Leaders
A Nobel cause
In an ugly world, vaccines are a beautiful gift worth honouring
According to the WHO, they have saved more lives than any other medical invention
Sub-Saharan suffrage
Why Africans are losing faith in democracy
The alternatives will undoubtedly be worse
The size of the state
Are free markets history?
Governments are jettisoning the principles that made the world rich
The conservative Jacobins
The ousting of Kevin McCarthy: bad for America, worse for Ukraine
His successor should seek cross-party support to keep funding the war
Reality beckons
Rising bond yields are exposing fiscal fantasy in Europe
Italy’s budget plans look irresponsible
HSscrewed
Rishi Sunak is wrong to amputate Britain’s high-speed rail line
The HS2 decision will make it harder to build infrastructure
Reboot successful
The lessons from Microsoft’s startling comeback
A bold bet on AI could help it overtake Apple as the world’s most valuable firm
A short war with a long shadow
A humanitarian disaster is under way in Nagorno-Karabakh
And Russia may also be destabilising its old ally, Armenia
The budget bust-up
Forget the shutdown. America’s real fiscal worry is rising bond yields
Watch Wall Street, not Washington
A bigger, better EU
The war in Ukraine is a powerful reason to enlarge—and improve—the EU
Nine new countries, including Ukraine, are vying to join
Elixir of life
Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect
Efforts to slow ageing are taking wing
Striking contradictions
Joe Biden may come to regret his claim to be pro-union
The UAW strike highlights the deep strains in Bidenomics