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Uneven vaccination rates are creating a new economic divide

They may also stoke fears of a new taper tantrum

Europe

With Donald Trump gone, NATO is plotting its future

As usual, Europe wants more attention and America more action


United States

After a heady start, Joe Biden’s legislative agenda has hit a wall

Blame factionalism and the filibuster




The world in brief

Novavax said its two-shot jab was 90% effective against covid-19 and its variants in a 30,000 person trial...

The EU announced that, starting tomorrow, it will sell a tranche of ten-year bonds, expected to go for about €10bn ($12.1bn), to help finance its covid-19 recovery fund...

Two Americans admitted to helping Carlos Ghosn, the former boss of Nissan, escape prosecution in Japan by fleeing to Lebanon in 2019...

Iran and America struck an in-principle deal over the easing of American sanctions, according to the Iranian foreign ministry...


Naftali Bennett pushes Binyamin Netanyahu out of power in Israel

The new prime minister faces immediate difficulties

Getting away with murder

In America, killers are nearly as likely to go free as to be caught

China says it will be a “museum power” by 2035

It is opening five of them a week, with the Communist Party’s needs in mind

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How the Voting Rights Act limits gerrymanders

If Republicans could get rid of “majority-minority” districts, some Democrats would lose seats

Special report: Brazil

The captain and his country

Brazil is backsliding. Politicians, businesses and voters must act before it is too late, says Sarah Maslin

A dream deferred

After a generation of progress, social mobility is slowing in Brazil

Sliding back

Revelations of graft have fuelled anti-establishmentism

Money trees

The Amazon and its residents need sustainable development

In need of reform

Brasília is full of new politicians and old ideas

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