What went wrong for America’s favourite sriracha brand? The business, valued at $1bn just four years ago, has suffered a meltdown econ.st/4ghlTX4 👇

How do the foreign policies of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris differ? Our “Checks and Balance” podcast investigates. With John Prideaux, Charlotte Howard and Adam O'Neal econ.st/3XJrhep 🎧

If Ukraine’s first-person-view drones that are incredibly cheap to make can be successfully used in combination with heat-seeking missiles, they could leave Russian helicopters with nowhere to hide econ.st/4cSICWj 👇

National conventions are among the biggest spectacles of American presidential campaigns. For many years the polling uptick they delivered for nominees seemed almost as choreographed as the events themselves. Could that be changing? econ.st/3Tlivk5 👇

The world’s most, and least, walkable cities econ.st/3ALbJ0y 👇

It is sometimes unclear whether there is any real demand for the changes to India’s street names, and from whom such moves might win votes econ.st/4dTFQBs Illustration: Lan Truong

In this week’s Plot Twist newsletter: ♦️ The trendy new collaboration between fashion and TV. ♦️ Why Indonesia’s horror films are booming. ♦️ A docuseries on the secret lives of Mormons. Get your guide to the world of culture here econ.st/4g8Wa2Z👇

Winston Churchill made quite an impression during his time as the White House guest of two presidents. By some accounts, he was naked for a good part of it. A new book considers the unusual diplomacy of Britain’s former prime minister econ.st/3Xe1ycx 👇

Remarriages are on the rise in China. What’s behind the shift? This week on “Drum Tower” Alice Su 蘇奕安 and David Rennie 任大伟 explore the country’s changing social dynamics econ.st/3TcISs8 🎧

Jared Isaacman talks of lofty goals for his “Polaris Programme”, which was designed in collaboration with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. By testing new technologies, Mr Isaacman hopes to help SpaceX with its goal of making humans a multi-planetary species econ.st/3XuEfMN 👇

Every war is a chance for other armies to learn. The fighting in Ukraine and Israel offers lessons aplenty. Among the most avid students is Taiwan econ.st/47fjbx0 👇

American offices have hit their highest vacancy rate since 1979, data suggests. Problems are now starting to spread econ.st/4eeIamk 👇

Psychiatrists are at long last starting to connect the dots econ.st/4g7dHsb 👇

Why is Indonesia such a horror-movie powerhouse? It is partly down to the country’s rich folklore. The rise of streaming in the past decade or so has helped usher in a new era, too econ.st/3TeVTld 👇

Are people in China glum because the economy is bad? Or is the economy bad because people are glum? To lift the mood, Chinese officials must put their finger on the cause econ.st/3Z9iDXz 👇

More than whizzy technologies, it is dealmaking that has fuelled the company’s growth econ.st/4gd7fjr 👇

Four charts illustrate a grim new milestone econ.st/4fYkkwS 👇

The millions of children across Britain returning to school this week may have no choice in the matter, but the people who teach them do. And many of them are turning away from the noble profession econ.st/3TdxnB1 👇

Economically, Africa needs China more than China needs Africa. Still, the continent has leverage in the relationship econ.st/3XhdMAO 👇

Do you live in the world’s most expensive city? econ.st/4g4NwCw 👇