- In this issue6 articles
- Cover Article
Stabbing of Salman Rushdie: an attack on stage at Chautauqua, 33 years after Khomeini's fatwa
Thirty-three years after Ayatollah Khomeini condemned him to death, the novelist was stabbed on stage at a literary gathering—a reminder that some threats never expire.
- Technology
Starlink: 6,000 satellites, users from Zambia to Ukraine, and the effect on the night sky
SpaceX's Starlink has connected millions from Zambia to Ukraine, but its 6,000-satellite swarm is only the beginning of a transformation no one quite agreed to.
- Science
Expedition 74: a broken robotic arm, medical returns and repair spacewalks on the ISS
As medical emergencies forced early returns and a critical robotic arm failed 400 kilometres above Earth, the crew of the International Space Station kept the orbital laboratory running—one spacewalk at a time.
- Politics
Nicaraguan elections: Ortega says the country will hold no more votes
Daniel Ortega's declaration that his country will hold no more votes marks the formal end of even the pretence of democracy—and the beginning of something darker.
- Politics
LuxLeaks: two PwC employees leak Luxembourg's secret tax deals with multinationals
When two PwC employees leaked Luxembourg's secret tax deals, they exposed an industrial-scale machinery of avoidance—and sparked a reckoning that would reach the European Commission itself.
- Sport
Belgian Grand Prix: how Spa survived tobacco bans, fatal crashes and the 2021 washout
Spa-Francorchamps has survived tobacco bans, fatal crashes and rain-soaked farces to remain on the calendar — but only just, and only sometimes.