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Science & technology

Is there life on Mars?

A new generation of spacecraft may soon find out

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A new age of space exploration is beginning

Europe

The EU’s €750bn covid-19 plan is historic—but not quite Hamiltonian

After a marathon negotiation, EU leaders agree to borrow and spend jointly on an unprecedented scale. Yet doubts remain

Highlights
Asia

Illegal drugs have become deeply rooted in Burmese society

Vigilantes say they have no alternative but to take the matter into their own hands

Middle East & Africa

South Africa bans alcohol sales

But it can’t stop the home-brewers

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Finance & economics

Free exchange: Housing was the business cycle

Residential investment is not the macroeconomic force it used to be

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Young people see covid-19 as a bigger threat than their elders do

Millennials are more pessimistic about surviving the pandemic, though they are least at risk

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The death of nostalgia

People used to pine for a simpler life. Now they’ve got it—and it’s not all it’s cracked up to be

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

July 18th 2020
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Middle East & Africa

The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh

Business

A question of judgment

The Americas

Tough times for Mexico’s street musicians

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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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