Exiting the Paris accord would have grave consequences for the U.S.—and benefit other nations

It won’t be as big an achievement, but it will still deliver benefits to the remaining 11 nations

Eric Schine and Sandrine Rastello • A French expat’s quest to become an En Marche legislator • “There’s an Obama moment, a Kennedy moment, taking place” A few days after defeating Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron

Emma O’Brien and Borges Nhamire, with Shuping Niu, Jason Scott, and Yinan Zhao • The country’s agro investments in poor countries haven’t delivered • “They’ll be looking for the story and the brand” Inside a gated compound monitored by armed guard

Li Hui and Emma Dong • China’s developers use hospitals (and plastic surgery) as lures • Boosting “housing prices by adding value to the complex” It’s called “Asia’s top-notch plastic surgery hospital,” according to the promotional brochure for th

Siddharth Philip and Jacqueline Thorpe • A blockbuster challenges the dominance of Bollywood releases • “A great story … and great special effects can break all the myths” Bollywood movies have long hewed to a timeworn formula: They’re produced by

Nick Wadhams • Rex Tillerson’s top aide, Margaret Peterlin, wields unprecedented power at State • “A chief of staff ought to be attuned to just basic things like the morale of the building” When President Donald Trump met Pope Francis at the Vatic

Henry Meyer and Nafeesa Syeed, with Ilya Arkhipov • U.S., Russia, and Iran are entwined trying to smash Islamic State • It’s “the most complicated battle space anybody has ever known” Raqqa, the capital of Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate i

Matthew Campbell, with Sveinung Sleire • Cheap power and big subsidies have fueled an electric boom • “The majority of the market is about to shift to EVs” Since the 14th century, Akershus Fortress has protected Oslo from raids by bloodthirsty Swe

Justin Bachman Advances in computing software and carbon-fiber fuselages are helping engineers make some elements of space travel much easier, but at least one factor has become a bigger problem. An ever-growing pile of junk from 60 years of mission

Adam Popescu Form and function The PowerRay, a submersible drone attached to a fishing line, can take a lot of the guesswork out of fishing. The fish finder spots fish, relays their position to the user, and attracts them with a built-in light and

Dani Burger • How I built an ETF based on cats and made a paper fortune • “The No. 1 thing is that it lacks an economic foundation” I was rich. Right? I mean, that’s what the numbers on my computer showed. I’d just created a customized index of s

Andy Hoffman • Noble Group rode a global boom. Debt and bad bets brought it low • “There was a huge play on China infrastructure” The profit warning landed at 10:37 p.m. Singapore time on a Tuesday in early May. It was the night before a holiday i

The IRS is demanding $2 billion from Caterpillar. The Justice Department is weighing criminal charges. And the accountant who tipped off the feds stands to collect the biggest whistleblower award ever

Thirty years ago, London’s Isle of Dogs was a barren expanse of abandoned wharves and crumbling warehouses, never recovered from the wartime attentions of the Luftwaffe. Even the names of nearby boat basins were reminders of Britain’s lost empire and

“Work party” might be the most oxymoronic phrase in the English language. Can you really host people at your home after spending all day reviewing PowerPoint presentations with them? Yes! The extended Etc. team did it recently (see previous page)—and

Ariel Kaye got into home décor while attending New York University, where she liked to zhoosh up her apartment with items such as bookshelves made of reclaimed wood. When she studied abroad in Florence, she practiced her Italian in the textile market

As the skinny-brow trend of the 1990s gave way to today’s preferred bushy look, one thing became clear: Powders and pencils were an OK fix for over-plucked arches, but they weren’t a lasting—or efficient—solution. This may explain why beauty editors

In A Crack in Creation, Jennifer Doudna wrestles with her role in inventing the controversial gene-editing tool.

Interview by Jason Chen What does Paramore do? We create custom content, like smartphone apps, and help run digital media campaigns. I started the company about 15 years ago, and in November I sold it to the marketing communications agency Osborn B