The determinators: Europe takes on the tech giants
The world this week
Leaders
The future of big tech
Why big tech should fear Europe
To understand the future of Silicon Valley, cross the Atlantic
Too close to the Son
The Vision Fund needs more governance
A $100bn bet has become a giant problem in transparency and accountability
White nationalism after Christchurch
The new face of terror, much like the old
Violent white nationalists increasingly resemble the jihadists they hate
Letters
On Florida, water, biomass energy, El Cid, Joan Baez, clowns
Letters to the editor
Briefing
Europe’s beef with GAFA
Big tech faces competition and privacy concerns in Brussels
And the sector may be the better for it
Whose business is your data?
Europe’s GDPR offers privacy groups new ways to challenge adtech
And regulators are listening
United States
Lexington
Bet on O’Rourke
Watching the watchmen
Chicago’s troubled police force gets federal oversight
Exorbitant privilege
Why legacy places should be abolished
Kafkaesque justice
The Supreme Court rules that ICE can deport green card holders
The Americas
Asia
Long-service leave
Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan’s strongman, resigns
Deity in a T-shirt
North Korea’s propaganda outlets are changing their style
No tactic is too underhand
India’s election campaign is racked by dirty tricks
China
Old habits die hard
China’s strong-arm approach to drug addiction does not work
Conflicted Confucians
A hit TV series in China skewers cranky old parents
Middle East & Africa
Talk of spring
Protests are making a comeback in the Arab world
The man who would be prime minister
Benny Gantz must convince Israelis that he can protect them
An epidemic of violence
Why are Ebola clinics in Congo being attacked?
Beira’s battering
Tropical Cyclone Idai may have killed more than 1,000 in Mozambique
Europe
Twilight of Tsipras
Syriza, Greece’s ruling party, is headed for electoral defeat
If the Caputova fits
A young liberal is poised to win Slovakia’s presidency
On second thoughts
Health care in Ireland leaves much to be desired
Charlemagne
The difference between Italy and Spain
Britain
Brextension time
Theresa May asks the EU to extend the Article 50 deadline
Stay of execution
Firms that planned for a no-deal Brexit in March must now postpone
Doctors, ordered
A shortage of staff is the biggest problem facing the NHS
Hope for the hopeless
What next for the Liberal Democrats?
G’daytime television
Relocation shows reflect poms’ enduring fascination with the antipodes
Of plonkers and planners
Britain’s tower blocks, once symbols of poverty, are now for the rich
International
Far right and very wrong
Why white nationalist terrorism is a global threat
Business
Bartleby
Drivers wanted
Ericsson and Nokia
Are security concerns over Huawei a boon for its European rivals?
From Czechoslovakia, with love
A two-wheeler reflects the stops and starts of Indian capitalism
Flying too closely
Regulatory capture may be responsible for Boeing's recent problems
Schumpeter
Business takes on the baddies
Finance & economics
Terminal velocity
FIS’s $43bn takeover of Worldpay
Buttonwood
Why book value has lost its meaning
Urged to merge
Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank start discussing a merger
Academic sexism
A dispiriting survey of women’s lot in university economics
Free exchange
Alan Krueger, natural talent
Science & technology
Medical devices
A way to charge pacemakers using the heart’s own muscle
Strong pot is hot
High-potency cannabis, or frequent use, raises the risk of psychosis
Big people, big gods
What came first: all-seeing gods or large societies?
Culture
Wax and gold
Satire is flourishing in Ethiopia
You only live twice
Salvatore Scibona’s exhilarating new novel
The AI will see you now
A doctor’s hopes for digital medicine
They could be heroes
Britain is in the midst of a Victorian-style statue mania
Graphic detail
Happiness and growth
Economic growth does not guarantee rising happiness
Obituary
Darting, seizing, winning