Several incidents raise troubling questions about Africa’s most important bank
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Xi Jinping’s policies are having a profound impact on markets—and a painful one. They have knocked $2trn from Chinese shares listed in Hong Kong and New York https://t.co/4wKzY0QLni
That Joe Biden took so much longer to launch his Asian trade policy than Donald Trump took to remove the country from one illustrates a basic truth: it is far easier to tear up agreements than it is to craft them anew https://t.co/LIS8MviGCs
Black holes themselves cannot be seen: their gravitational fields are so strong that nothing can escape them—including light. But it is possible to see the gas which surrounds the hole
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In preparation for the UN human-rights visit, officials in Xinjiang are warning Uyghurs not to speak with foreigners, according to Radio Free Asia https://t.co/y8E5VDn975
A chunk nearly the size of Kuwait is felled or burned every year. This both eliminates CO2-absorbing trees and releases their stored carbon back into the air https://t.co/VJQO7De8wG
In the past four decades Brazil has transformed itself from a net importer into the world’s fourth-biggest food exporter https://t.co/LmsU3Rc1eL
Most countries with on-demand abortion set a cut-off at 12 or 14 weeks. America is an outlier https://t.co/WkGErI7JpN
As the war in Ukraine began and attention turned away from climate change, offset prices declined
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As the war in Ukraine drags on, the tone of Russian state media has become increasingly hysterical https://t.co/qw8hF2UGfW
At the beginning of 2022 the global system that makes the trade of food possible already looked precarious. Now it is on the brink of crisis https://t.co/YRhvR13EBv https://t.co/HwfSok6FoB
At wet-bulb temperatures above 35°C, it is thought that even young healthy people wearing light clothing—regardless of whether they are parked in front of a fan, in the shade or have unlimited water to drink—will die in about six hours https://t.co/NcJHLwOAqC
The Amazon rainforest’s flora absorb 1.5bn tonnes of CO2 a year, equivalent to 4% of emissions from fossil fuels https://t.co/uqNiqh3iXX
In many religions, women are represented as powerful beings. A new exhibition does away with male, pale and stale spiritual figures https://t.co/T89xZyAnXc
Monkeypox is not very good at spreading, and existing vaccines can protect those at risk https://t.co/9vw1XxzpAI
The accounts are concentrated in Asian and African online networks, largely invisible to Western Twitterati https://t.co/tpkE9pighd
President Joe Biden says that America’s armed forces would step in to defend Taiwan if it were attacked by China. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raises questions about how a nation can fend off a larger enemy, as our recent article explained https://t.co/WkBByuQIMx
Russian forces have destroyed or damaged more than 350 cultural and historic sites since the war began, Ukraine’s culture minister said. In March we explained the threat Vladimir Putin’s war poses to Ukraine’s cultural legacy https://t.co/nNbZ8VmGlA
In a marked departure from the “strategic ambiguity” America normally adopts on Taiwan, President Joe Biden has said that America’s armed forces would step in to defend the country if it were attacked by China https://t.co/x2L7pwyJni
Thanks to the weakness of Brazil’s currency, the country’s wheat has become some of the cheapest on global markets
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No countries are immune to the effects of the worsening global food crisis. The countries hit worst, though, are poor ones
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The night of the Great Tokyo Raid made him a pacifist, and in the name of pacifism he needed to live and relive, record and teach, how terrible war was https://t.co/BjivkmWd5w
President Joe Biden says that America’s armed forces would step in to defend Taiwan if it were attacked by China. Last year we explained how America’s strategic ambiguity is breaking down in the region
Xi Jinping’s policies are having a profound impact on markets—and a painful one. They have knocked $2trn from Chinese shares listed in Hong Kong and New York https://t.co/TSGianqJgN
Since 2001 the Brazilian Amazon’s absorption rate has fallen by 1.2% a year https://t.co/ZG3WAHwgSj
The effectiveness of Russian propaganda might be underestimated https://t.co/oh03WhRLEJ
Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to exploit the most acute crisis in European security since the end of the cold war to gain political advantage https://t.co/DNiPLDNCMM
Spend a day in the life of a Russian immersed in state-controlled media with our interactive report https://t.co/qixTh4RsRs
John Lee, Hong Kong’s leader in waiting, has claimed he will protect religious freedom. But the arrest of Cardinal Zen sends a different message https://t.co/7unyCJQSX8
In America, polls show that 76% of Jews and a hefty 92% of atheists support abortion rights https://t.co/TQcQ7c7gtS
Wendell Berry’s stories about cherishing soil and agrarian communities offer profound advice for readers living through ecological disaster https://t.co/0RiGzFaRR9
Brazil has pledged to end illegal deforestation by 2028. But its president has relaxed enforcement of environmental safeguards https://t.co/U75p4KOuzk
Most NATO leaders have welcomed the two applicants with open arms. But Recep Tayyip Erdogan is using his veto. Why? https://t.co/QiZffSJubE
A former oil mogul and political prisoner warns the West it must face down Vladimir Putin now or prepare for something worse https://t.co/O1jmnJAvqn
“Germany has been too cautious on nearly everything about the Russian attack on Ukraine,” argues @MSchularick in a guest commentary. It is time for the country to “step up”, he says https://t.co/WLwVsmH4DS
“If we can’t store it, it will start rotting.”
Ukrainian grain silos are full. But this year’s crop cannot get past Russia’s blockade https://t.co/IUziTV1g3Q
Cardinal Zen has long been a thorn in the Chinese Communist Party’s side and called the Vatican’s relations with China “blatantly evil”. His detention shocked the city https://t.co/TW2Lx60WFb
Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine, intended to push NATO back from Russia’s borders, has instead brought it closer https://t.co/KbP2MwpiSu
Finland and Sweden are right to have concluded that Vladimir Putin is dangerous and unpredictable—not because of NATO, but in the way he governs Russia https://t.co/dtiZngEnB3
Food, including restaurant meals as well as groceries, are far more expensive in America than a year ago. Read why ⬇️
For search-and-rescue operations, fleets of cyber-roaches would be released into the rubble, to crawl their way through while searching for signs of life https://t.co/n9C2wf8sha
The London Underground is quiet. People are even driving less than they used to, and buying fewer cars https://t.co/vHnUD3iyMv
Our correspondent walked 268 miles (431km) up the spine of Britain. He was surprised by the sheer extent of England’s wilderness https://t.co/P9V5cEicgp
To ease the supply crisis Russia must allow Ukrainian shipping; Ukraine has to de-mine the approach to Odessa; and Turkey needs to let naval escorts through the Bosporus
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China is Africa’s largest trading partner, bilateral creditor and a crucial source of infrastructure investment https://t.co/jdcRLfrYG0
The Lithuanian director knew Mariupol well. In 2014 and 2015 he filmed a documentary there. “Mariupolis 2” is the product of his latest—and final—work https://t.co/wMStsf0ZwT
Some studies have found that more than 10% of Saudis have asthma, a high prevalence caused at least partly by dust
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In preparation for the UN human-rights visit, officials in Xinjiang are warning Uyghurs not to speak with foreigners, according to Radio Free Asia https://t.co/bnjJE7NKSL
“I've said on a regular basis to my African colleagues, Africa could also be the breadbasket of the world.”
Linda Thomas-Greenfield weighs up the long-term solutions to the emerging food security crisis, on “The Economist Asks” podcast https://t.co/4wYNGwQxx0