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The world this week
How to save the Supreme Court • To avoid breaking a crucial institution, the nine justices need to restrain themselves
The quantified self • Wearable technology is transforming health care. Do not delay the revolution
The rate fate that awaits • Tighter monetary policy will squeeze global financial markets
Cover your bases • How America and its allies should respond to China’s search for foreign outposts
The gag tightens • Governments are finding insidious ways to muzzle the media
Dismantling Londongrad • If the government really wants to take on the oligarchs, it should fund its corruption-fighters properly
Letters
A countermajoritarian difficulty • NEW YORK
The draft seen round the world • WASHINGTON, DC
The depleting arsenal of democracy • WASHINGTON, DC
Hillbilly eligible • CINCINNATI, OHIO
America, only less so • LOS ANGELES
A new, progressive sheriff in town • NEW ORLEANS
Evan McMullin v extremism • A former Never Trump Republican is testing a new defence against the populist right
Hub for a hemisphere • MIAMI
Wrecking ball • MEXICO CITY
The name of the father • MANILA
A koalossal problem • SYDNEY
Heat and no light • DELHI
Dangerous waters • SEOUL
Food fight • Unhelpful short-term fixes are not the answer to spiking food prices
Base instincts • China wants to increase its military presence abroad. How concerned should America and its allies be?
Ready to run • China’s young elite are considering moving abroad
Name and shame • To keep villagers in line, officials are turning to informal tribunals
China’s vision for global security • Xi Jinping lays out a worldview with Chinese-Russian roots
Boy trouble • Why lads in Arab countries do worse in school than girls
Victors’ version • DUBAI
Pumped dry • PARIS
The paradox of untapped riches • KAMPALA
Bearing the brunt • The states hit hardest by war in Ukraine favour the toughest response
Blowing bridges • VIENNA
Bugging out • MADRID
The next target? • CHISINAU
How things are done in Odessa • ODESSA
Macron 2.0 • France’s re-elected president wants to govern differently. That means curbing his own instincts
Dirty capital • Why is London so attractive to tainted foreign money?
Bucket-hat Boris • From sleaze to an unpopular prime minister, British politics is stuck in a 1990s time-warp
Where the truth lies • BUDAPEST, HONG KONG, MUMBAI, ST PETERSBURG
Alibaba and the 40 officials • SHANGHAI
Palm roiled • SINGAPORE
Ottomanpower • ISTANBUL
Digital decongestants • A flotilla of startups promises to streamline the world’s supply chains
Suntan lotion, laptop charger • It sounds wonderful. But working from anywhere is only for a lucky few
Facebook’s retirement plan • What happens when the world’s biggest social network becomes its most doddery?
Braced for impact • NEW YORK
Flee market • SHANGHAI
‘Tis but a flesh wound • Russia’s economy is back on its feet
Selling off the piggy bank • MUMBAI
Tap dance • Trustbusters take aim at Apple’s clout in contactless payments
Land of the crashing yen • TOKYO
Zombie defence...