The Economist / International

1. Donald Trump drops demands to own Greenland, but the harm has been done

   A revised defence pact with Denmark and Greenland is a modest improvement, but annexation threats were a costly blunder

2. Agreeing to make AI safer may be impossible

   It is technically feasible, but American labs and the American authorities are at odds, as are America and China

3. China is not ready for a post-American world

   Donald Trump’s disaster in Iran has come too soon for China to take full advantage

4. World leaders are losing their terror of nuclear war

   Putin, Trump and Xi control the most powerful arsenals on Earth. They should take nuclear risks more seriously

5. Are teenagers growing dimmer?

   The latest global school tests reveal shocking new declines

6. How work makes families more equal

   The love of money is the root of quite a lot of good

7. The Ukraine war is intensifying, expanding and stuck

   The bleak view from Sweden, a Ukrainian ally braced for 50 years of confrontation with Russia

8. AI is changing religion and religions are trying to change AI

   Will chatbots supplant the advice of imams and priests or help them spread the word?

9. As his presidency flounders, Trump is more dangerous than ever

   Forget lame ducks. America’s president will defend his dominance like an ageing silverback gorilla

10. What happens when interceptor missiles run out

    The growing shortage is causing panic in Ukraine and elsewhere

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    A personalised reading list, sent straight to your inbox

12. Silicon Valley’s AI boom is remaking American charity

    AI founders pledge to give away hundreds of billions of dollars. How will they be spent?

13. Taking Taiwan’s democracy hostage

    Self-interested Taiwanese politicians are making the country increasingly ungovernable. China is the only winner

14. The War Room newsletter: Do generals make good politicians?

    Anshel Pfeffer, our Israel correspondent, examines why so few of the country’s former generals succeed in politics

15. A battle for supremacy has laid Sudan and its capital to waste

    The country’s future depends on events beyond its borders, as well as within them

16. Al Capone would recognise today’s world order. That’s not good

    In a gangsterish age, the UN needs an ultra-pragmatist as secretary-general

17. The War Room newsletter: Inside a 38-tonne armoured beast

    Jonathan Rosenthal, our international editor, takes an infantry fighting vehicle for a spin 

18. The War Room newsletter: The most significant sieges in history

    Entire campaigns—and the fate of civilisations—have turned on a siege, writes Richard Cockett, a senior editor

19. The restaurant business is changing beyond recognition

    Blame technology, inflation and customers’ shifting habits

20. Can French nukes protect Europe if Donald Trump walks away?

    Europeans are keen on nuclear collaboration with Emmanuel Macron. What if Marine Le Pen becomes president?