The Economist UK - 31.08.2019

40 The Americas The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 2 Bello Playing with fire P ictures of firesraging in the rain- forest. A social-m ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 41 1 A n explosion andsubsequent fire in the early hours of August 25th in Bei- rut’s Dahiye neigh ...

42 Middle East & Africa The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 2 the Palestinian Islamist movement in Gaza. Ties between them were cu ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 Middle East & Africa 43 T here is areason that men with ma- chetes keep killing people in Cong ...

44 Middle East & Africa The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 “E lephants excite most children,” says Timex Moalosi, the chief of Sa ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 45 1 O rder a glassof Asahi lager in a pub in Seoul these days and chances are the bartender will ...

46 Asia The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 2 tions have yet to bite, too. Japan continues to authorise exports. The red tape generat- ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 Asia 47 1 F or a septuagenarianmember of In- dia’s somnolent upper house, five years out of govern ...

48 Asia The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 2 Banyan Wars without end T wo yearsago ethnic cleansing by the army forced 700,000 Muslim ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 49 1 T here wasno violence and there were no victims, unless you count the crick- ets, which rushe ...

50 China The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 2 Red Cross and programmes to help the el- derly and poor. Players who win over 10,000 yu ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 China 51 A t the peakof Kublai Khan’s empire-building career, his repu- tation for ferocity was su ...

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The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 53 1 T he doctor was blunt with Hannah Deacon, the mother of an epileptic boy. He told her that sh ...

54 International The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 2 grown and used illicit drug. In 2017 it was produced in almost every country on ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 55 1 I n 2015 richard sackler, from the bil- lionaire family that controls Purdue Pharma, was depo ...

56 Business The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 2 1 Walmart and Walgreens. All the companies deny wrongdoing. Mr Maris’s theory was bo ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 Business 57 2 Bartleby Juggling act Economist.com/blogs/bartleby A irport bookshops teem with guid ...

58 Business The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 T hirty kilometresoff the coast of Den- mark, in the dark, churning North Sea, 91 whit ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 Business 59 F or a classof businessman that has been out of fashion for hundreds of years, the wor ...