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Our weekly podcast on America. This week, what’s at stake in Michigan’s Democratic primary

The blazes in North America have claimed 10-80 times as many lives as those in Europe so far

Bordeaux is on alert, and worse is yet to come

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, we celebrate 40 years of the Big Mac index

Thwarting the thief of time

A summer stroll along Hadrian’s Wall is also a rendezvous with history

Dave Portnoy has created a loyal audience by refusing to please everyone

A British retail magnate tries to go upmarket

Its country’s economy depends on it

It is also angering the rest of Europe

An exclusive look at how we designed our cover

Annie Jacobsen imagines the repercussions of a leak from a Russian laboratory

A case of national-security theatre

Entire campaigns—and the fate of civilisations—have turned on a siege, writes Richard Cockett, a senior editor

How a powerful activist group is threatening science

He is wisely overhauling Argentina’s central bank. But winning elections remains paramount

As tensions flare in the Gulf, triple digits could return in a flash

A new book tells the story of an atrocity in North Carolina in 1898 and its long aftermath

Oliver Morton, our planetary affairs editor, on how the fires are making air quality more lethal

Its boss has ambitious plans for the future

Opposition parties are struggling as Bev Craig of the new-look Labour Party wins in Manchester

Also on the daily podcast: China’s growing export market for AI and a tribute to Wally Funk

The Hong Kong bookseller died on July 2nd, aged 70

Three recommendations about journeys—and one show you shouldn’t embark on

Blame technology, inflation and customers’ shifting habits

Large language models like long words and em-dashes—or do they?

A friend to procrastinators, an enemy to prattlers, a necessity for managers

Social-media-savvy politicians are drawing them in

It has stepped up its abuse of Australia, the Philippines and Japan

A surge in fruit exports shows how high-value agriculture can spur industrialisation

Expect more extreme weather