The Economist Continental Europe Edition – August 17, 2019

58 Finance & economics The EconomistAugust 17th 2019 I n parts ofSri Lanka’s north and east, some women keep track of their ...

The EconomistAugust 17th 2019 Finance & economics 59 “T here is nolonger any need for the United States to compete with one ...

60 TheEconomistAugust 17th 2019 1 P owered byadvances in artificial intelli- gence (ai), face-recognition systems are spreading ...

The EconomistAugust 17th 2019 Science & technology 61 2 is still clearly a face. But a computer—or, at least, the specific a ...

62 Science & technology The EconomistAugust 17th 2019 L eopardsealsresembletheirterres- trialnamesakesintwoways.They havepol ...

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64 TheEconomistAugust 17th 2019 1 A seriesofcomicthrillersaboutfailed spiesmayseemanunlikelysourceof insightintomodernBritain.An ...

The EconomistAugust 17th 2019 Books & arts 65 2 1 schoolboys all—upholding the values of imperial England by dint of superio ...

66 Books & arts The EconomistAugust 17th 2019 2 on one more day...that might have given the two leaders time to build their ...

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70 The EconomistAugust 17th 2019 S he did not look away. When Toni Morrison’s clear imagining gaze met uncomfortable things, she ...

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