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Uneven vaccination rates are creating a new economic divide
They may also stoke fears of a new taper tantrum
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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...
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Naftali Bennett pushes Binyamin Netanyahu out of power in Israel
The new prime minister faces immediate difficulties
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Bartleby: Remote workers work longer, not more efficiently
A new study on remote working
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Getting away with murder
In America, killers are nearly as likely to go free as to be caught
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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
The pandemic's uneven impact
Auckland has become the world’s most liveable city
The success of New Zealand and Japan in controlling covid-19 has sent their cities soaring up the rankings
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Hispanic Americans are most vulnerable to covid-19
Researchers still do not understand why
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Europe’s vaccination campaign has gathered pace, though not everywhere
Eastern Europe still lags behind
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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
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