea for custom genetic medicines

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207. A German company is poised to send a rocket into space from Norway

208. Ukraine’s new air-defence whiz must stop a redoubled blitz

209. An awful crash blots Spain’s gleaming super-fast trains

210. Russia’s no-show in Venezuela weakens its bad-boy image

211. Europe’s five stages of grief for the transatlantic alliance

212. Chinese AI models are popular. But can they make money?

213. Europe can still win the other AI race

214. Strava’s public listing will help it race ahead of competitors

215. Signing the office birthday card

216. The battle war for Warner Bros is only getting fiercer

217. Can America’s bond market keep defying the vigilantes?

218. The US in Brief: Thaw over Greenland

219. The odd thing about Modi’s mojo

220. Homegrown apps are making dating in India less awkward

221. Who really won the war between India and Pakistan?

222. An audacious new book about a “precocious” country

223. Jobless rates in rich countries are getting topsy-turvy

224. The ascent of India’s economy

225. Donald Trump’s expansionist itch has undermined global security

226. Trump’s Board of Peace is a distraction from the real work in Gaza

227. Lisa Cook’s job at the Federal Reserve looks safe

228. The true danger posed by Donald Trump

229. Donald Trump’s grab for Greenland makes no sense

230. TikTok is still a danger. America no longer cares

231. American decay versus American dynamism

232. Why Minneapolis is at the centre of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown

233. Satellites encased in wood are in the works

234. The remarkable recovery of Narendra Modi

235. To disperse their spores, truffles rely on animals eating other animals

236. A new study highlights the brain’s role in immune health

237. Affluenza: the new British disease

238. Japan’s bond-market tremble reflects a fiscal-monetary clash

239. Western leaders navigate a lonely world

240. Blighty newsletter: How the Lords could derail the right-to-die bill

241. Canadian soldiers have been carrying out Donald Trump’s orders

242. Why the beauty industry is booming

243. Donald Trump’s bullying is irritating his European populist chums

244. Denmark braces for Donald Trump’s Greenland tariffs

245. Donald Trump’s adventurism is unsettling China

246. Most Americans oppose military action in Greenland

247. Mexico’s mighty left-wing government is floundering

248. Donald Trump’s Greenland tariffs are no great blow to Europe

249. The meaning of “America First” is in flux

250. After Iran’s massacres, tensions grow inside the regime

251. Xi Jinping is carrying Deng Xiaoping’s authoritarian torch in China

252. Treatment of a teenager with an ultra-rare condition is a medical milestone

253. China hits its GDP target—in a weird way

254. Japan’s popular new prime minister gambles on a snap election

255. The War Room newsletter: Trump’s recklessness imperils Europe—and the West

256. Popular music is getting sadder and angstier

257. As divisions over Greenland grow, Europe examines its options

258. African trade has been vastly underestimated

259. Why America’s bond market just keeps winning

260. America’s hunger for Greenland is tearing NATO apart

261. The most useful indicator of your overall health

262. 2026-01-16 The World this Week - Cover Story newsletter: The return of gunboat capitalism

263. Where Kemi Badenoch’s sacking of Robert Jenrick leaves the Tories

264. Falling wine sales reflect a lonelier and more atomised world

265. The battle for blue skies over Beijing leaves farmers cold

266. The best way to see Hong Kong is on its trams

267. Aldrich Ames built a career on betraying trust

268. Will the army hold up Vietnam’s big reforms?

269. China is testing South Korea in the Yellow Sea

270. Why Go is going nowhere

271. Home-grown firms are helping Nigeria’s oil industry to rebound

272. What the Donroe doctrine means for Brazil

273. Mark Carney is on a mission to trade with the world

274. Why America’s corporate landlords are not villains

275. Should America’s police ever be criminally liable for failing to stop crimes?

276. Pro-science Republicans are fending-off cuts to funding

277. A strategy that needs rethinking

278. The ICE officer who killed Renee Good may yet be charged

279. Like Donald Trump, Zohran Mamdani promises “a new approach to power”

280. Germany’s economy is so bad even sausage factories are closing

281. Who might succeed Recep Tayyip Erdogan?

282. Europe’s farmers no longer rule the roost unchallenged

283. Britain’s high-tech hunt for Russian subs in the North Atlantic

284. Nigel Farage would bring uncertainty to Britain’s policy on Putin

285. The trouble with West Midlands Police

286. Another U-turn from Britain’s government

287. The case for banning vehicles from Oxford Street in London is weak

288. The race for copper has brought a wave of mining mega-mergers

289. Innovations in energy and finance are further inflating the AI bubble

290. The parable of the supermarket self-checkout

291. Lessons from history for the next three years

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295. What the collapse of Iran’s regime would mean

296. Reza Pahlavi says Iran is undergoing a revolution

297. Bereft of legitimacy, the reeling regime in Iran massacres its own people

298. Geopolitics is warping multinationals’ commercial decisions

299. America’s gunboat capitalism will make the world poorer

300. MAGA wants a moratorium on legal migration, too