Capisquadra Don’t forget the downsides of China’s innovation push France’s government is on the brink of collapse, again Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity Humiliation, vindication—and a giant test for India How much danger is America’s central bank in? Britain leads the world in a new global business—a criminal one Pregnant women need protecting from heatwaves Who will America’s president listen to next on Ukraine? America’s fantasy of home-grown chipmaking A new opposition could be a healthy sign for Syria

Finanza & Economia Trump’s interest-rate crusade will be self-defeating Gambling or investing? In America, the line is increasingly blurred How Trump’s war on the Federal Reserve could do serious damage Assessing the case against Lisa Cook Why you should buy your employer’s shares The Economist’s finance and economics internship Even as China’s economy suffers, stocks soar. What’s going on? Trump “fires” Lisa Cook, escalating his war on the Federal Reserve Trump’s interest-rate crusade will be self-defeating Fear the deficit-populism doom loop

Scenza & Tecnica The truth about seed oils The rise of beer made by AI The middle-aged are no longer the most miserable A successful test flight puts Musk’s Starship back on track A Chinese lab starts to tackle a giant mystery in particle physics Are saunas actually good for you? The discovery of a gene for chronic pain could herald new treatments Old fossil-fuel plants are becoming green-energy hubs AI-powered robots can take your phone apart RFK Jr’s attack on mRNA technology endangers the world

Cultura What to watch this weekend Flirty and thriving: how Sabrina Carpenter became a pop superstar A story of occupations, surveillance and exile in Albania Robert Louis Stevenson was adventurous, mercurial and fragile What gladiator shows were really like “The Thursday Murder Club” and the resurgence of cosy crime Forget smelling flowers; now you can drink them What to watch this weekend High priests: why scientists gave magic mushrooms to the clergy How publishers became scared of books

Affari How a power shortage could short-circuit Nvidia’s rise Feuds, grudges and revenge How much trouble is the world’s biggest offshore-wind developer in? Service stations are getting a glow-up The market for startup shares is getting even weirder Donald Trump, friend of the EV? How China became an innovation powerhouse The last days of brainstorming China’s hottest new look: the facekini China is quietly upstaging America with its open models

Cartulari Sources and acknowledgments How the next financial crisis might happen Can anything stop America’s superstar hedge funds? The latest investment fad is made for gamblers The debt barons who are taking on the banks Clash of the titans What it means to be illiquid Financial giants are transforming Wall Street Africa is undergoing social change without economic transformation To catch up economically, Africa must think big

Internaziunale Donald Trump is waging war on woke AI The wrong way to end a war A burning threat to pregnant women Was globalisation ever a meritocracy? The end of the second world war America’s new plan to fight a war with China The War Room newsletter: Seven of the best books on the Pacific war How to write laws of war for a wicked world Why the laws of war are widely ignored The War Room newsletter: How receiving aid became fatal in Gaza

Europa Ten years later, “Wir schaffen das” has proved a pyrrhic victory After a year of chaos, the Dutch hope to return to real issues Why Poland is becoming less central European and more Baltic Time for some Merz-Macron magic Ukraine shows off a deadly new cruise missile France is in big trouble, again The War Room newsletter: Archive 1945 comes to a close How Ukraine’s naval drones hold Russia’s warships at bay Trump wants a Nobel prize. Europe can exploit that to help Ukraine Europe is ablaze

China Something is amiss in China’s foreign-affairs leadership On parade in China: Putin, the PLA and purges Chinese courts can bar even those not accused of crimes from leaving the country Hong Kong’s courtroom dramas China’s mid-year economic wobble China claims to want women to have children and a career Hong Kong is super superstitious How scared should you be of “the China squeeze”? Shanxi province is struggling to diversify away from coal Six months after DeepSeek’s breakthrough, China speeds on with AI

Stati uniti Trump’s tariffs suffer a legal setback Lisa Cook, the Fed governor Donald Trump is trying to sack New York is turning 400 and no one cares Have foreign tourists really avoided America this year? A $19bn industry is about to pay its workforce for the first time The Democrat who calls Trump a child of God Zohran Mamdani is promising lots of things he can’t actually do Donald Trump has purged one of the CIA’s most senior Russia analysts How Washington became Donald Trump’s chew toy Does it make sense for America to keep subsidising a sinking city?