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Who owns what?

Enforceable property rights are still far too rare in poor countries

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The quest for secure property rights in Africa

Middle East & Africa

Bahrain joins the UAE in recognising Israel

An old Arab orthodoxy is swiftly falling apart, but it may not change Israel’s oldest conflict

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Britain

Brexit negotiations hit a formidable new barrier

By threatening to rewrite the withdrawal treaty, Boris Johnson’s government edges closer still to no deal

Business

How America’s war on Huawei may boost Chinese technology

From September 15th the Chinese telecoms giant will no longer be able to buy vital semiconductors

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China

Chaguan: China’s authoritarian approach won’t save the environment

A truly sustainable future needs more than order and rules

Daily chart

Week in charts: The Home Office

The boomers’ last hurrah • Tech-stock turmoil • China’s water king • California burning

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Come gather round people: why we risk death to join the crowd

As covid-19 has ripped through the world, people have congregated in defiance and protest. Is this madness or is there more to it?

The Economist’s coverage of the coronavirus

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Office politics: The fight over the future of work

September 12th 2020
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Leaders

Britain threatens to flout international law

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Going to elite Indian colleges improves earnings, but not test scores

United States

The battle over trans athletes in American schools heats up

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The southern hemisphere skipped flu season in 2020

Efforts to stop covid-19 have had at least one welcome side-effect

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In context: Tension on the Indo-Chinese border

Asia

India and China exchange the first gunshots in 45 years

The Asian giants are locked in a dangerous standoff over their disputed Himalayan border

Leaders

How to end the perilous Indo-Chinese border spat

To avoid escalation, both sides should agree on the “Line of Actual Control”

Asia

Military tensions mount on the India-China border

Asia

The leaders of China and India pretend to get along

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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