“The Chinese Communist Party increasingly conflates what it means to be culturally Chinese with what it means to be politically Chinese.” @suelinwong joins the “Drum Tower” podcast https://t.co/rrGRGq2dED ...

San Francisco is home to OpenAI and Anthropic, the two leading AI labs together worth nearly $2trn. A dozen or so tech billionaires live there. How can the city’s economy be struggling? https://t.co/sAHVZrXLKk ...

A proof-of-concept trial has shown that removing a troublesome protein from a mother's blood can slow the progression of pre-eclampsia. But bigger trials will be needed to test the method's efficacy before it can become standard treatment https://t.co/ljtx3H8VRH ...

A burst of innovation in treatments is particularly good news for adults. We explain why https://t.co/NYw5uICNaH ...

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist https://t.co/eeaNXfOWo4 ...

A staple of American popular culture, trophy wives were once common in the real world, too. Yet our analysis finds that these match-ups are disappearing https://t.co/T92vj8BhlL ...

Donald Trump has long held NATO in contempt, but the Iran war has further weakened transatlantic ties.@rach_ellehuus, our guest on Inside Defence this month, has a unique view from both sides of the pond https://t.co/elUjGKlSRP ...

Indian cities are among the loudest in the world—and sound pollution is no mere irritant. Yet calls for change are drowned out by the noise https://t.co/1xOH8uHTNQ ...

Xi Jinping’s pet project, Xiongan, offers perks to its growing number of residents. But it is becoming an elite enclave, home to the government’s most privileged workers https://t.co/K4i646c61o ...

“We are not doing this only for ourselves, we are doing this for the sake of Europe.”Register for free to read our interview with Carsten Breuer, the head of Germany’s armed forces https://t.co/om0ZnUc6Ue ...