Press night
You’ll notice an inscription at the top of this week’s Georgios Varouxakis interview: This feature is open-access,
Introducing Shadow Play
Football is the biggest game on Earth.
Last anyone counted, maybe a quarter of a billion people play it in
Ms. Cheng goes to Beijing
From the files: Why would a leading Taiwanese political figure be visiting Beijing? Hsin-Hsin Pan on the draw of power in China and the resilience of democracy in Taiwan.
Lone and level sands
Feature: How could an unexpected event transform a work of art? Bryan Singer on a secret monument in Southern Lebanon, its tangled politics, and his first film in seven years.
The killing joke
Teenagers hack billion-dollar networks by impersonating employees. Trump pitches Pacific alliance while mourning his Putin diplomacy. + Why the late-night U.S. television host Jimmy Kimmel is off the air.
Above ground and beneath
“Gaza is burning.” “Hamas is using the old human shield deal.” + Two curiously timed deals between the Trump team and the U.A.E.
Under the blood-red moon
Thaksin Shinawatra flees Thailand. A full lunar eclipse over four continents. + Stepping back from the screen.
Talking to the right people
Another strange week in America: Federal judges block the domestic deployment of U.S. military troops while the president continues
Fault lines
Disaster and diplomatic isolation in Afghanistan. The planets are aligning. + A word on what’s ahead.
Ready when you are
Most of us have noticed at one time or another, if we aren’t noticing it all the time, the