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  • Saturday, 30 May, 2026
    US midterm elections 2026
    Trump, Texas and the risk of a Pyrrhic victory

    By favouring a divisive candidate, the president may have put the Senate in play

    A cheering crowd holds posters reading ‘Take back Texas’, ‘The people vs Ken Paxton’ and ‘Talarico for Texas’ at a Democratic rally
  • Thursday, 28 May, 2026
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine is turning the tables

    The country’s war effort was at a nadir. But mass drone production has come to the rescue

    Drone operators prepare to launch a fixed-wing drone at night by torchlight
  • Wednesday, 27 May, 2026
    Professional services
    How AI threatens the giants of consulting

    The technology opens the door for smaller, well-funded challengers to take market share from the Big Four and others

    Montage of the City of London skyline against a background of green and copper lines of a circuit board
  • Tuesday, 26 May, 2026
    Apple Inc
    Apple has an innovation gap. Will its new CEO fill it?

    As John Ternus prepares to take charge, the tech titan that once urged consumers to ‘think different’ may itself be ripe for disruption

    Montage of images: John Ternus, an iPhone with an image of Steve Jobs on the screen and an Apple Watch with a picture of Tim Cook on the screen
  • Monday, 25 May, 2026
    European economy
    How Europe learnt to love subsidies

    EU state aid has increased. Will that fend off China or fragment the single market?

    Thick clouds of water vapor and exhaust rise from multiple smokestacks at the Salzgitter AG steel mill
  • Saturday, 23 May, 2026
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    The AI revolution has turbocharged M&A

    Deals hit record highs, unloved companies turn sexy and PE finds a new gold mine

    Montage image of shaking hands and data centre infrastructure
  • Friday, 22 May, 2026
    Electric vehicles
    The European cars made in China

    Western automakers are taking advantage of Chinese overcapacity to export lower-cost vehicles to their home markets

    Chinese employees work on an auto assembly line
  • Thursday, 21 May, 2026
    Financial services
    How Chris Hohn built the world’s most profitable hedge fund

    The billionaire hedge fund manager has deep convictions on finance, philanthropy — and, increasingly, faith

    Chris Hohn
  • Wednesday, 20 May, 2026
    UK economy
    London’s economy loses its lustre

    The city has been hit by successive shocks and diminishing growth. But the rest of the UK needs it

    People silhouetted against a panoramic cityscape view through glass, with St. Paul’s Cathedral and central London landmarks visible below
  • Tuesday, 19 May, 2026
    US politics & policy
    JD Vance stakes his claim

    In the 2028 battle for the White House, the vice-president may face off against secretary of state Marco Rubio

    US vice-president JD Vance applauds on the day US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber
  • Monday, 18 May, 2026
    Banks
    UBS: the bank that outgrew a country

    Can a state with 9mn people host a financial behemoth?

    Alain Berset, Karin Keller-Sutter, Thomas J. Jordan, Axel Lehmann, Colm Kelleher and Marlene Amstad speak together surrounded by journalists and cameras.
  • Saturday, 16 May, 2026
    Demographics and population
    Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once

    Homes and phones are part of the reason for the demographic shift changing our world

    A high-rise housing block, a couple with a pram and a hand holding up a mobile phone
  • Friday, 15 May, 2026
    UK economy
    Britain’s debt cage

    As Labour politicians fight over the keys to No 10, the gilt market sets the limits of power

    Montage of torn pound notes against a background of the union flag
  • Thursday, 14 May, 2026
    Nuclear energy
    EDF: Europe’s nuclear hope

    The group needs to cut costs and rejuvenate its reactor-building expertise

    Gravelines nuclear power station illuminated at dusk, with its buildings and lights reflected in still water
  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2026
    Transport
    The Iran war and the future of cheap flights

    Low-cost air travel may be a thing of the past as rising fuel prices tip carriers into another crisis

    An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787-10 passenger aircraft is seen past the window of a restaurant at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on April 23
  • Tuesday, 12 May, 2026
    Trump tariffs
    Trump loses his trade superpower

    ‘Tariff man’ wants to recover from a wounding Supreme Court ruling. But Congress is restive and voters are unhappy

    Montage image of Donald Trump, Congress, the Supreme Court, cargo and the ‘liberation day’ tariffs table
  • Monday, 11 May, 2026
    Technology sector
    Life without US tech

    What happens if Washington pulls the ‘kill switch’ on digital services?

    Illustration of a person sitting at a desk with multiple screens open trying to use different apps, all of which are blocked
  • Saturday, 9 May, 2026
    Indian politics & policy
    Modi’s extraordinary comeback

    Two years after losing its majority, the BJP is taking opposition strongholds, paving the prime minister’s way for a fourth term

    A BJP supporter shouts and celebrates, holding a "Modi is the Boss" sign, amid smoke and BJP flags outside party headquarters.
  • Friday, 8 May, 2026
    Financial fraud
    Britain’s fraudbuster is on the ropes

    Critics say the SFO’s prosecutions take too long and fail too often. The risk is that white-collar crime goes unpunished

    The SFO logo displayed on its headquarters
  • Thursday, 7 May, 2026
    Global migration
    Four ways Europe’s big immigration experiment has changed Spain

    The country accounts for a quarter of new EU jobs this decade — 70 per cent of them have gone to immigrants

    A large crowd of people stands in long, winding lines inside a spacious hall, waiting to receive documentation. A police car is parked in the background.
  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2026
    EU economy
    Is the EU’s countryside about to change?

    European farmers have long counted on political protection and state support. Now that may be fracturing

    A protester adds hay to a large fire during a nighttime farmers' demonstration, with a crowd and a neoclassical building in the background.
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Asset management
    Why the Schroder family sold up

    The sale of the UK’s largest independent asset manager comes after the death of a patriarch and the rise of giant US funds

    The Schroders building on London Wall, with modern glass facade, surrounded by trees and people walking and sitting in a landscaped area.
  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    Legal services
    The law firm that shaped Wall Street and the world

    With fewer than 300 lawyers, Wachtell racked up bumper profits and exercised outsize influence. Now its model is being challenged as never before

    Montage image of Marty Lipton, a Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz logo and dollar bills
  • Saturday, 2 May, 2026
    US politics & policy
    Trump is remaking America in his image

    The president’s name and face increasingly appear on institutions and the symbols of state, a form of aggrandisement once anathema to US leaders

    View through a tree of a huge image of Donald Trump’s face tinted blue in a massive banner
  • Friday, 1 May, 2026
    Space exploration
    The hunt for a new Earth

    From the Artemis II Moon mission to investigations of far-flung planets, a new ‘golden age’ of space exploration has arrived

    A digital rendering of exoplanet K2-18b, showing a blue, cloud-covered surface with a bright red star above the horizon in space.
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  4. Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once
  5. Apple has an innovation gap. Will its new CEO fill it?

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