Has Narendra Modi lost his mojo?
Two state elections suggest that India’s prime minister is no longer such a vote-winner
Ratan Tata, a consequential and beloved figure in Indian business
He reshaped one of India’s most successful conglomerates
Big tech is bringing nuclear power back to life
Artificial intelligence needs clean and reliable energy sources
Yoshioka Masamitsu saw Pearl Harbor from the air
The last of the attackers on the “day of infamy” died on August 28th, aged 106
America v China: who controls Asia’s internet?
Amid an explosive data and AI boom the superpower contest is hots up
Could war in the Gulf push oil to $100 a barrel?
Missiles are flying over a region that supplies a third of the world’s crude
Israel’s invasion of Lebanon may bolster support for Hizbullah
The group is deeply embedded in Lebanese politics and society
Over a billion have voted in 2024: has democracy won?
Half the world has had elections so far this year
Wrath and sorrow rule in Israel on the anniversary of October 7th
A divided country is at war with multiple enemies, and fighting itself
How bond investors soured on France
They now regard the euro zone’s second-largest economy as riskier than Spain
China is using an “anaconda strategy” to squeeze Taiwan
Taiwan’s navy commander warns that his forces are increasingly strained
A dangerous dispute in the Horn of Africa
Ethiopia and Somalia are courting escalation in a quarrel over port access
Peruvians are debating how to protect isolated tribes
Deaths in the Amazon are bringing matters to a head
Why is football in Latin America so complex?
Money-grubbing and regulatory capture explain its Byzantine leagues
Will America’s government try to break up Google?
Antitrust remedies that target its generative-AI ambitions are more likely
Can Andrea Orcel, Europe’s star banker, create a super-bank?
An interview with the boss of UniCredit
Why economic warfare nearly always misses its target
There is no such thing as a strategic commodity
A tonne of public debt is never made public
New research suggests governments routinely hide their borrowing
America is losing South-East Asia to China
President Joe Biden will not attend this year’s East Asia Summit