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United States

Donald Trump loosens America’s restrictions on landmines

The new ones are supposed to blow themselves up

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Using fluorescent bacteria to find landmines

Asia

Narendra Modi’s BJP gets a drubbing in Delhi’s election

Disgust at its citizenship law helps explain why

Highlights
Middle East and Africa

Félix Tshisekedi has accomplished little in Congo

In the first of a series on the president’s record, we look at the Department of Health and Human Services

United States

Are test scores the backbone of meritocracy or the nexus of privilege?

Britain decides to build an expensive new railway

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Europe

Charlemagne: The parable of the plug

How plugs explain the potential and limits of the EU’s strange superpower

Daily chart

Which country spends the most on its pets?

Owners’ willingness to splurge is a treat for a booming industry

Moreover
The Americas

A share issue in Venezuela, the world’s worst-performing economy

An investment in the stockmarket is not as nutty as you might think

Weekly edition

What it takes to be a CEO in the 2020s

February 8th 2020
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United States

Pete Buttigieg claims a first-class ticket out of Iowa

Briefing

Corporate headhunters are more powerful than ever

Britain

Boris Johnson sets course for the hardest possible Brexit deal

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Data from Spotify suggest that listeners are gloomiest in February

Around the world, the most popular tunes this month will be depressing ones

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In context: China grapples with the coronavirus

China

A weak health-care system complicates China’s coronavirus battle

More medical staff and better primary health-care facilities would help

China

The Communist Party sees an opportunity to tighten its grip

Officials are playing politics with the viral outbreak

China

Li Wenliang’s death is a new crisis for China’s rulers

China

Tough quarantine measures have spread across the country

Special report: China's Belt and Road

China wants to put itself back at the centre of the world

The Belt and Road Initiative revives memories of China’s imperial tributary system, says Dominic Ziegler

Chinese investment in Eurasia is not always smooth

Problems with investments under the Belt and Road Initiative show some of China’s weaknesses abroad

China is making substantial investment in ports and pipelines worldwide

Many are worried they could be used for military or other strategic purposes

How the Belt and Road Initiative got its name

It sounds better in Mandarin

The digital side of the Belt and Road Initiative is growing

Many believe it is where much of the rivalry over the plan will play out in future

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