Leaders
The colours of terror
The world should not ignore systematic torture in Belarus
Having stolen an election, the regime is brutalising those who object
Towards a better nuclear deal
Joe Biden should drive a hard bargain with Iran
He has leverage. He should use it
Uneasy lies the head of production
Does it matter if “The Crown” fictionalises reality?
It is more truthful than the story the royals sold
Letters
On Afghanistan, diplomats, Hong Kong, the Democrats, the colour black, hipsters
Letters to the editor
Briefing
Europe
Picking up the pieces
Turkey recovers from one earthquake and braces for more
A new country struggles to be born
An interview with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Belarus’s leader in exile
On the Chopin block
Thierry Baudet, a populist prodigy, blows up the party he created
Charlemagne
To ski or not to ski?
Britain
Health care
How covid-19 unleashed the NHS
EU-UK negotiations
Brexit talks inch towards a last-minute deal—but it is not done yet
Digital defence
Britain assembles a new cyber force of soldiers and spies
Covid-19 and employment
The fates of Arcadia and Debenhams point to retail’s huge problem
Middle East & Africa
Back to the future
Joe Biden wants to re-enter the nuclear deal with Iran
Victory, defeat and confusion
In Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed has won the battle but not the war
Death in a rice field
Why 78 Nigerian farmers were murdered
United States
You must believe in spring
America’s economic recovery no longer looks so strong
With the lead piping
Millions of Americans still get their drinking water from lead pipes
Shadow business
America’s intelligence agencies prepare for life after Trump
Lexington
Jake Sullivan to the rescue
The Americas
The art of dissent
The Movimiento San Isidro challenges Cuba’s regime
Reluctant revolution
Oil-rich Alberta seeks ways to go green
Asia
Compounding inequality
India’s super-rich are getting much richer
Hungry ungulates
A crash in tourism leaves Japanese deer ravenous for treats
China
Great white hulls
A new law would unshackle China’s coastguard, far from its coast
Where the party wants him
Joshua Wong is jailed
Lantau Tomorrow Vision
Hong Kong’s big housing plan faces little resistance
International
Business
Health care and technology
The dawn of digital medicine
Malls’ last stand
The surprising resilience of American restaurant chains
In the hot seat
Volkswagen’s boss takes on the unions
Exchange-traded fiends
Congress wants to boot Chinese firms from American exchanges
Business software
Salesforce gets some Slack
Accommodating climate
How China’s Jin Jiang and Huazhu put Marriott and Hilton to shame
Schumpeter
Nestlé gives a flavour of the future
Finance & economics
Metamorphosis
How Ping An, an insurer, became a fintech super-app
Presidential picks
Joe Biden’s choice of economic advisers signals his priorities
Buttonwood
Should you buy European shares?
Dramatic disconnect
Despite a weak economy, India’s stockmarket is at record highs
Science & technology
The shape of things to come
How do proteins fold?
The Starship SN8
Elon Musk’s latest adventure
The ones that got away
A device called Nemo will shed light on small-scale fisherfolk
An injection of urgency
Britain becomes the first country to license a fully tested covid-19 vaccine
Culture
Economic & financial indicators
Graphic detail
Obituary
A boy and a ball