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Leaders

What Kamala says about Joe

Joe Biden’s choice of running-mate reflects well on him

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Joe Biden’s groundbreaking, predictable veep pick

Business

Profits fall sharply at Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil firm

In its first six months as a public company it has shown unrivalled strength—and unusual weakness

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Lebanon: a country in free-fall

The emotional impact of last week’s explosion, and the bewildering months of living with spiralling inflation

By Invitation

Nicholas Christakis on fighting covid-19 by truly understanding the virus

The latest coronavirus is different from past ones, so requires a different response

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Europe

Charlemagne: Germans learn to love the staycation

Thanks to covid-19, the traditional German holiday looks very different this summer

Daily chart

Coronavirus fears are taking a toll on Britain’s economy

Despite similar infection rates, the country is slower to venture outside than the rest of Europe

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Asia

Thai pupils fight for the right to be hirsute

Protests against strict dress codes in state schools are growing

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Xi’s new economy. Don’t underestimate it

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United States

Donald Trump’s executive orders do little for hard-hit Americans

International

The dereliction of American diplomacy

Schools brief

What more should antitrust be doing?

Graphic detail

How America’s electoral college favours white voters

A ballot cast in New Hampshire is 100,000 times likelier to tip the result than one in Washington, DC

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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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