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Can Amazon’s next boss fill Jeff Bezos’s supersized boots?

Andy Jassy will take over a firm on a roll. That does not make dilemmas in his in-tray any easier to deal with

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Can Amazon keep growing like a youthful startup?

Leaders

The meaning of Myanmar’s coup

Attempts to dress up authoritarian regimes as democracies are always bound to fail

Europe

Mario Draghi is summoned to form Italy’s government

But can the former central banker win parliament’s support?

Middle East & Africa

Why obesity is spreading across Africa

And why it often co-exists with malnutrition

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Israel’s vaccine programme gives hope to the world

Hospital admissions among the old have fallen by a third since their peak

Europe

Charlemagne: How Europe dodges responsibility for its vaccine fiasco

When something goes wrong, the blame gets passed around

Prospero

When the police came for Anastasia Vasilyeva, she played Beethoven

In Russia art has long been a means of private resistance

The future of Amazon

Briefing

From the archive: the challenges facing Jeff Bezos’s successor

Amazon’s founder is stepping down as CEO. Our briefing last year assessed the company’s future

Podcasts

“It’s going to be an interesting dance for the new boss”—Amazon’s Jeff Bezos stands aside

Andy Jassy takes over as chief executive at a profitable but tricky time

Leaders

The pandemic has shown that Amazon is essential—but vulnerable

More people than ever are shopping online. But Amazon still faces many challenges

Business

Where is Amazon’s Jeff Bezos headed next?

A new book suggests looking up to space

Weekly edition

Who will go nuclear next?

January 30th 2021
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Europe

Why Germany won’t kill Nord Stream 2

But American sanctions might

Leaders

The world is facing an upsurge of nuclear proliferation

To stop it, the nuclear powers need to act

Finance & economics

Why the WallStreetBets crowd are able to profit from predatory trading

Textbooks say it can’t happen. But there are times when front-running distressed traders pays off

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Poland’s coal-fired home heating creates widespread pollution

The government is backing away from coal—but not fast enough

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Vaccinating the world

Leaders

Europe needs quicker vaccinations and more stimulus

Vaccine protectionism is not the answer

Science & technology

More covid-19 vaccines pass clinical trials

But variants of the virus will make vaccinating the world trickier than expected

Science & technology

The promise and perils of vaccine passports

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Vaccine protectionism endangers the global fight against covid-19

Special report: Generation Xi

Young Chinese are both patriotic and socially progressive

That mix is already changing their country, says Stephanie Studer, our China correspondent

The gap between China’s rural and urban youth is closing

But it remains large, even as more youngsters return home to the countryside

How nationalism is shaping China’s young

They feel more defensive than ever of their country’s achievements

How to rebel in China

The alternatives are rave or pray

As attitudes to the West sour, China’s students turn home

They think China is best served by picking aspects of Western culture that suit it

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