As stock prices fall, investors prepare for an autumn chill
Markets are in a very different place to earlier in the year
Will interest-rate cuts turbocharge oil prices?
As policymakers prepare to ease policy, traders (and presidential candidates) hold their breath
Helen Fisher found out the science behind romance
The biological anthropologist died on August 17th, aged 79
The King of Java inflames an Indonesian “democratic emergency”
Jokowi is clinging to power and protesters are angry about it
Why Australia is not yet a critical minerals powerhouse
A string of lithium and nickel mines have closed this year
The plasma trade is becoming ever-more hypocritical
Reliance on America grows, as other countries clutch their pearls
Why does the West back the wrong Asian leaders?
The supposed bastions of liberalism need to fix their picker
Canada’s Conservatives are crushing Justin Trudeau
Pierre Poilievre is even winning over the young and the unionised
Have Israel’s far-right religious nationalists peaked?
They wield great power but schisms within the movement are deepening
Nicolás Maduro digs in with the help of a pliant Supreme Court
His inner circle is another barrier to compromise
A Nigerian’s guide to weddings during the cozzie livs
Even the most lavish of partygoers are adjusting to a cost-of-living crisis
AMLO’s dangerous last blast threatens Mexico
The outgoing president will use his last month in power to change the constitution
From Southwest to Spirit, budget airlines are in a tailspin
The woes of America’s low-cost carriers could soon be mirrored elsewhere
How Abercrombie & Fitch got hot again
The once-troubled brand is now a favourite of millennials and gen-Zs alike
Pinduoduo, China’s e-commerce star, suffers a blow
It faces a slowing economy, stiffening competition and angry merchants
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“Hell on earth”: satellite images document the siege of a Sudanese city
El-Fasher, until recently a place of refuge, is under attack
Why the plasma trade is becoming ever-more hypocritical
Reliance on America grows, as other countries clutch their pearls