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The real value of the Bayeux tapestry

Updated on Jul 12, 2026 01:36 pm IST

The precious work, insured for $1bn, is bound for Britain. It’s more famous there than in France

Checks and Balance newsletter: The weirdness of American socialism

John Prideaux, our executive editor, on the rise of a new political class from the activist left

Updated on Jul 12, 2026 01:23 pm IST

What to watch this week

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Published on Jul 11, 2026 03:33 pm IST

How to train for a heatwave

A nice, hot bath can go a long way(AFP)

Published on Jul 11, 2026 03:21 pm IST

Where is the home of football?

England invented the sport. But its modern centre of gravity lies elsewhere

Updated on Jul 11, 2026 03:18 pm IST

The world is making heady progress in the fight against dementia

Instead of confirming the received wisdom that America faced an intensifying plague of the condition, they showed that the proportion of old people succumbing to it was in fact shrinking fast.(Unsplash)

Published on Jul 10, 2026 07:31 pm IST

Europe’s public broadcasters go from prime time to hard-to-find

Commercial rivals sometimes made inroads, beating PSBs in the ratings by offering racier shows. (Unsplash)

Published on Jul 10, 2026 07:30 pm IST

Microsoft’s gaming strategy has misfired badly

Game Pass, which was meant to have 77m members this year, has fewer than 30m. (Reuters)

Published on Jul 10, 2026 04:30 pm IST

Brazilian cities are building vast surveillance networks

The system, introduced in 2024, uses facial recognition tools to spot wanted criminals on São Paulo’s streets. (Unsplash/Representative Image)

Published on Jul 10, 2026 08:01 am IST

How the biggest trees survive droughts

A tree’s trunk contains a network of tubes known as xylem whose job is to ferry water from the roots to leaves. (rainforest journal)

Published on Jul 09, 2026 08:17 pm IST

Russians are growing anxious and angry

FILE PHOTO: Thick plumes of smoke with flames rise from an oil refinery following a Ukrainian drone attack in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Moscow, Russia, June 18, 2026, in this picture obtained from social media. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo(SOCIAL MEDIA via REUTERS)

Published on Jul 09, 2026 07:04 pm IST

NATO survives its bipolar summit with Donald Trump

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, (Filip Singer/Pool EPA via AP)

Published on Jul 09, 2026 06:32 pm IST

The future of chipmaking looks more like Manhattan than Silicon Valley

The sun sets behind the Manhattan skyline as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary on Independence Day in New York City, U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS(REUTERS)

Published on Jul 09, 2026 05:57 pm IST

Why a broken Russia is bad for the world

There are four scenarios for post-war Russia being discussed in the West. For all their variation in political packaging, each entails the loss or curtailment of sovereignty and thereby destroys the only mechanism through which responsible behaviour is possible at all.(AP Photo)

Published on Jul 09, 2026 04:53 pm IST

The man who would change Russia

Andrey Melnichenko, the world’s fertiliser king and Russia’s biggest industrialist(REUTERS FILE)

Published on Jul 09, 2026 03:43 pm IST

Prepare for a world of ad hoc coalitions

The answer to shifting orders of geography, trade and commerce—and the anxieties which they understandably cause for citizens—is not to mourn the world that was; it is to build for the world as it is.(Unsplash)

Updated on Jul 09, 2026 02:41 pm IST

Rebuilding Syria will cost over $200bn. Bombs are not helping

Emergency personnel work as smoke and fire rise at the site where explosive devices blew up near a hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron was meant to be staying, in Damascus, Syria, in this screengrab obtained from a video, July 7, 2026. (REUTERS)

Published on Jul 08, 2026 08:42 pm IST

Why Old Master paintings are back in vogue

A portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Sir Thomas Lawrence is displayed at Christie's auction house in London, Tuesday, June 9, 2026.(AP FILE)

Art and Culture

Published on Jul 08, 2026 07:42 pm IST

Medicine can treat obesity, but can’t agree on what obesity is

A medicine distributor displays Mounjaro (tirzepatide) self-injecting GLP-1 prefilled pens at his office in Thane on March 20, 2026. (AFP FILE)

Published on Jul 08, 2026 06:42 pm IST

AI has taken over the stock market. The bond market is next

AI has taken over the stock market. The bond market is next

Published on Jul 08, 2026 05:41 pm IST

Marine Le Pen is running for the French presidency

FILE PHOTO: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said that the ban had posed “an enormous democratic problem”, and that its ending changed everything, enabling “the people to decide”.(REUTERS FILE)

Published on Jul 08, 2026 04:41 pm IST

Europe’s economy is a mess. Its stock markets are a steal

Brief flirtations aside, it has been a long time since Europe’s big markets have thrilled international investors, and there are no prizes for guessing why. (Unsplash)

Published on Jul 08, 2026 03:27 pm IST

Can cutting-edge semiconductors supercharge Japan?

Rapidus cites an “abundance of water” in Hokkaido, crucial for semiconductor manufacturing, as a key reason for choosing the region(PEXEL)

Published on Jul 07, 2026 08:00 pm IST

If ludicrous Trump flattery can save NATO, bring it on

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte leaves the stage after speaking during the High Level Defence announcements at the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum, on the sidelines of the NATO leaders' Summit, in Ankara, Turkey, July 7,(Reuters)

Published on Jul 07, 2026 07:00 pm IST

The World Bank has ditched its climate targets

FILE PHOTO: World Bank's president Ajay Banga views the impact of sea level rise in Funafuti, Tuvalu, September 6, 2024. Scientists say by 2050, half of Tuvalu's main town of Funafuti will be inundated by tides. (Reuters)

Published on Jul 07, 2026 06:00 pm IST

A rare Chinese missile test unnerves Asian neighbours

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a long-range ballistic missile bursts out of the sea during a test launched from a Chinese nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific on Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP)

Published on Jul 07, 2026 04:00 pm IST

Mexico is placing an enormous bet on rail

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, has ambitious plans to build more than 3,000km of new passenger rail—in effect a national network—by the end of her term in 2030. (Pexel)

Updated on Jul 07, 2026 03:51 pm IST

Mehmet Oz, Donald Trump’s most effective TV star

Dr Oz has emerged as one of Mr Trump’s most effective lieutenants, advancing the president’s priorities with competence and zeal. (Reuters)

Published on Jul 06, 2026 07:45 pm IST

Women’s progress at work appears to be stalling

After consistently closing in recent years, the gender pay gap is also opening up again.(PEXEL)

Published on Jul 06, 2026 06:34 pm IST

Europe promised cash for defence. It’s failing to cough up

FILE PHOTO: Banners hang outside the NATO headquarters, ahead of the NATO foreign ministers meeting, in Brussels, Belgium November 28, 2023.(REUTERS)

Published on Jul 06, 2026 05:15 pm IST

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