Hardly anyone believes the European Central Bank is serious about hitting its inflation target of "below, but close to, 2%" https://t.co/gLR61nqAAc

A new proposal from the European Commission could see refugees distributed across the EU. But not all countries are willing to accept the scheme https://t.co/ZUKhSIk97F

On our “Babbage” podcast, @ByHesterA talks to @natashaloder about Rosalind Franklin’s inspirational story https://t.co/BtyWjJI4hy https://t.co/YZ4xT30Dgd

Cash-strapped Greece has largely given up on buying high-end French frigates or destroyers, opting for smaller and cheaper British corvettes instead https://t.co/bOF2HNvQis

China's uneven recovery points to a longer-term problem: the lack of a social safety-net https://t.co/6yNMOPpR7d

Chris Corbin and Jeremy King know why people go to restaurants. Hint: it’s not about the food https://t.co/DkMpWMl8W4 From @1843mag

In 2010 about 5% of the world’s emissions were covered by a carbon price. Today, that figure is over 15% https://t.co/lb7j4eKvad

On “The Economist Asks” podcast @David_Cameron, Britain’s former prime minister, talks to @AnneMcElvoy about Boris Johnson’s handling of Brexit and covid-19 https://t.co/vHDDDEDdN5

“The New Map” breezily takes the reader through the developments of the past few decades in the oil business and energy in general https://t.co/b0LwoXyNjP

Amy Coney Barrett, the leading contender for Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat, is in many ways the jurisprudential inverse of the woman she may replace https://t.co/uxjNQYFfVF

Britain’s government is to launch a public consultation on whether access to at-home abortions should be made permanent https://t.co/vXcdAx3pVX

Designed to bolster America’s defence in the wake of the September 11th attacks, the Department of Homeland Security is America’s largest federal law-enforcement agency https://t.co/o8uyiNTG0u

As its impact becomes clearer, companies have to take climate change more seriously https://t.co/a4iZ1qmuSZ

Even with the darkest prospects in decades looming over India’s 1.3bn people, its TV news channels have recently focused instead on the private lives of a clutch of stars https://t.co/bsMm3DLYIm

In the officially sanctioned narrative Li Wenliang, a doctor who was harassed by Chinese police for sounding the alarm about covid-19 before his death, is now a fallen patriot https://t.co/EkXZRFddXv

It is not known how the Pantanal’s thousands of species will recover from the fires, but there are likely to be long-term impacts https://t.co/5kGhr5v4Ox

Advocates of a four-day working week say it would improve people's quality of life https://t.co/o5HvwI0f39 https://t.co/iMVgYmnU9U

“Actually breaching international law by passing an Act of Parliament in this way should be a last resort and not a first thought.” @David_Cameron considers Britain’s Brexit negotiations on “The Economist Asks” podcast https://t.co/Io1u0EpezG

“Wagnerism”, a new book, is more than either a prosecutor's brief or a case for the defence https://t.co/szpygg23XO

Colombia is the only democracy in which all the police are controlled by the defence ministry https://t.co/ZBZIXKKWX3