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Smoke blackens the air in America’s north-east
New York’s current air quality is the worst of any big city in the world #press
The great global baby bust is under way
Fertility rates are tailing off sooner than expected #press
England may soon become the world’s best cricket team
Winning the Ashes would propel them past India and Australia #press
Tracking the Ukraine war: where is the latest fighting?
Our satellite view of the conflict, updated daily #press
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Antarctic sea ice has shrunk by an area nine times the size of Britain
Today’s coverage is far below the average between 1981 and 2010. What will be the consequences? #press
Are Canadian cities better than America’s?
EIU’s liveability index has an answer #press
North Korea’s hackers are after intel, not just crypto
The country’s “all-purpose sword” is living up to its name #press
Global temperatures have broken records three times in a week
Are these records falling faster? #press
In drought-stricken Europe, leaky pipes are worsening the problem
Some countries are losing up to 60% of their water supply #press
Could Ukraine’s allies be sending it more weapons?
Its arsenal is still dwarfed by Russia’s #press
Four charts that highlight this summer’s freakish temperatures
Our data team visualises the extreme heat #press
The world’s least liveable cities are starting to improve
The Middle East and Africa remain at the bottom of EIU’s index. But their scores are going up #press
Drug-trafficking networks are expanding into new territories
Track seizures of the illicit cargoes on our map #press
A new study finds that 47,000 Russian combatants have died in Ukraine
The invasion has at least doubled Russia’s total combat losses since 1945 #press
In drought-stricken Europe, leaky pipes are worsening the problem
Some countries are losing up to 60% of their water supply #press
Brexit was wrong, say 57% of British voters
And for the first time, a narrow majority say they would vote to rejoin the EU #press
Data from satellites suggest violence has surged in much of Sudan
Throughout the south and in the capital, the number of fires detected from space is abnormally high #press
The next threat to commodity supplies will be El Niño
The weather phenomenon could ravage Latin American crops #press
China will become less populous, more productive—and more pricey
And GDP parity with America is still decades away #press
Upper legislative houses tend to be biased and malapportioned
Variation in district sizes benefits conservatives, but not in lower chambers #press