To-Do List

Bloody Sunday

EGYPT

Last Breath

SYRIA

Going South Fast

SOUTH KOREA

Death, Smoke and Flames

BULGARIA

PULPIT BULLY

Big business loves Trump’s plans for tax cuts and deregulation, but it’s nervous about trade—and those tweets

A CRACK IN THE WALL

Rezai Karim was worried about being deported—until he was attacked with a butcher’s knife. It may help him legally stay in the U.S.

CUDDLING WITH CAIRO

Why the bromance between Donald Trump and Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi might not last

DEFYING THE FURIES

Kyriakos Mitsotakis thinks he can swing Greece back to the center. Europe’s moderates hope he’s right

Russia’s Vodka Hangover

ARE RUSSIANS REALLY ESCHEWING THEIR NATIONAL BEVERAGE FOR HARD CIDER?

TANGLED UP IN ORANGE

DONALD TRUMP’S MANY BUSINESS TIES ABROAD ARE ALREADY JEOPARDIZING THE INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND MAKING THE PRESIDENT-ELECT VULNERABLE TO BRIBERY AND BLACKMAIL

MURDER IN THE WIND

GANG-RELATED VIOLENCE HAS PLAGUED CHICAGO SINCE THE 1960S, BUT 2016 HAS BEEN THE BLOODIEST YEAR IN ALMOST TWO DECADES

LEAF ME ALONE

Researchers find the first spider that camouflages itself as foliage

FIRST, WE KILL ALL THE EXPERTS

The internet has made us despise professionals, from plumbers to presidents

ZIKA, EINSTEIN AND WEED BACKERS…

The hot science stories you might’ve overlooked during this wild year

DEN MASTER

Tokyo’s favorite chef is moving house

Pun-Intended Consequences

The best of the Den menu

OFF THE WALL

A new book guides walkers round Rio de Janeiro’s architectural oddities

Obama Drama

Barack gets the Netflix treatment

SURVIVAL SUIT

Caruso’s new camel-hair range is one for all temperatures