Our weekly podcast on China. This week: the country’s new incentives to address the dramatic decline in the birth rate
A new spectator sport with scary consequences
Blaise Metreweli is the first female head of Britain’s spy service, too
Donald Trump prefers deals to regime change
The perils of bowing to those anointed as special
The world body should go back to focusing on its founding principle: preventing war
Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter
Also on the daily podcast: the “world’s coolest dictator” goes after his critics and remembering India’s Tiger Man
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Vienna has lost its crown. Instability threatens living standards everywhere
If it fails the regime could make a frantic dash for a bomb
Trump calls for Tehran to “immediately evacuate”