Duty unbound: the January 6th hearings

Duty unbound: the January 6th hearings

Last night, the committee investigating the events of January 6th 2021 said that Donald Trump’s failure to stop his supporters’ attack was a “dereliction of duty”. The evidence was strong; whether it will change anything remains unclear. We examine the thinking behind the European Central Bank’s surprise half-point rise in interest rates. And the money motivations of Bangladesh’s loosening booze laws.

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Export-control panel: the EU meets on vaccines

Export-control panel: the EU meets on vaccines

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Can’t take a hike: more economic turmoil in Turkey

Can’t take a hike: more economic turmoil in Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan just does not like interest-rate rises. So he has again sacked a central-bank governor given to imposing them—again, to his own peril. America’s love of free markets ext...

24 Mar 202121min

Always be their Bibi? Israel votes, again

Always be their Bibi? Israel votes, again

It’s the fourth poll in two years, but a stable government is still far from guaranteed. We examine the firm grip Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu still has on Israeli politics. In the Philippines, c...

23 Mar 202120min

Not-purchasing power: boycotts in Myanmar

Not-purchasing power: boycotts in Myanmar

As demonstrations against February’s coup continue, many are trying a subtler form of resistance: starving army-owned businesses of revenue. We ask whether the ploy will work. Snippets of Neanderthal ...

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Another race question: murder in Atlanta

Another race question: murder in Atlanta

A shooting in the city left eight dead, six of them women of East Asian descent. We examine the past and present of anti-Asian sentiment in America. Frontex, Europe’s border-enforcement agency, is ris...

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Forces to be reckoned with: Afghan peace talks

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Negotiations in Moscow may at last forge agreement between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents; that, in turn, would inform America’s long-promised drawdown. The International Criminal Court ...

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Harms weigh: AstraZeneca vaccine fears

Harms weigh: AstraZeneca vaccine fears

Scattered reports of blood clots have sparked curbs across Europe, even though the jab is almost certainly safe. We take a hard look at the risks in relative terms. After Canada arrested a Huawei exec...

17 Mar 202122min

Earning them: Stripe’s monster valuation

Earning them: Stripe’s monster valuation

The firm got in early providing online-payment software to tech startups. Now it’s the most valuable Silicon Valley darling yet. We look at its future prospects. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faces a...

16 Mar 202120min

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