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In the security realm, Japan sees no real alternative to its reliance on American protectionhttps://econ.st/2O2v8wu 

Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right congressman who currently leads all eligible candidates in polls for Brazil’s presidential election, was attacked at a campaign rallyhttps://econ.st/2O146ps 

A teenager’s plan to trawl for plastic in the north Pacific gets under wayhttps://econ.st/2Qi8LVF 

In Australia, among nine prime ministers who held office from 1949 to 1991, none was a seriously observant Christian. Now it is the political class that seems disproportionately faithfulhttps://econ.st/2Qc8S4S 

The materials needed to make this version of a bubble-CPAP ventilator costs a mere $1.25https://econ.st/2MYAaxX 

Schumpeter has "stress-tested" the financial strength of global smartphone supply chainshttps://econ.st/2N0rirw 

In the free-fall of orbit, it is possible to make longer optical fibre cables without impuritieshttps://econ.st/2wQtxCF 

As e-commerce from China to America has grown, so have demands to reform the international postal systemhttps://econ.st/2QaNblE 

The British government's emphatic support for fintech does not guarantee the industry's smooth sailinghttps://econ.st/2MXfuGr 

Britain's main parties are led by two of the most unimpressive leaders in recent historyhttps://econ.st/2MYFzor 

ING and Danske Bank are in the spotlight for their handling of dirty moneyhttps://econ.st/2QalJEB 

Lawmakers are beginning to think that platforms should have responsibility for the content they carryhttps://econ.st/2MW2P6z 

A Jewish businessman, a Nazi and an American official share a househttps://econ.st/2MRDIlx 

The PSDB has failed to channel public rage or articulate a clear political alternative. Many voters have turned to Jair Bolsonarohttps://econ.st/2wLuGLT 

Whether meddling in Crimea, America or Britain, Russia relies on plausible deniability. There is not much plausibility lefthttps://econ.st/2wIWUH3 

Affirmative action is not always necessary, or the best way to achieve equal representation. But it is the quickest, argues @LewsIwu #OpenFuturehttps://econ.st/2CuCGqK 

A study found that the Canadian economy would contract by 2.2% if NAFTA were to disappearhttps://econ.st/2wLqY51 

Despite the risk of losing NAFTA, dairy farmers are determined to keep their supply management system or demand compensationhttps://econ.st/2Qb0H99