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The mess Merkel leaves behind
The successor to Germany’s much-admired chancellor will face big unresolved problems
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Evergrande’s crisis highlights China’s shortcomings
Can “common prosperity” lead to financial stability in China?
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Why the head of the IMF should resign
A scandal over data and China has undermined her credibility
The world in brief
America’s special envoy to Haiti resigned in protest over the Biden administration’s large-scale deportation of Haitian migrants, which he called “inhumane”...
The European Commission proposed requiring that all mobile phones, tablets and other portable devices sold in the bloc be charged with a common port, to limit electronic waste...
The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment aid rose to 351,000 last week, a 16,000 increase compared with the previous week and the highest figure recorded in a month...
Ukraine’s parliament passed a law to limit the influence of oligarchs...
Charlemagne: France’s humiliation by America will have lasting effects
Snubbed over subs, President Emmanuel Macron is even keener to build up European autonomy
Explainer: What is the point of the Quad?
The loose coalition of America, Australia, India and Japan is yet to prove its mettle
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Covid’s true death toll
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Weekly edition: September 25th 2021
Resurfacing: America in Asia
After AUKUS: Asia’s new geopolitics
A major submarine deal underscores how the new theatre for great-power competition is maritime
Lessons of the gas-price surge
The energy transition must be better managed or environmentalism will become unpopular
Inside the chip industry’s brain trust
IMEC offers neutral ground amid chip rivalries
How bad will the flu season be?
As the world begins to reopen, will it see a resurgence of influenza?
Germany’s election
The warring parties’ plans for Germany’s economy are full of holes
The post-election coalition talks are likely to be extremely arduous
Explainer: Who is Olaf Scholz, and what kind of Germany would he lead?
The plain-spoken finance minister from Hamburg is a serious contender to replace Angela Merkel
1843 magazine | Germany is not as stable as we think. Just ask its preppers
As the Merkel era ends, a small corner of Saxony is getting ready for the apocalypse
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Graphic detail
Despite Delta, severe covid-19 is much rarer among vaccinated Britons
New population-level data are more reassuring than some recent studies of vaccine effectiveness
Special reports: September 25th 2021
Germany
Angela Merkel’s departure will leave a big hole in Germany—and much for her successor to do, says Tom Nuttall
After Merkel
Germany’s urgent need for greater public investment
A troubled road lies ahead for German carmakers
Parts of Germany are desperate for more people
The European Union will badly miss Angela Merkel
The attitudes of Germany’s young
The world needs a more active Germany
Germany needs a reforming government
