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China

China is killing academic freedom in Hong Kong

The new national-security law has professors scared

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Can Hong Kong remain a global financial centre?

Finance & economics

Can Dubai enter the premier league of financial centres?

It will need to adapt to a less globalised world, and clean up its act

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The Americas

The pandemic’s indirect hit on the Caribbean

The region has been spared the worst ravages of covid-19. That has not protected its economies

United States

America’s black upper class and Black Lives Matter

The United States is also home to the biggest group of highly successful black folk in the world

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Europe

Charlemagne: Covid-19 is threatening Europe’s Schengen passport-free zone

The real value of the Schengen zone is not economic but political

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Gamers are logging millions of hours a day on Roblox

The platform, popular with tweens, allows developers to cash in on its success

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Middle East & Africa

Why African countries issue stamps celebrating English cricketers

It helps pay the bills

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Science & technology

When covid-19 becomes a chronic illness

United States

Democrats set factionalism aside for the big push against Donald Trump

Britain

How social media made Gymshark

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A rift in democratic attitudes is opening up around the world

People from weak democracies are increasingly likely to support autocrats

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In context: Work after covid-19

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How has the pandemic changed working lives?

A study concludes: more meetings, more emails, longer hours

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What is the point of the office?

As the pandemic leaves offices around the world empty, Catherine Nixey asks what was the point of them anyway?

Business

IG Metall is pushing for a four-day week

Business

The decline of the office romance

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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