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Ill news, spreads apace: covid in China
The sudden rescinding of zero-covid strictures has, as expected, led to a spike in cases. Our correspondent visits overstretched hospitals and cremat…
3 years, 7 months ago
The dragon chasing: China and a new nuclear order
China’s arsenal of nuclear weapons has swiftly expanded; it is now roughly the size of Russia’s and America’s. That will make for a different—and far…
3 years, 7 months ago
In passing: the notable lives lost in 2022
From Pelé, the “king of football”, to Britain’s longest-reigning queen, our editors and correspondents reflected on the accomplishments of many notab…
3 years, 7 months ago
Best-of three: our country, books and games of the year
It is that best-of time of year. We outline the case for our country of the year, after an uncharacteristically easy nomination process. Our correspo…
3 years, 7 months ago
Debasement all around: lessons from 16th-century inflation
In 2022 global inflation spiked at a rate not seen in decades. A look at the world’s very first such bout reveals eerie echoes of today’s woes—and le…
3 years, 7 months ago
Cattle lines are drawn: cows in India
Cows are venerated in India, but precisely how intensely often depends on politics. And being venerated does not necessarily yield a pleasant life fo…
3 years, 7 months ago
Land, sea and air: let us move you
In a special episode, our Paris bureau chief witnesses the political divides that become apparent as she switches from France’s famed high-speed rail…
3 years, 7 months ago
An oily sheen: Nicolás Maduro in from the cold
Waves of protest after a stolen election in 2019 came to nothing. Now, thanks to the luck of geopolitics and petro-economics, President Nicolás Madur…
3 years, 7 months ago
A figure of speeches: Volodymyr Zelensky in his own words
At the beginning of the war, editors from The Economist went to Kyiv, the first Western journalists to interview Ukraine’s president. Our Russia edit…
3 years, 7 months ago
Needs Musk? Tumult at Twitter
Elon Musk may be stepping down as chief executive, but he has already changed the firm’s fortunes—and shown that social media’s free-speech struggle …
3 years, 7 months ago