International

Hard pass
Why vaccine passports are causing chaos

The problem is with humans, not technology

A reckoning in Glasgow
Broken promises, energy shortages and covid-19 will hamper COP26

It is the most important climate conference in years

An interview with Dmitry Muratov
A Russian editor says he won the Nobel because his slain colleagues could not

Six journalists for Novaya Gazeta have been murdered since 2000

Blockheads
Governments are finding new ways to squash free expression online

Would-be autocrats are learning from China, and each other

A mixed outlook
The IEA warns much more ambition is needed to curb global warming

Even though, if countries meet climate pledges, fossil-fuel consumption will peak by 2025

Day of the scribblers
Two journalists who have exposed human-rights abuses win the Nobel peace prize

But the committee could have made a bolder choice

Smart buys
The pandemic will spur the worldwide growth of private tutoring

Time lost to school closures has added to parents’ worries

Call on me
The military draft is making a comeback

In some countries it is sadistic; in others, sought after

Award: Natasha Loder and Simon Akam

Northern exposure
Measures to prevent the spread of covid-19 have also fended off flu

As the world begins to reopen, will it see a resurgence of influenza?

The AUKUS squad
The strategic reverberations of the AUKUS deal will be big and lasting

A profound geopolitical shift is happening

No worries?
What does the Australian submarine deal mean for non-proliferation?

Nuclear subs are fuelled with the same stuff used in bombs