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How well will vaccines work?

Covid-19 may become endemic. Governments need to start thinking about how to cope

Asia

The obstacles to holding the Tokyo Olympics in July are daunting

Most Japanese would prefer to postpone the games again, or cancel them

Britain

Boris Johnson’s NHS prescription: more control, less competition

The government sets out its plan for the first major health-service legislation in a decade

United States

Oregon decriminalises drugs for personal use

Portugal, the first country to do this, contains valuable lessons for America

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Container-shipping costs have surged in recent months

Rising consumer demand and constrained supply of containers is causing disruption on the seas

Finance & economics

Buttonwood: Lessons in betting against bubbles from the Big Short

Knowing for sure that something is askew may not be enough to make you money

Podcasts

How can Europe recover from the economic consequences of covid-19?

Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, talks to Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank and former chair and managing director of the International Monetary Fund

Donald Trump’s reckoning

United States

Donald Trump will probably be acquitted of inciting an insurrection

The evidence is damning but the outcome in little doubt

The Economist explains

How does an American impeachment trial work?

The Senate sets its own rules. Milk is involved

United States

Adam Kinzinger is making a lone stand against Donald Trump

A congressman from Illinois has launched the most full-throated Republican challenge to populism

United States

The terrible scenes on Capitol Hill illustrate how Donald Trump has changed his party

And how hard it will be to rid it of him

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Business

America Inc has survived the oddest year in modern times. What next?

Stockmarkets are pricing in an economic snap-back and growth on top of it. That may be too rosy

Leaders

The real revolution on Wall Street

High tech meets high finance

Leaders

How rising inflation could disrupt the world’s economic policies

The debate is hotting up

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There will be enough vaccines for all—if rich countries share

Half of the world’s supply has been reserved for just 15% of its population

Covid-19 and developing countries

Leaders

The pandemic could undercut Africa’s precarious progress

Africans need jabs and loans, sharpish

Middle East & Africa

Africa’s recovery from covid-19 will be slow

A second wave could play havoc with commerce, public finances and schools

The Americas

A Brazilian city thought it had herd immunity. It was wrong

Asia

Asian governments are needlessly hampering vaccination drives

Special report: The future of travel

What will travel look like after the pandemic?

Covid-19 has brought international travel to a standstill. But it will recover and may even become a better experience, says Simon Wright

Could covid-19 shake up air travel for the better?

Governments’ re-entry into airlines may spur more competition

How today’s reviled airlines could become greener

The pandemic has drawn attention to the environmental damage caused by air travel

Business travel may never fully recover from covid-19

Business class was late to the game. It might be early to leave too

The pandemic has hurt corporate jets less than commercial ones

The wealthy are not bound by airline schedules

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