- In this issue6 articles
- Cover Article
The Fatwa's Long Shadow: How a 1989 Death Sentence Found Salman Rushdie in Upstate New York
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
The constellation that changed the world — and the sky itself
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
The Station That Wouldn't Stop: Inside Expedition 74's Year of Crisis and Repair
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
Nicaragua Has Cancelled Its Elections. Now What?
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
The Whistleblowers Who Cracked Open Europe's Tax Haven
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
The Circuit That Haunts Formula One
Spa-Francorchamps has survived tobacco bans, fatal crashes and rain-soaked farces to remain on the calendar — but only just, and only sometimes.