The Economist
Also: The bond market sell-off is helping the dollar
Workers in a lab at The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East
Infectious rumours
The plague may have escaped from a lab in Siberia
Russian secrecy means it is unclear how grave the threat is
Pedestrians gather near the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange after the opening bell on Wall Street, New York City, USA.
The dollar smirk
The bond market sell-off is helping the dollar
But the strength of the greenback is not as reliable as in the past
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) and France's President Emmanuel Macron enter the room to attend a plenary session of the 26th German-French cabinet at Augustusburg castle in Bruehl, western Germany, on July 17, 2026.
A European kill switch
Germany and France want EU storm gates for China’s trade surge
A bold joint letter suggests confrontation looms
Illustration of a a group of people, old and young with flags of China.
Chaguan
Fifty years after the Cultural Revolution, China won’t talk about it
Keeping silent about the awful decade may not bury it
Screen displaying portraits of (L-R) US scientist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel during the announcement of the winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Nobel prizes
The Nobel for medicine goes to lighting up the brain
Inventors of optogenetics get the gong