The Economist UK - 07.09.2019

40 United States The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 I n the shadowof the Rocky Mountains, at Peterson air force base in Colorado Sp ...

The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 United States 41 A fghans often celebrate auspicious events with volleys of gunfire. The Taliban ...

42 The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 1 I t was athrowback to the bad old days. In a 32-minute video released on August 29th Iván M ...

The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 The Americas 43 2 1 government. In April, according to Colom- bian military intelligence, Mr Már ...

44 The Americas The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 2 Bello Will the “pink tide” return? F our yearsago the unexpected victory of Ma ...

The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 45 1 A year agoPresident Filipe Nyusi of Mo- zambique went to the Vatican and an- nounced triump ...

46 Middle East & Africa The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 2 from the Boko Haram terrorist group, part of which is aligned with ...

The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 Middle East & Africa 47 I t is easyto spot the Jewish and Arab neighbourhoods in Ramle, one ...

48 The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 1 R igid andaustere, King Chulalongkorn, the fifth monarch of Thailand’s Chakri dynasty, gaze ...

The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 Asia 49 2 was not purely a show of grace and favour: she had to complete gruelling training with ...

50 Asia The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 1 N o australian governmentwants to look weak on “border security”. Since 2001, when Joh ...

The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 Asia 51 2 Banyan Forward to the past T he front-runnerin Sri Lanka’s presidential election in No ...

52 The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 1 D uring thepast nearly three months of popular unrest in Hong Kong, unprece- dented in size ...

The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 China 53 2 “P lease don’ttake it as a propaganda movie,” urges an employee from the Chinese ente ...

54 China The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 T wo decadesago there were no gay men in China. That, at least, was the claim of a seni ...

The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 55 1 N ine yearsago Selina Akter was in a sorry state. She had eloped and gone to live with her ...

56 International The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 2 single largest source of grants, a “strategic partnership” with the governmen ...

The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 57 1 S omebody lessdriven than Tom Siebel would have long since thrown in the towel. In 2006 the ...

58 Business The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 2 1 6.2bn man-hours globally. A survey by McKinsey last year estimated that aiana- l ...

The EconomistSeptember 7th 2019 Business 59 2 Bartleby The long and winding career Economist.com/blogs/bartleby A cross thedevel ...