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Donald Trump will probably be acquitted of inciting an insurrection

The evidence is damning but the outcome in little doubt

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How does an American impeachment trial work?

Finance & economics

For the first time in a year, oil prices top $60 a barrel

Why the prices of both oil and the metals that seek to replace it are rising

Science & technology

How vaccines are made, and why it is hard

Doing the do

Business

Why no one wants to broadcast France’s Ligue 1

The beautiful game is in an ugly financial situation

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Why are American politicians more pious than their constituents?

As Americans ditch the church, Congress still fills the pews

The Americas

Bello: Latin America needs a new social contract

But it must be realistic

Books & arts

A tag-team reading of “In Search of Lost Time”

The gargantuan project mimics the mood of Proust’s masterpiece

Coup in Myanmar

Briefing

Myanmar’s coup turns the clock back a decade

New leader; old problems

Leaders

The meaning of Myanmar’s coup

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

1843 magazine

“A coup is worse than covid. I’ve lived through three”

Voices from the streets of Yangon as the generals seize control again

Asia

Asia is hungry for reassurance from Joe Biden

It worries that a distracted America will pay it too little attention

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The real revolution on Wall Street

February 6th 2021
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United States

America’s two largest states are fighting covid-19 differently

The results are not as different as might be expected

Science & technology

Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than those with sons

But the difference only emerges when the children are teenagers

United States

Joe Biden prepares to leave his mark on the federal judiciary

He starts with fewer open seats than his predecessor, and will need to move quickly

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What the favourite stocks of r/wallstreetbets have in common

Call-option volume, not short interest, is the best indicator of popularity on Reddit

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Markets and tech

Leaders

The real revolution on Wall Street

High tech meets high finance

Finance & economics

A new epoch for retail investors is just beginning

Technology may soon make markets for all kinds of assets as liquid as the stockmarket

Finance & economics

How WallStreetBets works

Finance & economics

Why the WallStreetBets crowd are able to profit from predatory trading

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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