Leaders
Keir not
Labour has won the British election. Now it has to seize the moment
A volatile electorate and a strong showing for Reform UK are no reason for caution
Cloud and dagger
How spies should use technology
Digital tools are transforming spycraft, but won’t replace human agents
Everything in store
As Amazon turns 30, three factors will define its next decade
It will have to deal with trustbusters, catch up on AI and revive its core business
The end of the beginning
Central banks are winning the battle against inflation. But the war is just getting started
Politics and protectionism will make life difficult
American politics
Why Biden must withdraw
The president and his party portray themselves as the saviours of democracy. Their actions say otherwise
American politics
Joe Biden should now give way to an alternative candidate
His last and greatest political act would help rescue America from an emergency
Governing America
What to make of Joe Biden’s plans for a second term
His domestic agenda is underwhelming, unrealistic and better than the alternative
Pointers for the plenum
A pivotal moment for China’s Communist Party
Will Xi Jinping keep ignoring good advice at the party’s third plenum?
Can you make this clearer?
LLMs now write lots of science. Good
Easier and more lucid writing will make science faster and better
The centre cannot hold
Macron has done well by France. But he risks throwing it all away
After the election, populists of the right and left could hobble a centrist president