Saturday, in Budapest
Briefing: The Champions League final, brought to you from 3,000 kilometers away. Talks and strikes over the strait. + Why did the Gulf states pour billions into global sports?
‘The culture of power’
Briefing: A tech leader’s mission to the Vatican. A new strike on Iran as the U.S. president says “time is on our side.” + What would it take to build AI that serves human beings?
The color of law
The weekend despatch: An unusual disturbance in the U.S. Senate. Sparta’s founding myth, undone. + What was the Neue Slowenische Kunst?
Their man in Tehran
Briefing: A failed plan to install the next supreme leader in Iran. A court picks the opposition leader in Turkey. + Why have Americans lost faith in higher education?
Mission drift
Feature: Why have Americans lost faith in higher education? Julia Adams and Sarath Sanga on what’s gone wrong—and what universities can do about it.
Three kings, one call
Briefing: How to delay a massive American airstrike. The U.S. Justice Department takes care of the Trump family. + How have governments become some of the biggest investors in the global economy?
The state’s return
Feature: How have governments become some of the biggest investors in the global economy? Adam Dixon on a new era of state capitalism.
The most dangerous relationship
The weekend despatch: “Incredible” times in Beijing. Monuments older than the pyramids in the Atbai Desert. + Who is the Tone Poet?
Vanishings in the strait
Briefing: The ships gone missing in Hormuz. The U.K. PM: not ousted yet. + Why have the world’s trade routes become war zones?
