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It took one of their own to do it, says the businessman and author The red aristocrats of modern Communist China behave very similarly to the blue-blood aristocrats of the Western world in medieval times. This elite group is distinguished...

Sarah Longwell says “double-haters” will decide the election During his term in office, Donald Trump lied more than any American president in history. He threatened nuclear war, called neo-Nazis “very fine people”, mismanaged a pandemic and incited an insurrection at...

A selection of correspondence Why crime fell We support the rights of women to control their fertility. However, we were surprised to see Steven Levitt and John Donohue reiterating their claim that abortion caused a drop in crime (By Invitation,...

A mosquito-borne disease is spreading—and must be curbed Unlike her stealthy, malaria-spreading cousin, the female Aedes aegypti signals her approach with an exasperating drone. Her bite is far worse than her buzz. If she carries a flavivirus pathogen, her victim...

The next litmus test of Tory purity In an ideal world, bad ideas would fade into irrelevance. In Britain’s ruling Conservative Party, they have a good chance of becoming official policy. Divorce the country’s largest trading partner? Sure. Send asylum-seekers...

The industry has had a terrible few months. But demand is likely to pick up Could donald trump be right about electric vehicles? In March America’s former president, and its ev-basher-in-chief, complained that they “cost too much” and “don’t go...

The bitterness of the struggle in Washington is a sign of trouble ahead Throw a man a life jacket and you remove an immediate danger. But if he is miles from safety and the waters are frigid, he is still...

It isn’t the next China, but it could still transform itself and the world In six weeks’ time Narendra Modi is expected to win a third term as India’s prime minister, cementing his status as its most important leader since...

How we saw the world Six weeks before Narendra Modi is expected to win a third term as India’s prime minister, our cover leader focuses on the country’s economy. Mr Modi’s India is an experiment in how to get richer...

As America’s electric-vehicle industry sputters, Tesla announced gloomy first-quarter results. Revenue fell to $21bn, a decline of 9% year on year, and the firm’s operating margin fell by half. Shareholders, however, found something to celebrate as the firm said that...

Joe Biden signed a military-aid package worth $95bn. America’s president said the legislation was necessary to fend off “terrorists” like Hamas and “tyrants” like Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president. Of the aid, $61bn is to help Ukraine. Arms will begin flowing...

Senators plan to vote on long-delayed package on Tuesday Johnson risks job to bypass conservatives on Ukraine aid Mike Johnson speaks to members of the media after passing the aid package at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April...

The wrestler who shocked and changed Japan died in early April, aged 54 Lumberingly, he paced to the centre of the ring, then back to his corner again. Several times he did this, flexing his arms. Then he squatted, and...

Deliberately cooling the climate is an unsettling idea On april 2nd a contraption resembling a snow machine on the deck of the USS Hornet, a defunct aircraft-carrier moored in San Francisco Bay, began producing a mist of salty aerosol particles....

Government largesse is costing taxpayers Just thinking about it “gives me a stomach ache”, said Italy’s finance minister, Giancarlo Giorgetti. He was referring to a home-improvements subsidy that has turned into the fiscal equivalent of King Kong: a monster running...

“Knife” is a memoir about the attack in 2022 but also a love story There are, writes Sir Salman Rushdie, “three important characters” in “Knife”, a new memoir of his near-fatal stabbing in August 2022 and his arduous recovery. The...