Some countries are finding new justifications for political murders

   Where to buy drones, fighters and tanks on the cheap

   Slow progress on the battlefield prompts quarrels over strategy

   From America to New Zealand YIMBYs push market led solutions

   It will be harder to stop than the contest of the cold war

   How much was his red line in Syria to blame for America’s lost credibility

   China’s plan to expand the club reveals the contradictions at its core

   Western armies have not dealt with mass casualties since the s

   People’s principles were expected to align as countries got richer. What happened

   After eight of weeks of slow progress, it is trying to revive its counter offensive

   It is blowing up both the facilities used to ship food out and the deal that grants it safe passage

   A breakthrough remains possible, but it will take time

   Setting aside their border dispute could transform their relationship and geopolitics

   Even as NATO meets, Europeans are exploring a plan B

   They look set to be approved at a crucial summit in Vilnius

   America is not keen for the country to enter the alliance yet

   Adobe, Britain and Chanel are all run by people with Indian roots

   As shortcuts to elite universities, American schools work better than British ones

   Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are in the firing line

   What a war tax means for the global economy

   We calculate the continent’s exposure to the Asian power

   One of the st century’s worst war criminals makes a comeback

   War, tech woes and cock ups have pummelled certain plutocrats

   It has transformed crime not only in Russia and Ukraine, but around the world

   Sudan is not a one off. There’s a disturbing resurgence in civil wars

   We analyse the crafty countries that don’t want to pick sides

   Crunching the puny financial benefits of many university courses

   Both countries are pioneering new ways to get rich in a troubled world

   As it exhausted itself battling insurgents, China re armed

   Big questions loomed behind the Chinese leader’s trip to Moscow

   They are a coalition of the failing; the Soviet Remembrance Society; and a gang of opportunists

   But his allies disagree on its strategies and goals

   Until that is tackled, nothing else will work

   Interviews with some of those forced to leave following Russia’s invasion

   A year after the invasion, some are desperate to return. Others are putting down new roots

   That could have big political ramifications

   The new philanthropists are young, impatient and in a hurry

   Having teachers follow pre baked lessons could help

   Social media posts and satellite imagery provide a torrent of data, but can overwhelm and confuse

   The ratio of grandparents to children is higher than ever before. That has big consequences

   But the battle over the church’s future goes on

   But there is little appetite for radical change

   The first pope to resign voluntarily died on December st, aged

   Shuttered nurseries, sick parents and empty plates all harm the very young

   Even in a notoriously murky industry, it stands out

   That is good, for more people than you think

   That question dominated this year’s big climate summit

   A tide of new money will drive big changes for the world’s favourite sport

   Fears of overpopulation and underpopulation are both overblown

   The time to think about reconstruction is long before the fighting ends