The coronavirus leaves millions of its victims struggling for months to recover from its debilitating impact so they can return to their productive lives.
Shock after shock is buffeting the world economic outlook, forcing another big cut to IMF growth forecasts, after a big downgrade in April.
A new wave of covid infections is spreading in Europe, the US and Japan, forcing reassessment of what 'living with' the virus means.
US democracy is sickly and only the Democratic party is positioned to save it, argues The Economist, but first it needs to ditch fringe progressivism that is a turn-off for middle-of-the-road voters.