From: The Economist today - Wednesday Jul 15, 2020 10:27 pm
   
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Invisible men
How objectivity in journalism became a matter of opinion

In America, political and commercial strains have led to questions about its value and meaning
 
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Siberia’s heatwave would not have happened without climate change

Few extreme weather events can be wholly pinned on greenhouse-gas emissions. This one can
 
 
Chaguan
A Sino-American bond, forged by Chinese students, is in peril

Plummeting Chinese demand for a US education will undermine American soft power
 
 
Daily chart
How big is China’s economy? Let the Big Mac decide

Our index reckons China’s economy is bigger than the World Bank thinks
 
 
Free to read | Covid-19 data
Tracking covid-19 excess deaths across countries

In many parts of the world, official death tolls undercount the total number of fatalities
 
 
Interview: Cory Booker
“Making real the ideals of our country”

Cory Booker, a Democratic senator from New Jersey, on racial justice, fixing racial income inequality—and optimism
 
 
Every day the same
During the pandemic, time-loop films have become irresistibly apposite

“Palm Springs”, a new romantic comedy, has arrived at the right time
 
 
Babbage
Something in the air—what is known about covid-19 transmission?

Our podcast on the science and technology making the news. Also this week: fixing American healthcare, and how luminescence can reveal archaeological secrets
 
 
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