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United States

A big win in South Carolina rekindles Joe Biden’s presidential hopes

A strong showing on Super Tuesday would presage a long two-person race for the Democratic nomination

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Lexington: The stickiness of Joe Biden

Asia

Malaysia’s new prime minister helps overturn an election result

Muhyiddin Yassin owes his job to the party thrown out in 2018 after 61 years in power

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Britain

The EU and Britain start negotiating a post-Brexit trade deal

The gap between the sides is wide—and time to reach agreement is short

Business

Indian v Chinese bosses in America Inc

A provocative study examines Asians in American corner offices

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China

Chaguan: Covid-19 is teaching hard lessons about China-only supply chains

At the very least, an emotional decoupling is under way

Daily chart

Berkshire Hathaway is the world’s second-most profitable firm

So why have its shares underperformed?

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Science and technology

An Australian legend may be the world’s oldest datable story

Geological evidence suggests it originated 37,000 years ago

Weekly edition

The virus is coming

February 27th 2020
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Leaders

How the next president should fix America’s student-loan problem

Briefing

Rodrigo Duterte’s lawless war on drugs is wildly popular

Leaders

Jeff Bezos wants to help save the climate. Here is how he should do it

Graphic detail

Globalisation has left lower-league football clubs behind

They are mostly based in Brexit-supporting towns

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In context: Egypt

Middle East and Africa

Hosni Mubarak, ex-despot of Egypt, died on February 25th

Three suffocating decades in power were ended by revolt

Middle East and Africa

Egypt is reforming its economy, but poverty is rising

Fast growth is not raising the incomes of the poor

Middle East and Africa

The Muslim Brotherhood, the government’s favourite scapegoat

Middle East and Africa

Why many Egyptians miss the Mubarak era

Special report: The data economy

A deluge of data is giving rise to a new economy

Ludwig Siegele asks how it will work

Are data more like oil or sunlight?

The question highlights the many different faces of data

Should data be crunched at the centre or at the edge?

“Edge computing” is on the rise

Integrating data is getting harder, but also more important

The search is on to find “digital truth”

Governments are erecting borders for data

Data sovereignty is rapidly becoming a big issue

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