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Sunday brunch is the new Friday night
Post-lockdowns, in-person spending has shifted from weekdays to weekends #press
NATO defence spending is rising, but not fast enough
It’s about what you buy as well as how much you spend #press
Disney will cut 7,000 jobs as it restructures its business
The firm is seeking $5.5bn in cost savings #press
Places with high religious participation have fewer deaths of despair
The loss of social capital, as well as opioids, explains rising middle-aged mortality #press
Upper legislative houses tend to be biased and malapportioned
Variation in district sizes benefits conservatives, but not in lower chambers #press
Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter
But was this a result of sound government planning, or good luck? #press
Britons should brace for more travel chaos
Travel demand is closer to its pre-pandemic levels. But transport networks are struggling to keep up #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
America is less dominant in defence spending than you might think
Meanwhile China and Russia are ramping up #press
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
Tracking the Ukraine war: where is the latest fighting?
Our satellite view of the conflict, updated daily #press
https://www.economist.com/interactive/graphic-detail/ukraine-fires?utm_source=press.coop
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
Can America’s stockmarket rally last?
After a surge in the first half of 2023, the second half might not be as cheery #press
Visualising India’s record-breaking rainfall
Climate change and weak flood resilience are making things worse #press
China will become less populous, more productive—and more pricey
And GDP parity with America is still decades away #press
Max Martin knows how to create a number-one hit
One rule for success: get to the catchy vocals as fast as possible #press
The world’s most, and least, affordable cities are in Asia
An EIU survey highlights a region of cost-of-living extremes #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
Latin America is under authoritarian threat
EIU’s democracy index shows the region’s steep decline since 2008 #press
A year of war in Ukraine, in maps
How Russia’s initial advances were reversed #press