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United States

Donald Trump tries out law-and-order talk on suburban voters

A dispatch from the pundits’ favourite county suggests the president has not yet made a breakthrough

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Wisconsin’s summer of fury

Europe

Emmanuel Macron revives a post-war institution for a post-covid era

And announces a huge new stimulus as well

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Europe

Germany says that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok

Vladimir Putin’s fingerprints are now even more obvious

Science & technology

Elon Musk’s vision of the future takes another step forward

A pig now has one of his implants in its brain

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Asia

Banyan: Politics is spreading covid-19 in Indonesia and the Philippines

Presidents Jokowi and Rodrigo Duterte act tough, but can’t get things done

Daily chart

How did Americans use their coronavirus stimulus cheques?

According to a new study, less than half of the money was spent; a third was saved for a rainy day

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From Pinochet to Princess Di: Pablo Larraín won’t stay in his lane

The director won international acclaim for his films about Chile’s dark past, but is he the right person to tell those stories?

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Covid-19 is spurring the digitisation of government

United States

America’s black upper class and Black Lives Matter

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Conspiracy theories about covid-19 vaccines may prevent herd immunity

Anti-vaccination sentiments are more prevalent in rich countries than in poor ones

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In context: The geopolitics of the eastern Mediterranean

Europe

Turkey’s Black Sea gas find does not match its president’s hype

It will not end reliance on imports; and the eastern Med will stay tense

Leaders

Dealing with a dangerous dispute in the eastern Med

Turkey and Greece must be encouraged to exchange views, not blows

International

A row over gas is raising tension in the eastern Mediterranean

Europe

Turkey and Greece avoid coming to blows, for now

Special report: Dementia

As humanity ages the numbers of people with dementia will surge

The world is ill-prepared for the frightening human, economic and social implications

The search for a cure for dementia is not going well

But behavioural changes can reduce the risk of developing it

The big question about dementia care is who is going to do it

The best care is “people-centred”, ie, labour-intensive

Might dementia tourism to lower-wage economies become a trend?

It will remain a niche market; but shows how the best care needs a lot of carers

No country has found a sustainable way to finance dementia care

And most have not even tried

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