The world in brief

In today's edition: Fed opts for quarter-point rate increase, Congress grills TikTok's CEO, and Alan Turing's story told as an opera

Insert coin

From consoles to phones-and from "Fortnite" to "Wordle"-gaming is becoming a true mass medium, with all the social consequences that entails

The hungry people's republic

North Koreans are at growing risk of starvation as reports of terrible hunger are emerging from the closed-off state

Inside China's cheapest city

A small city near the Russian border has become famous on social media. Its rise exposes deeper problems in Chinese society

<Reference: Economist>