The EconomistHumidity Face-masks can give the immune system a helpful hand verified_publisherThe Economist FACE-MASKS HELP reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid-19. Several studies have reported the more surprising finding that, even …
The EconomistPhilippines Retailers in the Philippines have been refusing to sell pork verified_publisherThe Economist LAST MONTH retailers in Manila went on a two-week “pork holiday”. That was not a fad diet, nor even a few days off scarfing sausage and bacon. They …
The EconomistChile A new constitution could give indigenous Chileans more say verified_publisherThe Economist BRENDA GUTIéRREZ, a 50-year-old shellfish gatherer, knew she was a Chango for as long as she can remember. When she was growing up in a fishing …
The EconomistEuropean News Despot, genius or both? France argues about Napoleon verified_publisherThe Economist TO SOME HE was a military genius, strategic mastermind and visionary leader who bequeathed to France a centralised modern administration and sense of …
The EconomistKazuo Ishiguro Kazuo Ishiguro’s rich meditation on love and morality verified_publisherThe Economist Klara and the Sun. By Kazuo Ishiguro. Knopf; 320 pages; $28. Faber £20 IN “THE BURIED GIANT”, published in 2015, an elderly couple make a perilous …
The EconomistHong Kong Hong Kong’s new security bill is being put to its biggest use yet verified_publisherThe Economist SINCE CHINA imposed a draconian security law on Hong Kong last year, protests in the city—already dampened by pandemic-related controls—have been …