Judge dread: the fight for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat

Judge dread: the fight for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a liberal icon. Her death last week opens a Supreme Court vacancy for Donald Trump to fill, which could tip the court further right ahead of what might be a legally fraught election. And there is nothing that Democrats can do about it. The majority of land in Africa is neither mapped nor documented. People who can’t prove that they own their land, cannot unlock its value. That is holding back the continent’s economies. And Japan may be famous for its slick and speedy bullet trains. But the country’s rural railways have reached the end of the line. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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Nuclear diffusion: Iran

Nuclear diffusion: Iran

Exactly a year after President Donald Trump pulled America out of the Iran nuclear deal—and days after America moved warships into the Persian Gulf—Iran has announced it will break the terms of the de...

8 Mai 201921min

Mayor may not: Turkey’s election re-run

Mayor may not: Turkey’s election re-run

Turkey’s ruling AK party never conceded defeat in Istanbul’s mayoral election in March. Now the result has been annulled, worrying the opposition and international observers. A China-America trade dea...

7 Mai 201921min

Everything in moderation: YouTube

Everything in moderation: YouTube

Susan Wojcicki, YouTube’s chief executive, tells our correspondent that moderating the streaming giant’s content is her biggest challenge. No wonder: every minute, 500 hours-worth of it is added. Also...

6 Mai 201923min

Barr, none: the White House’s defiance

Barr, none: the White House’s defiance

The no-show of America’s attorney-general in Congress is just the latest example of the White House’s broad stonewalling policy; we look at the constitutional crisis that may be brewing. Facebook’s bl...

3 Mai 201922min

Buy the bullet: global defence spending

Buy the bullet: global defence spending

Governments the world over are beefing up defence spending—chief among them America’s and China’s. But some aggressive countries’ budgets are actually shrinking. May Day protests in France took a viol...

2 Mai 201920min

Putsch comes to shove: Venezuela

Putsch comes to shove: Venezuela

Juan Guaidó, the opposition figure widely viewed as the legitimate leader of Venezuela, has made a dramatic attempt to seize power from President Nicolás Maduro. But the effort appears stalled; how di...

1 Mai 201922min

Inflationary pressure: Argentina’s strikes

Inflationary pressure: Argentina’s strikes

Patience runs thin amid rampant inflation and a devaluing currency; Argentines are taking to the streets for two days of strikes and protests. Taiwan’s richest man has joined the presidential race, bu...

30 Apr 201920min

Crossing the “t”s: China-America trade talks

Crossing the “t”s: China-America trade talks

American negotiators will be in Beijing this week, for what appears to be the final stages of striking a trade deal. What’s left to be agreed, and what are the sticking points? Also, America’s shale b...

29 Apr 201920min

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