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Zimbabweans are without food, water and power—largely thanks to inept governance econ.st/31SGOsz
Author @sagarikaghose explains why she believes liberalism to be under grave assault in India #OpenFuture econ.st/2z6nMlO
Now is not the time to liberalise the trade in endangered species econ.st/31ElVko
For many poor farmers, wildlife protection brings no obvious benefits econ.st/2z3nQmp
Russians have taken to the streets for the past five weekends, protesting at the Kremlin's election meddling econ.st/31CP9jI
The government has organised seminars for Turkish and refugee children to inoculate them against IS propaganda econ.st/31AgyD0
No individual ought to be entrusted with the unchecked power to launch nuclear weapons econ.st/31Apjge
Pangolins are one of the world's most trafficked animals, but awareness of the shy mammals is patchy. Their protection is on the agenda at this week's CITES summit in Geneva econ.st/2YQRVoB
Zimbabwe was once one of Africa's most industrialised nations. Now, electricity flickers just a few hours a day econ.trib.al/T49hkE9
Profits at 399 of India’s biggest public companies have declined by 3.7% a year on average on Narendra Modi's watch econ.st/2z1YKV3
Up to $4.5bn of public money vanished from 1MDB, the state investment fund econ.st/31EonHC
The most vulnerable nations pay more to borrow, leaving them even more exposed econ.st/2z5u0Cs
The big question is how America's crimebusters respond econ.st/31Dl4AA
Civil war has shattered what was already the poorest country in the region. It will be difficult to put Yemen back together econ.st/31MK3Bp
Citizens fed up with their factional, self-serving politicians appear to have little appetite for another revolution in Kyrgyzstan econ.st/2z2abME
The chances of China intervening in Hong Kong are increasing. To do so would risk economic disaster econ.st/2N7zXXP
After recreational marijuana was legalised in Colorado, Oregon and Washington, cookie sales jumped by 4.1% econ.st/2z1BC9a
Sending in troops would have huge repercussions. For now, the threats are intended to intimidate econ.st/31M5uCZ
Previously obscure companies, which became front-page news in 2008, are back in the news econ.st/31GOLRl
What is WeWork really worth? At last, investors will get the chance to make up their own minds econ.st/31NYTb7
In uncertain times, America is the go-to market for equity investors econ.st/31HTqCp
Unsurprisingly, pharma-affiliated charities only fund co-payments for drugs that they manufacture econ.st/31CASDE
What really matters is the wider effects on corporate behaviour caused by such uncertainty econ.st/2z29UJp
The technological conflict between America and China is not going to end anytime soon econ.st/31GtRBL
Stilt-houses in Chongqing have suddenly become a tourist hotspot, thanks to social media econ.st/31Fd4PC
Pop music, as Sarfraz Manzoor knew it, was plastic nonsense. He had never heard anything that reflected his own life econ.trib.al/LmehMSZ
Retweeted by The Economist No rules exist to prevent debt spiralling out of control econ.st/31JNFnT
California lawmakers aim to bring groundwater use to sustainable levels by the early 2040s econ.st/31EClcw
America’s interest in Greenland dates from the 19th century, when commercial acquisition of territory by states was common econ.st/31Ou7il
The reaction of investors to Mauricio Macri’s loss in Argentina’s primary elections was swift and vicious econ.st/31GDmkp
The lines are hardening and people are coming under pressure to take sides econ.st/31HXu5L
Elephants have 40 versions of a cancer-fighting gene, whereas humans have only two econ.st/2yUjcHh
“Liberal is not a term of abuse, but should be a badge of pride,” says author @sagarikaghose #OpenFuture econ.st/2z5x5T4
An accident that resulted in the deaths of seven scientists may be related to Russia’s attempts to build a sort of “nuclear battery” econ.trib.al/7hyGm4H
At 40%, turnout for Guatemala’s presidential election was the lowest this century econ.st/2z2Jd7g
When weed is legalised, alcohol sales drop and junk food flies off the shelves econ.st/31LbOul
If introduced, Elizabeth Warren's No First Use policy would reverse over seven decades of nuclear thinking econ.st/31ExpV2
Narendra Modi is increasingly viewed not as broadly pro-market but selectively pro-business econ.st/2z1oroI
The oil giant’s first interaction with public investors showcased the firm’s evolution—and the forces that may impede it econ.st/31KxQ02
In 1986 Reagan and Gorbachev came within a whisker of a ten-year deal to eliminate both countries arsenals econ.st/31CifQ8
In Hong Kong neither the government nor the protesters are willing to back down. So what happens now? econ.st/2NbmzSC
One estimate suggests 2.5m coastal properties in America could be at risk of flooding every fortnight by 2100 econ.st/31Ja8BC
Even if carbon emissions fall, rising sea levels will still inflict damage. Authorities must adapt, and swiftly econ.trib.al/NlknIy1
Narendra Modi claims that revoking Kashmir’s special status would “only empower democracy even more”. That rings hollow econ.st/2z3hymI
Record numbers of Afghans fear for their liberty and safety econ.st/2z2HlLP
There are myriad wily ways under development to outwit face-recognition technology econ.st/31L9lAe
Just three candidates—Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden—are polling in double digits in Iowa econ.st/2z2XQrp
Zimbabweans do not see why they should endure oppression and dysfunction indefinitely econ.st/2z5bg6m
Predatory rulers and decades of mismanagement have brought Zimbabwe to its knees. Now it is the people who are paying econ.trib.al/qO7gp73
Bernie Sanders has developed an almost cult-like hold on a small but meaningful minority of the Democratic electorate econ.st/31ME93x
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