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Israel’s Jewish and Arab opposition parties should work together
If they want to dislodge Binyamin Netanyahu from office, they need to act fast
China’s stock markets are the great global exception
If the country is winning the future, why are its investors so glum?
Elon Musk is a 'real genius', Putin says after satellite talks with SpaceX boss
The Russian President praised Musk and said they are in "close" contact.
AI eats science 2: life 2.0
Our podcast on science and technology. This week, the second episode of our four-part series on how scientists are grappling with AI
Why dogs catch yawns from their owners but not other dogs
Studies of wolves suggest the effect may be a result of domestication
India’s ultra-cheap internet is about to get more expensive
Blame Jio, the country’s telecoms disrupter, going public
Plot Twist newsletter: A special 200th edition
Rachel Lloyd our deputy culture editor, reflects on the history of newsletters
South Africa’s “white party” looks for more black votes
Local elections will highlight the ANC’s steep decline and the role of race in politics
Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr
Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed websiteLina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet...
Analysing Africa newsletter: A clash of civilisations in the Horn
Tom Gardner, our Africa correspondent, explains how “civilisational thinking” shapes conflicts in the region
AI is a technological version of the Homeric songs
Its agents are more than stochastic parrots and stranger than machine gods, write Henry Farrell and Cosma Shalizi
Bye bye Bibi? Israel’s election results
Also on the daily podcast: our American-midterms series takes Georgia and are film critics out of touch?