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United States

Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as his running-mate

His choice is both groundbreaking and conventional

Related

Joe Biden has a good chance of becoming a surprisingly activist president

International

How much does America’s missing diplomatic leadership matter?

Donald Trump dismisses it as the “Deep State Department”. Yet America needs it more than ever

Highlights
Britain

How the Scottish National Party risks turning Caledonia into Catalonia

The independence battle looks like turning into an ugly stalemate

Business

Swedish firms have outshone German ones in the pandemic

How two northern European corporate realms have weathered covid-19

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Business

Schumpeter: The trucking industry is in the midst of upheaval—and hype

E-commerce and self-driving cabs are among the potholes on the road ahead

Daily chart

How America’s jails are helping spread covid-19

Cook County jail in Chicago may have been responsible for thousands of the city’s cases

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Books & arts

A haunting meditation on climate change in Iceland

“On Time and Water” is part memoir and part scientific analysis

The Economist’s coverage of the coronavirus

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The absent student: How covid-19 will change college

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Science & technology

A Russian satellite weapon shows the danger of hazy rules in space

Leaders

A big blast should lead to big change in Lebanon

Leaders

Economics sometimes changes its mind

Graphic detail

Covid-19 seems to have changed lifestyles for good

Google search traffic for cooking, exercise and crafts remains above normal levels

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In context: Covid-19 vaccines

Leaders

The world is spending nowhere near enough on a coronavirus vaccine

Far better to spend far too much

Finance & economics

Hard questions as scientists and governments seek covid-19 vaccines

They must work out how much to invest, and how best to distribute the goods

Science & technology

Trials of a vaccine and new drug raise hopes of beating the disease

Briefing

Can the world find a good vaccine quickly enough?

Special report: The Midwest

A region with outsized punch

America’s Midwest matters out of proportion to its size, says Adam Roberts

The urban prairie

For the region to prosper, its bigger cities must flourish

Separate, downtrodden

The region has particular problems with segregation and policing

America’s Mittelstand

Advanced manufacturing can thrive, as Grand Rapids shows

From rustbelt to brainbelt

How higher education can drive prosperity

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