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Oct 22, 2026

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Dunes and gloom: MBS’s annus horribilis

Cash test: can Europe support Ukraine alone?

Disorder of magnitude: France’s riots

Independence eh? Canada’s referendum

Schrödinger’s chat: can AI and scientists co-exist?

An interview with Alice Weidel

Who wants to be a millennial? Generation comeback

Kicking Kyiv: Trump’s doubtful deals

Unrest in peace: misery in Gaza

Saudi under siege: Houthis attack airport

Saving your bacon: healthy-eating policy evolves

Valley of the shadow of debt: bond-market jitters

Gilets jeunes? France’s school protests

House call: Spain’s snap election

Here comes the son? Brazil’s election tips rightward

Coffer stop: AI may shrink tax base

Trial and terror: Russia escalates Kyiv campaign

Cheques and the City: Premier League disgrace

Brazil rut: Lula v Bolsonaro, again

Foiled plot: did Iran plan British base attack?

Big meet, little meat: the Trump-Xi summit

Home disadvantage: risks in housing markets

National front-runner: who can beat Le Pen?

The mob rule: criminality consumes South Africa

Centre punch: Germany’s state-election shocker

Drone truth: Russia has the upper hand

Rise and shine: Warsh’s Fed rate test

The end of the world is AI? An existential threat

Islamism in Britain: what is the threat?

Strait and narrowing: the Houthis’ striking advance

The Weekend Intelligence: Shire folk

Out-numbered: AI’s contentious maths milestone

Working through it: the AI jobs boom dawns

Chainsaw sputtering: Milei’s experiment falters

School of shock: teenagers get dimmer

All right on the night: AfD’s victory

Bargaining chips: Nvidia is the bank of AI

Ire and ICE: the toll of America’s deportations

Right in front: AfD could win German state

After the flood: Nepal’s ongoing rescue

Stars in their AIs: tech is changing Hollywood

Bots on the ground: China leads humanoid race

Big shot: does a cancer vaccine work?

Slip the surly bonds? Scott Bessent goes on a yield trip

Even-more-maximum pressure: sanctions on Iran

Elbows up, again: a US-Canada trade flare-up

I, robot? AI and consciousness

An interview with Yuval Noah Harari

Bombs and bombshells: Zelensky under pressure

Wake-up haul: an Ozempic moment for the brain

Settler bet: a West Bank flashpoint

It’s not easy being Green: Zack Polanski

Afghanistan, five years on: our correspondent visits

Caracas under pressure: democracy in Venezuela

Pump and circumstance: is China the new OPEC?

Spring, then fall: a weakened Muslim Brotherhood

Under strAIn: breaking the British state

Outsider chance: ending Sudan’s proxy war

Socialist mobility: a telling Michigan vote

Taking the shine off: albedo and global temperatures

In arms’ way: Gaza-deal sticking points

Taken littorally: Spain’s sudden crisis in Ceuta

Omission accomplished: why the Iran-war cycle spins on

Working memory: the surprising decline of dementia

Brave New whirl: Turkey’s opposition overhaul

Burning questions: a more fire-prone world

Cockroaches 1, Modi 0: India’s remarkable protests

The Elon game: Musk’s vision of the future

An interview with Elon Musk

For bucks’ sake: the rise of self-made billionaires

Kyiv brawl: Ukraine’s top general fired

Hard cedar: Lebanon seeks Trump’s help

A firm Andy: what are new British PM’s plans?

You’ve come a long way, Bibi: Israel’s crucial election

In it to bin it: Nigel Farage v Count Binface

Strait and narrowing: the Iran deal crumbles

The case of the missing totem: Aung San Suu Kyi