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Afghanistan under the Taliban will be less isolated than the West had hoped
But no country will feel comfortable with it
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A refugee crisis looms after the Taliban take power in Afghanistan
Some who worked for foreign powers may get out. Many more will spill into poor neighbouring countries, and some will travel farther
The world in brief
The Taliban’s promise that Afghanistan would no longer be “a battlefield of conflict” rang hollow as at least three people were shot dead at a protest in Jalalabad, a city in the country’s east, according to Reuters...
Xi Jinping called for stricter regulation of high earners, especially those associated with tech companies, in the latest move to tighten the Chinese Communist Party’s control of the country’s economy...
Tencent’s profits for the three months ending June climbed by 29% year-on-year, to 42.6bn yuan ($6.6bn), exceeding analysts’ forecasts...
As the Delta variant continues to spread across America, the Biden administration announced that from September 20th anyone double-jabbed with the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines at least eight months ago could get a booster shot...
An earthquake adds to Haiti’s woes
The country is still reeling from the assassination of its president
Banyan: Democracy is decaying in a growing number of Asian polities
Elected autocrats are undermining checks and balances
As mineral prices boom, it is easier for crooked politicians to get elected
The mining industry is ripe for rent-seeking
Why so many French people fear dictatorship and civil war
Apocalyptic piffle is not just for Anglophones
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America may pay dearly for defeat in Afghanistan
Joe Biden defends his decision, but it could haunt his presidency
Who is Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s de facto leader?
The group’s co-founder was jailed, then freed, by the Americans and will take an important role in the new Afghanistan
How will the Taliban rule Afghanistan this time?
The Islamist victors claim to have changed since they ran the country twenty years ago. Few believe them
Afghanistan: a reading list
A compilation of the best books on Western interventions in Afghanistan, past and present
Weekly edition: August 14th 2021
China’s attack on tech
Can Afghanistan be saved?
But America is refusing to try
Time to lift travel restrictions
The rules are ineffective, illiberal and often useless
The IPCC's methane fix
A forgotten greenhouse gas?
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By the numbers, Lionel Messi is European football’s best scorer ever
Goals make up only half of his value, but his scoring was more impactful than that of other greats
Special reports: June 26th 2021
The Chinese Communist Party
The world’s most powerful political party was founded a century ago. James Miles says it is projecting ever greater confidence, while fortifying itself against collapse
The push to revamp the Chinese Communist Party for the next 100 years
Trying to heal the party’s wounds
Busybodies, backed by AI, are restoring the party’s visibility
The party is eager to expand its influence within business
Getting into the vanguard of the Chinese elite
As Chinese citizens head overseas, the party does likewise
A future, but with Chinese characteristics
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