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Centrists crying “Wolf!”

Giga-IPOs are a symptom of public markets’ giga-problem

The Trump administration’s big move to limit legal immigration

Blighty newsletter: Bend it like Burnham

China’s surprising sporting success

China’s world-beating solar industry is in turmoil

The US in Brief: Iran talks come under fire

The War Room newsletter: Don’t panic! (But be prepared)

Cover Story newsletter: A Starship enterprise

Britain is quietly de-Brexiting

Abiy Ahmed dreams of remaking Ethiopia in his image 

China’s diplomatic successes are broad but shallow

It asks little of its foreign “partners”, and gives little back

Donald Trump says a deal with Iran is close. But he also says he is in no rush

Crackdowns on financial secrecy aren’t hurting offshore finance

Why science is becoming less innovative

A huge study suggests ageing scientists are part of the problem

Pulp fiction v the classics: summer reading

A central banker’s lessons from a fragmented decade

Franchising has quietly made countless Americans rich

Colombia’s pivotal, polarised election could not be tighter

How the Supreme Court both checks and empowers Donald Trump

Britain and Poland are set to sign a big new security treaty

Narendra Modi gives India’s elite a taste of the bad old days

War has not deterred Asian Muslims from the hajj

Checks and Balance newsletter: In defence of America’s elites

Tulsi Gabbard’s exit weakens MAGA’s anti-war faction

You probably don’t need extra electrolytes

The campaign in Maine

Our weekly podcast on America. This week, why the Senate race in the Pine Tree State is so crucial

What to watch this week

A Turkish court ousts the opposition leader from his job

The US in Brief: Senate Republicans defy Trump

Essential India newsletter: Introducing Ashoka, our new column 

SpaceX has initiated the biggest public offering ever

Elon Musk is again going all-in on an unproven technology—data centres in space

American growth could be even better

MAGAnomics shows the world what not to do. But also what America keeps getting right

The insurers on the hook for war in Iran

Some have been hammered; even those who haven’t might be soon

The other China shock

Does the country’s manufacturing success leave space for anyone else?

How should economists treat morality?

Sometimes it is more than merely an exogenous constraint

How China quietly helps Russia in Ukraine

The hantavirus outbreak has produced valuable epidemiological data

Breakthroughs for batteries could soon make them much better

In football, Britain has a world-beating industry

Bibi, one more time? Israel’s election launches

Also on the daily podcast: US anti-terror missions in Africa and Cape Verde’s first World Cup

Israel the lonely

Investors fear another surge in inflation

Chanel’s creative revival is paying off

Europe’s secret Plan B to replace NATO

A new Ebola outbreak could be the worst in a decade

The Democrats have a chance to win the Senate. Will they blow it?

Much depends on what happens in places like Michigan

Spread too thin: Africa’s next Ebola outbreak

Also on the daily podcast: the polling favourite for Britain’s next prime minister and the irritating world of…

The US in Brief: Friends with benefits

Even by Trumpian standards, a $1.8bn fund for friends is bad