A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
But the hard-right could still fall short of forming a government in Saxony-Anhalt
Central banks are raising interest rates again
Chinese scholarship on India has grown in breadth but not depth
Competing water uses in the American West are getting harder to manage
Shashank Joshi, our Washington bureau chief, on why the backlash against data centres is misguided
The untold story of Nigeria’s defiant voice of democracy
And a blow to Germany’s co-operative model of industrial relations
Initial effects of the technology on employment look positive
Its business is booming as consumers look to take charge of their health
Blueness may be less important than brightness
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