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NATO defence spending is rising, but not fast enough
It’s about what you buy as well as how much you spend #press
England may soon become the world’s best cricket team
Winning the Ashes would propel them past India and Australia #press
The great global baby bust is under way
Fertility rates are tailing off sooner than expected #press
Prescription rules for obesity drugs may unfairly exclude non-whites
The relationship between body-mass index and weight-related ailments varies by race #press
Could Ukraine’s allies be sending it more weapons?
Its arsenal is still dwarfed by Russia’s #press
China will become less populous, more productive—and more pricey
And GDP parity with America is still decades away #press
Sunday brunch is the new Friday night
Post-lockdowns, in-person spending has shifted from weekdays to weekends #press
Are Canadian cities better than America’s?
EIU’s liveability index has an answer #press
Are cities in Asia becoming better places to live?
The region is becoming increasingly attractive for expats, according to EIU’s index #press
Turkey sits at the crossroads of tectonic plates as well as civilisations
The recent quake was the first magnitude-seven event on the East Anatolian fault in modern times #press
The Economist’s glass-ceiling index
Our annual measure of the role and influence of women in the workforce #press
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/glass-ceiling-index?utm_source=press.coop
Upper legislative houses tend to be biased and malapportioned
Variation in district sizes benefits conservatives, but not in lower chambers #press
China’s new GDP figures may restore faith in its economy
But it still has deep economic problems to overcome #press
Accounting for flood risk would lower American house prices by $187bn
Unpriced future damages inflate home values the most in rural, inland regions #press
How popular is Joe Biden?
Weekly opinion polls from The Economist and YouGov, tracking Joe Biden's approval ratings and the issues that are most important to voters #press
https://www.economist.com/president-joe-biden-polls?utm_source=press.coop
Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre-covid forecasts
Attributing this increase to covid would make it the fourth-leading cause of death #press
When will China’s GDP overtake America’s?
Recent forecasts have pushed the date further into the future #press
The great global baby bust is under way
Fertility rates are tailing off sooner than expected #press
Perilous migrant crossings of the Mediterranean are rising
But the numbers remain below those of 2015 and 2016 #press
The world’s most liveable cities in 2023
An index by our sister company rates the best, and worst, cities in which to live #press