Notorious JHBCriminals are running circles around South Africa’s policeHollywood-style heists amid a breakdown in law and order Jul 12th 2017
Daily chartWhy Europe needs more migrantsWithout them the continent’s population will start to shrinkJul 12th 2017
Ninth time luckyIsrael’s Labour party gambles on Avi GabbayThe main opposition tries yet another leaderJul 12th 2017
LexingtonThe Trump family demonstrates why America shuns hereditary ruleLoyalty between relatives has the power to poison both reputations and nations Jul 12th 2017
Singing the songs of angry menRevolutionary music, from rousing to mindlessFrom “La Marseillaise” to “Give Peace a Chance” to chants barely worthy of the football standsJul 12th 2017
Playing chickenCatalonia plans to hold an independence vote whether Spain lets it or notPrime Minister Mariano Rajoy says the vote is illegal and vows to block itJul 12th 2017
A United standWho is writing politicians’ letters complaining about the Gulf carriers?A recent missive seems to be have been drafted by airline lobbyistsJul 12th 2017
Fighting ageingBlood from young animals can revitalise old ones Might that be true for people, too? Jul 12th 2017
A game set by matchesThe cliché that tennis is a sport of matchups is probably rightHead-to-head records can be misleading, but shot-level data on competing playing styles may aid predictionsJul 12th 2017
The Economist explainsWhy Democrats are taking aim at gerrymanderingThey want to win back seats from the RepublicansJul 12th 2017
Statues’ storiesCan Richmond avoid public rows over its Confederate statues? The mayor of what was the capital of the Confederacy wants to preserve its statues, but ensure the full history is toldJul 11th 2017
My goodnessWhy Brexit could mean a pricier pint of GuinnessA harder Irish border would cause delays, and add costs, to many agri-food productsJul 11th 2017
Divine credentialsThe never-ending argument over what is “real Islam”And how geopolitical events fuelled jihadis’ obsession with the apocalypseJul 11th 2017
Daily chartAmerica’s gap between black and white infants’ mortality has stopped narrowingAnd the causes are not fully knownJul 11th 2017
