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Trials of a vaccine and new drug raise hope of beating covid-19

The latest tests with Oxford University’s vaccine, and interferon beta, look promising

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Donald Trump is hoping for a covid-19 treatment by November

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Fighting in the Sahel has forced 1.7m people from their homes

Jihadists are only partly to blame

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Obituary

John Lewis never stopped making good trouble

The congressman and civil-rights activist died on July 17th

Europe

Venice tests its mighty flood defences

A success—up to a point

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Business

Japan Inc’s IT needs a security patch

Japanese firms are more vulnerable to cyber-attacks than Western peers

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Meituan-Dianping and Pinduoduo embody the excitement over digital China

Investors cannot get enough of two booming internet companies

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Europe

An unlikely local hero in Russia’s Far East

Mass protests in Khabarovsk may stir distant regions against Vladimir Putin

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Trade without trust: How the West should do business with China

July 18th 2020
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Leaders

The risks of keeping schools closed far outweigh the benefits

Europe

Angela Merkel’s soft China stance is challenged at home

Business

The varying American fortunes of Grindr and Blued

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The world’s wealth is looking increasingly unnatural

As natural wealth is used up, economies will rely more on human capital

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In context: The rich-world recovery

Leaders

As the economy recovers fiscal policy has to shift

Is it time to wind down emergency stimulus?

Finance & economics

Some economies are bouncing back. But recoveries can easily go wrong

Our analysis shows just how fragile consumer confidence can be

United States

America’s huge stimulus is having surprising effects on the poor

Briefing

The 90% economy that lockdowns will leave behind

Special report: The new world disorder

Global leadership is missing in action

Seventy-five years ago the world’s leaders designed the peace even as they fought the war. Today’s leaders need to do something similar, says Daniel Franklin

Who runs the world?

As America gets tired, China gets busy

The UN has too much on its plate

Missions impossible

The clock is ticking for nuclear arms control

Avoidable Armageddon

The UN’s structures built in 1945 are not fit for 2020, let alone beyond it

Grand redesigns

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