Covering the ground: trees and COP26

Covering the ground: trees and COP26

At the global climate summit, more than 100 countries have promised to end deforestation by 2030. Similar promises have been made before, but might this time be different? America’s Supreme Court dives into the thorny topics of abortion and gun rights. And we report on the peculiar economics of African cities where the UN has set up shop.

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Secular-stand nation: terror in France

Secular-stand nation: terror in France

The brutal murder of a schoolteacher comes amid warnings of mounting Islamism in the country. The attack will only harden resolve for a secular society. Alexei Navalny, Russia’s opposition leader, spe...

21 Loka 202022min

The persecution of a people: China’s repression of the Uyghurs

The persecution of a people: China’s repression of the Uyghurs

Reporting by The Economist reveals deepening efforts by Chinese authorities not just to imprison the Muslim-minority people but also to reduce their number, to wipe out their culture and to hound them...

20 Loka 202021min

Loved Labour’s won: landslide in New Zealand

Loved Labour’s won: landslide in New Zealand

After a term spent steering the country through crises, Jacinda Ardern has led her Labour party to a thumping victory; what will they do with their historic majority? Far from taking on water as the p...

19 Loka 202021min

Más MAS? Bolivia’s election

Más MAS? Bolivia’s election

After last year’s vote was marred by fraud allegations, the electorate is split ahead of Sunday’s poll: will the country return the socialist MAS party of exiled leader Evo Morales to power? A private...

16 Loka 202021min

A close-it call: Nigeria’s uprising

A close-it call: Nigeria’s uprising

Angry protests following an alleged police killing continue, even after a hated police unit was shuttered. That exposes far-deeper discontent. Banks’ earnings this week show that belt-tightening earli...

15 Loka 202022min

Scared strait: Taiwan

Scared strait: Taiwan

Rhetoric and sabre-rattling from mainland China are rapidly ramping up; we examine the risk of an invasion that would have global consequences. A decision by World Rugby to ban trans women from the wo...

14 Loka 202023min

Food chain broken: famine in Yemen

Food chain broken: famine in Yemen

The country yet again faces widespread starvation as a civil war grinds on, and both sides are to blame for the misery visited upon civilians. With the stroke of a pen, Argentina recently doubled in s...

13 Loka 202022min

In their own Swede time: pandemic pragmatism

In their own Swede time: pandemic pragmatism

By the numbers to date, Sweden's light-touch covid-19 measures may not seem successful. But its pragmatism takes an instructively long view of the pandemic. China’s high-level party machinery brooks n...

12 Loka 202023min

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