Leaders
Brazil’s presidential election
Jair Bolsonaro, Latin America’s latest menace
He would make a disastrous president
AI, EU, go
How Europe can improve the development of AI
Its real clout comes from its power to set standards
A long haul
Japan’s prime minister is more of a survivor than a reformer
Shinzo Abe needs to move faster in his last three years in office
Not so fast
What to do about Africa’s dangerous baby boom
African countries do not need to resort to Asian-style illiberalism
Letters
Letters
Letters to the editor
Briefing
Many parties, lots of pork
A scary election in Brazil
The country’s next president could save or sabotage Latin America’s biggest democracy
United States
The centre can hold
Far-left candidates did poorly in the Democratic primaries
Of bras and ballot initiatives
Nevada’s most notorious brothel-keeper is also a Republican candidate
Beyond the hashtag
Black Lives Matter is becoming slightly more conventional
Lexington
Kavanaugh and #MeToo
The Americas
Shrinking pains
Argentina’s president struggles with a sinking economy
Keeping an open door
An immigration debate shakes up Quebec’s election
Worker bee’s paradise
Cuba’s thriving honey business
Asia
Parading for peace
The leaders of the two Koreas put on another great performance
Deadly reckoning
Far more Indians kill themselves than previously assumed
Back on the street
Pakistan’s former prime minister is freed from prison
China
Life in a slower lane
Is China’s infrastructure boom past its peak?
Middle East & Africa
Growing up too early
Child marriage in Africa
Sahel or high water
France may take the lead in fighting jihadists
Staving off slaughter in Syria
Turkey and Russia cut a deal over Syria
Europe
Taking on PiS and Civic Platform
Can a young gay mayor change Poland?
Mind the gap
Why life expectancy is lower in eastern Europe
A question of degrees
A scandal over unearned degrees threatens top Spanish politicians
Word games
Teaching Arabic in France
Over, not out
Germany’s domestic spy chief gets a promotion
Britain
A new order at the border
What immigration system should Britain adopt after Brexit?
Migration after Brexit
How to bend the EU’s rules on free movement
Turbulent priests
The Church of England’s views rankle with the laity
Prosecuting the past
Veterans of Northern Ireland face trial for decades-old crimes
Non-stop service
A review of Britain’s railways will not consider nationalisation
A blast from the past
Back to the future with steam, coal and fine dining
International
Business
Big data, small politics
Can the EU become another AI superpower?
Bartleby
The high costs of staff turnover
The new press barons
Marc Benioff is the latest tech billionaire to buy a famous magazine
Back on track
A startup tries to revive train travel in America
The enemy within
Tesla’s latest troubles
The idolatry industry
What Ganesha statues reveal about Indian business
On your marks
South Korean firms are keen to invest in the North
Finance & economics
Crushed and fried
Asia is not immune to emerging-market woe
Tit for tat
America and China are in a proper trade war
Reading the crumbs
What a controversial pastry says about China’s economy
Danske Bank’s money-laundering scandal
Denmark’s biggest bank reports on its Estonian shambles
The World Bank’s poverty estimates
Extreme poverty is growing rarer
Science & technology
Marine biology
Giant larvaceans make their houses from mucus
Cellular ageing
Worn-out cells eventually stop dividing
Culture
Maxed-out city
How Mumbai became a capital of urban noir
Carnival of the animals
An offbeat whodunnit from the author of “Flights”
Weed-killing
What happens when American power retreats?
Break for the border
A gripping tale of cold-war espionage
Obituary
Creeping closer