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To Russian denials, America warns of an imminent invasion of Ukraine

But Russia’s military build-up continues

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Labour v capital in the post-lockdown economy

As prices and wages rise, are workers or firms winning?


Asia

The organs of India’s democracy are decaying

It takes more than elections for a country to be democratic




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Russia’s foreign minister urged Vladimir Putin, the country’s president, to continue talks with the West over Ukraine...

Meanwhile, European energy prices surged by as much as 10% on fears of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine...

Jio Platforms, an Indian telecommunications giant, said it will launch a satellite-internet service in partnership with SES, a satellite company...

Lockheed Martin, the world’s biggest arms manufacturer by sales, pulled the plug on a $4.4bn deal to buy Aerojet Rocketdyne...


Russia’s military build-up enters a more dangerous phase

New satellite images show troops and equipment massing ever-closer to Ukraine

Banyan: Kishida Fumio’s “new capitalism” is many things, but it is not new

The prime minister’s big idea to reinvigorate Japan is better politics than economics

How to detect nationalism in winter-sport judges

Even the ostensibly impartial seem susceptible

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Ukraine under threat

By invitation | Jens StoltenbergJens Stoltenberg explains how to step back from the brink of European conflict

The NATO chief says Russia must respect the rights of countries to choose their own path




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Middle East & Africa

The African Union is less effective at 20 than it was at two

Its enforcement of democratic norms is slipping

When the ride ends

Weekly edition: February 12th 2022

When the ride ends