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Asia

Aung San Suu Kyi has brought Myanmar peace talks, but no peace

Both she herself and the army are to blame

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An ethnic militia with daring tactics is humiliating Myanmar’s army

Business

America closes the last loophole in its hounding of Huawei

In a few months the Chinese telecoms giant will run out of chips—and options

Highlights
International

The covid-19 pandemic will be over by the end of 2021, says Bill Gates

But millions of deaths are yet to come in poor countries

Europe

Germany’s parliament is bursting at the seams. It may get bigger

Mathematicians have been asked to help devise a better voting system, but MPs can’t agree on change

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Britain

Bagehot: What Boris could learn from de Gaulle

The man who rebuilt post-war France has some important lessons for Britain’s prime minister

Daily chart

How Donald Trump polarised postal voting

The president’s assault on voting by mail has hardened opinion among Republican covid-sceptics

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Science & technology

Why locusts swarm

A new discovery could offer novel ways of controlling the insects

The Economist’s coverage of the coronavirus

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Xi’s new economy. Don’t underestimate it

August 15th 2020
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Leaders

Xi Jinping is reinventing state capitalism. Don’t underestimate it

Leaders

What Kamala says about Joe

Leaders

Boris Johnson needs to focus on boosting Britain’s economy

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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United States

Why Kamala Harris was a good choice for Joe Biden

Groundbreaking and predictable, just the ticket

Podcasts

Why Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America

Leaders

What Kamala says about Joe

United States

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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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