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August 19th 2020
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A coup that was coming

What next for Mali?

Mutinous soldiers have toppled the president. They may have more trouble dealing with protesters and jihadists


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The hydroxychloroquine of energy policy

Drilling in Alaska’s national wildlife refuge makes no sense

Environmentally or economically

Buttonwood

Bubble-hunting has become more art than science

With the usual gauges of frothiness out of action, behavioural signals are all investors have

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How Donald Trump polarised postal voting

The president’s assault on voting by mail has hardened opinion among Republican covid-sceptics

Worlds apart

Changes to China’s hukou system are creating new divides

The rich find it easier to move to big cities; the poor are being pushed towards small ones

Not with a bang

Aung San Suu Kyi has brought Myanmar peace talks, but no peace

Both she herself and the army are to blame

A plague of insects

Why locusts swarm

A new discovery could offer novel ways of controlling the insects

Babbage

Long-haul plight—the lingering medical symptoms caused by covid-19

Our podcast on the science and technology making the news. Also this week: Matt Ridley talks innovation; and, a possible solution to 2020’s other plague: locust swarms

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