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High stakes
India and China square up on their Himalayan border

Reports of Chinese incursions into India raise tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours
 
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Eastern Europe’s covid-19 recession could match its post-communist one

The whole EU faces a downturn, but the east is especially fragile
 
 
Bartleby
Zoomers, zeros and Gen Z

The pandemic has widened two divides in the labour market
 
 
Daily chart
Why Africa struggles to test for covid-19

The continent is at the back of the global queue for diagnostic ingredients
 
 
Betting on black
Nothing can shake AMLO’s fossil-fuel fixation

Mexico’s president is thwarting the development of renewable energy
 
 
Squad goals
Donald Trump’s favourite freshmen face primaries

Some high-profile left-wing House members are drawing challenges from the centre
 
 
Pro-choice v pro-life
A new documentary looks at how Roe v Wade affected Norma McCorvey

The plaintiff in the landmark American abortion case claims she was paid by the pro-life movement to switch camps
 
 
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