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Ramzan Kadyrov uses his sway to spare his people from the fight

Pharma’s newest obsession involves mimicking the system that keeps people awake

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The mental health of conservatives suffers when they live in progressive places

Jack Bogle’s creation has transformed markets, and involves plenty of choices

High copper prices are a boon. But voters want to feel it

Our weekly podcast on China. This week, is the government getting AI anxiety?

The controversy over the Hebridean tradition of killing gannet chicks

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Lula hopes to secure a fourth term by beating Flávio Bolsonaro

The new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, took office three days before it struck

But it is far from finished in the Middle East

The chipmaker’s biggest customers want a piece of its business. It is fighting back with a $500bn deal

The transatlantic telegraph cable helped usher in the information age, a new book shows

Who will win the Clacton by-election? Hugo Gye, our Britain political correspondent, visits the seaside town

Tom Gardner, our Africa correspondent, takes a rare trip to Khartoum

The ruling party’s apparently liberal argument for making everyone marry, divorce and inherit like Hindus

High inflation, weak jobs numbers and presidential interference trouble the Federal Reserve

A new paper takes aim at the claim that science has become less disruptive

Our podcast on science and technology. This week, an interview with the CEO of Wayve about the company’s different approach to autonomous driving

Self-interested Taiwanese politicians are making the country increasingly ungovernable. China is the only winner

The hottest new hangout is old-school

The party has narrowly dodged a socialist insurgency in a crucial swing state

Thank Marco Rubio, but beware the caprice of his boss

Startups claim they can screen embryos for everything from genetic diseases to IQ. Not everyone is convinced

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Also on the daily podcast: Is Europe safer than America and the power of padel

Tom Sasse, our South Asia bureau chief, on the bleak future facing the few Afghan girls still able to study

A titan of pragmatic reform is gone, aged 97

It is time to impose law and order on the frontier

Its next governor will have to focus more on costs than culture

Egypt promised to fight and Jordan promised to stay neutral. Neither delivered

When market power comes from buying power, oil importers can do better

The city-state wants to fill a hole in its financial portfolio

Firms tasked with defusing credit crises are getting into trouble

The world’s biggest carry trader begins to exit its position

Greater freedom to innovate has helped bring about an artisanal revival

Anshel Pfeffer, our Israel correspondent, examines why so few of the country’s former generals succeed in politics

Also on the daily podcast: is America still lovin’ burgers and 15 hours of Wagner

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

The public likes all the controls—until they get in the way

Also on the daily podcast: Catholic confessionals and the woes of short men

Their welcome has worn thin

The Gurkha mountaineer and Netflix star died in an avalanche on July 30th, aged 43

Republican policies have left a red state reeling. Will voters spring for change?

Two weeks off, but how many days of relaxation?

Why China’s Mixue Bingcheng is serving up beer

That is sensible in a newly volatile hemisphere

Some fear that chatbots will lead everyone to the same places. In fact, they may do the opposite