To avoid a dire, two-decade dynasty of dysfunction, the ruling ANC should ditch the Zumas

The rules-based system is in grave danger

It bet that China would head towards democracy and the market economy. The gamble has failed

Congo, scene of the world’s worst war in decades, is sliding back to mayhem

The United States is taking an extraordinary economic gamble

A digital revolution in health care is coming. Welcome it

Shifts in geopolitics and technology are renewing the threat of great-power conflict

Google, Facebook and Amazon are increasingly dominant. How should they be controlled?

There is a hole where India’s middle class should be. That should worry the government and companies

Brain-computer interfaces may change what it means to be human

Revelations have felled some powerful and predatory men. Will the change be permanent

China is manipulating debate in Western democracies. What can they do about it?

A pointless conflict has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis

How to balance people’s desire to bequeath assets with the unfairness of inheritance

Stopping the flow of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is not enough. It has to be sucked out, too

American influence has dwindled under Donald Trump. It will not be simple to restore

Facebook, Google and Twitter were supposed to improve politics. Something has gone very wrong

As the world marks the centenary of the October revolution, Russia is once again under the rule of a tsar

The right way to help places hurt by globalisation

Xi Jinping now has more clout than Donald Trump. The world should be wary

Prices are high across a range of assets. Is it time to worry?

A dynamic Emmanuel Macron and a diminished Angela Merkel point to a new balance in Europe

Competition from China will only get fiercer. That calls for cool heads and wise policies

Science will win the technical battle against cancer. But that is only half the fight

Facial recognition is not just another technology. It will change society

The to-do list goes far beyond getting to grips with climate change

In a world of bad choices for the Middle East, crude repression will make everything worse

This week has shown that Donald Trump has no grasp of what it means to be president

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