Irish unification is becoming likelier The world this week Politics this week Business this week Kals cartoon Leaders Irish unification is becoming likelier Angela merkel should quit soon How chinas coronavirus epidemic could hurt the world economy Why the senate should reject judy sheltons nomination to the fed The cost of buying and selling homes is too high Letters Letters to the editor Briefing Brexit and sinn feins success boost talk of irish unification Asia Why the philippines is the only country where divorce is illegal The philippines tears up a defence pact with america An ethnically motivated attack alarms multi ethnic kazakhstan Indias ruling party receives a drubbing in delhi Indonesias government wants to get on with china in private United States Immigration to america is down wages are up Acquittal has emboldened donald trump Is pete buttigieg doing well or badly Donald trump loosens americas restrictions on landmines American drinkers of european wine face mounting tariff bills Mike bloombergs very expensive moment China Chinas official holiday ends but not the woes of its firms Xi jinping sends in the hard men to deal with the wuhan virus Li wenliangs death exposes the costs of chinas authoritarianism The Americas Canada ponders a federal programme for pharmaceuticals El salvadors president summons the army to bully congress What is peronism Middle East & Africa Why the united nations cannot end wars in the arab world Qatar the gulf emirate famed for openness is silencing critics Secular israelis on buses strike a blow for religious freedom One law for the mighty in kenya Omar al bashir sudans ex dictator could at last face justice Europe Angela merkels presumed successor quits as party boss Albin kurtis new start in kosovo How russian show trials expose imaginary plots The struggle to give brittany its own emoji Make europe boring again Britain Atonement and forgiveness in belfast Ripping into the rip off merchants Rishi sunak is britains new chancellor of the exchequer Oxford university restores maasai artefacts Why britains conservative government is shifting leftward Why trend growth is collapsing in britain Why britains public conveniences are anything but The paradox of britains buses The perils of lennonism International Chinas neighbours are rushing to contain the spread of the new coronavirus The new coronavirus could have a lasting impact on global supply chains Business The battle for the middle eastern arms market is heating up Burger kings owner tries to regain its sizzle Admen have a clever new way to trick sports fans Elliott management guns for softbank Youngsters job preferences and prospects are mismatched Chinese management schools are thriving American state capitalism will not beat china at 5g Finance & economics Technology is poised to upend americas property market The imf undergoes structural reform The world bank loses another chief economist Companies are tying their loans to measures of do goodery African countries like their currencies strong Looking at the world through the eyes of options traders Wage gains for low earners have helped sustain americas economic expansion Science & technology People leave molecular wakes that may give away their secrets Energy related emissions of carbon dioxide have stabilised for now Fish like people must pay for their accommodation A new spacecraft will examine the sun close up Books & arts Why an excess of democracy can lead to poor decisions The oscars triumph of parasite The original sins of grammarians still plague the rulebooks Tom stoppards haunting new play about the holocaust Economic and financial indicators Economic data commodities and markets Graphic detail Analysts stock recommendations are coloured by their cultural biases Obituary Li wenliang died on february 7th
