A dangerous gap: The markets v the real economy
The world this week
Leaders
A dangerous gap
The market v the real economy
Financial markets have got out of whack with the economy. Something has to give
The new scold war
The pandemic is driving America and China further apart
A relationship long burdened by rivalry and suspicion has fallen into outright hostility
My tweet is your command
Nayib Bukele may want to become Latin America’s first millennial dictator
El Salvador’s young president ignores court orders, bullies lawmakers and brutalises prisoners
High-speed science
Speeding up science during the pandemic
Things ought not to go back to the way they were before
Letters
On children, Mozambique, lockdowns, tracking covid, Japan, Labour, liberty
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
The world after covid-19
Margaret MacMillan on covid-19 as a turning point in history
Briefing
Keeping things cornucopious
The world’s food system has so far weathered the challenge of covid-19
But things could still go awry
Europe
Stop the press
Russia’s leading business paper is being gagged
Uncounted, unseen
Many covid deaths in care homes are unrecorded
Britain
Getting back to work
What will be the new normal for offices?
First orders
How pubs, cinemas and shops will reopen
Scientist and politics
Britain’s government says it is “following the science”. Which science?
Conservative Party
Lockdown is making the Tory party restive
Children at risk
How covid-19 puts vulnerable children in greater danger
Middle East & Africa
From crisis to crisis
Why protesters firebomb banks in Lebanon
Rays of hope
Arab states are embracing solar power
Alternative medicine
Voodoo priests recommend voodoo to stop covid-19
Desperate times call for accurate measures
Lacking data, many African governments make policy in the dark
Pot of gold
African cannabis growers are on a high
United States
Superpowered insults
There is less trust between Washington and Beijing than at any point since 1979
The ninth innings
Steve King, Iowa’s most noxious politician, looks vulnerable
Watchdogs in the doghouse
Donald Trump’s war on inspectors general
Social experiments
ASAP is more important than affirmative action
Lexington
Ode to the shopping mall
The Americas
Hungry house
Nayib Bukele’s power grab in El Salvador
The synonymous crown affair
As cases of coronavirus grow, what about cases of Corona beer?
Asia
Bargain abatement
Vietnam and the Indian state of Kerala curbed covid-19 on the cheap
Bye-bye Nazarbayeva
A Kazakh politician with a pedigree unexpectedly loses her job
Gunmen with thermometers
The Taliban are joining Afghanistan’s fight against covid-19
Blank screen
A Philippine broadcaster is forced off the air
In the doghouse
Thais seem ever less impressed by the army
China
Socialism’s precariat
A slump exposes holes in China’s welfare state
International
Fever when you hold me tight
Casual sex is out, companionship is in
No safe haven
The pandemic may be making domestic abuse worse
Special report
International banking
Geopolitics and technology threaten America’s financial dominance
International currencies
China wants to make the yuan a central-bank favourite
Payment systems
The financial world’s nervous system is being rewired
Business
Reargardère action
The French establishment closes ranks to help Lagardère
Eyeing the sky
Chinese carriers restart their engines
Cruising for a bruising
Parks and resorts powered Disney’s growth. Then came covid-19
The presenteeism premium
Japanese offices struggle to adapt to social distancing
Bartleby
Don’t stand so close to me
Schumpeter
The buoyant oil traders
Finance & economics
Markers marked
Credit-rating agencies are back under the spotlight
Custom of the country
With oil prices depressed, China presides over a buyer’s market
Uppers and downers
A perky stockmarket v a glum economy
Getting on board
Emerging markets launch QE, too
Free exchange
Losses by central banks are nothing to fear
Schools brief
Where nature ends
Humanity’s immense impact on Earth’s climate and carbon cycle
Science & technology
Virology
Covid-19 has many faces
Treating covid-19
Two potential therapies for covid-19 have some effect
Crewed space flight
Another step towards returning people to Earth’s satellite
Culture
After the intermission
When cinemas reopen they will not be the same
Alive in the long run
The enduring legacy of John Maynard Keynes
A kind of freedom
“Conjure Women” is a tale of slavery and its aftermath
Home Entertainment
“Holy Land” and the comforts of suburbia
Home Entertainment
Why and how to bake your way through the lockdown
Economic & financial indicators
Graphic detail
Rallying round the flag
Covid-19 has given most world leaders a temporary rise in popularity
Obituary
A midwestern parable