What to read about the history of California econ.st/3WgPQiq

How much worse can US-China relations get? econ.st/3xKiEW7

The family feud that holds the Philippines back econ.st/3Uxgr9x

Thousands of men claim that finasteride has given them devastating and long-lasting side-effects econ.st/3xCcYh0 👇

These six books help to chart India’s circuitous economic journey and assess Narendra Modi’s mixed economic record econ.st/3we0Y4N 👇

In recent decades there has been a substantial shift in global values—and an extraordinary one. Explore our interactive to discover what it is econ.st/3TTO2ZS 👇

Links between abortion and falling crime discomfit many but are clear, they argue in a guest essay econ.st/3Q0q9yo 👇

Sleep is essential to human health. It takes up around one-third of people’s lives. And yet surprisingly little is known about it. A new paper attempts to fill some of the gaps econ.st/3Ua7zGx 👇

Beef emits 31 times more CO₂ per calorie of food than tofu does. By cooking so many cows, humans are cooking themselves, too. Forgoing steaks may be one of the most efficient ways to reduce our carbon footprint econ.st/3xuTLxK 👇

The Chinese state says it protects freedom of religion and that Uyghurs and others still celebrate Ramadan in Xinjiang. But that wasn’t what David Rennie 任大伟 saw when he visited. Listen to our “Drum Tower” podcast econ.st/44gfS7k 🎧

Thirty years of reform have laid a foundation for India to reach scale. But to achieve its potential, a new and ambitious agenda is needed.

Our special report sets out the changes the country needs to make to become an engine of global growth econ.st/3xOq1ft 👇

Narendra Modi’s expected third term as prime minister reflects his skill, the potency of his ideology and his erosion of democratic institutions.

But it also demonstrates a sense among ordinary voters that he is bringing India prosperity and power econ.st/3W8RHWq 👇

Generation Z is taking over. As it becomes more influential, companies, governments and investors need to understand it econ.st/3xOtKtr 👇

The two Koreas share 5,000 years of history and were only separated after the second world war. But three differences in their political and economic systems have made one a cultural colossus while the other lacks soft power: econ.st/4aQdtTd

Our number-crunching suggests that their plight could be much worse than previously thought econ.st/3UvfNJP 👇

The Philippines is often an afterthought for investors: neither a giant like India nor a manufacturing superstar like Vietnam. But its economy has quietly been booming. What’s spurring this growth—and what could threaten it? econ.st/3QaJvAX 👇

Most people on antidepressants don’t need them. Identify those who really do—and wean other people off them econ.st/43Q8v6e 👇

Chinese networks can clean dirty money in minutes—and are becoming the financiers of choice for transnational criminal gangs econ.st/3QfajjC 👇

Most infections from Aedes-mosquito bites pass without symptoms, but an unfortunate few are racked with “breakbone fever”, which causes joint pain, haemorrhage and, occasionally, death.

As the world warms, the disease is spreading—and must be curbed econ.st/4b6ePZG

The Middle East has a militia problem econ.st/44e8jOw