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Apr 8th 2017

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— Managing the computer-security threat — Special report: The Pearl river delta — Hospitals of the future — Jacob Zuma must go

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Wrong on so many levelsThe perilous politics of parking

Chemical weaponsAssad unleashes horror in Syria

Bad economicsImpoverishing Venezuela

Religion in AmericaHow evangelicals acquired power

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Alt-TrumpDonald Trump confuses his political allies

Democracy in America

After NunesDevin Nunes recuses himself from the House probe on Russia

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International ice hockeyThe National Hockey League is replacing an Olympic headache with another

A-OK“Sesame Street” introduces its young viewers to autism

Daily chartJapan’s cherry blossoms are emerging increasingly early

Two flights are better than one Connecting flights hold the key to low-cost long-haul success

Half a LeagueThe security threat to the global economy

Buttonwood’s notebook

Correísmo hangs onWhat to expect from Ecuador’s new president

Our golf prediction modelMcIlroy for the win, Stenson for the wise

The Economist explainsWhat it means for a film to be “digitally remastered”

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Special report: The Pearl river delta

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A backhanded complementRoger Federer has turned his weakest shot into a weapon

A shore thingAn improbable global shortage: sand

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Bird brains and traffic accidentsSmall-brained birds get killed by cars

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A sonic novel“S-Town” is a moving portrait of an ordinary life

Not so smartAmerica may demand the right to peruse visitors’ mobile phones on arrival

Adding colour“Queer British Art” explores the diversity of desire

Tradition, resurrectedA resurgence of religious faith is changing China

The silk-silver axisAverting a Chinese-American trade war

Raiders and pillagersLas Vegas gains an NFL team—and a host of problems

ButtonwoodAmerica’s disproportionate weight in global stockmarket indices

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Special report: The future of the European Union

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