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Harvesting wheat in Vargany, near Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on Aug. 12

Photograph by Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

Putin Gets a Brief Economic Respite From Mother Nature

Russia's key growth driver in the past quarter was agricultural output

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Latin America

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Europe

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U.S. economy

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White House

The Budget to Fight Islamic State
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Jobs

The Dark Stain on Bangladesh's $1 Billion Leather Export Industry
The country's leather industry, concentrated in the Hazaribagh neighborhood in Dhaka, carries huge costs for workers and residents
Social Media

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China

Hong Kong's Grisly Red-Light District Murders
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Policy

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Latin America

Mexico Needs More Good Cops
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Currencies

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China

Growth Slows, but Xi Is Confident in China's 'New Normal' Economy
China's leaders embrace slower, more sustainable economic growth
Obama Visits Myanmar, a Success Story That Has Soured
Obama returns to the country for the ASEAN summit and finds stagnating reforms
Europe

Ebola: Doctors Without Borders Shows How to Manage a Plague
For months the world's first, best, and sometimes only defense against Ebola has been Médecins Sans Frontières

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Europe

Four Reasons Why Putin Could Be Marching Back Into Ukraine
As Russia's ability to influence events in Ukraine slips, Putin looks to turn up the pressure again
Europe

Ebola: Doctors Without Borders Shows How to Manage a Plague
For months the world's first, best, and sometimes only defense against Ebola has been Médecins Sans Frontières
Obama Visits Myanmar, a Success Story That Has Soured
Obama returns to the country for the ASEAN summit and finds stagnating reforms
Social Media

How Do You Say 'Twerk' in Mandarin?
Jessica Beinecke's Web videos teach Chinese students American slang
China

Hong Kong's Grisly Red-Light District Murders
Illegal Indonesian immigrants are among the city's most vulnerable
Policy

If It's Good Enough for Big Oil …
Carbon pricing may be the fastest way to cut climate-changing emissions. And ExxonMobil, among others, is already practicing it. Will the…
Europe

Putin Gets a Brief Economic Respite From Mother Nature
Russia's key growth driver in the past quarter was agricultural output
Putin Is Losing Out to China in Central Asia's Latest 'Great Game'
China is tying to reestablish the old Silk Road in an updated version that would turn Central Asia into a customer for Chinese goods in exchange…
U.S. economy

2015 Global Economic Outlook: Better Than 2014—but Not By Much
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Energy

OPEC's Colluders Are in a No-Win Situation
Cutting production is unappealing—and so is letting the price of crude oil keep falling
China

Growth Slows, but Xi Is Confident in China's 'New Normal' Economy
China's leaders embrace slower, more sustainable economic growth
U.S. economy

John Maynard Keynes Is the Economist the World Needs Now
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China

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Manufacturing

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Jobs

The Dark Stain on Bangladesh's $1 Billion Leather Export Industry
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Europe

Four Reasons Why Putin Could Be Marching Back Into Ukraine
As Russia's ability to influence events in Ukraine slips, Putin looks to turn up the pressure again
Europe

Ebola: Doctors Without Borders Shows How to Manage a Plague
For months the world's first, best, and sometimes only defense against Ebola has been Médecins Sans Frontières
China

Why the U.S.-China Emissions Pact Could Be a Climate Change Breakthrough
Climate-change experts believe something big happened in Beijing, where Barack Obama and Xi Jinping struck a deal to cut carbon emissions
Energy

OPEC's Colluders Are in a No-Win Situation
Cutting production is unappealing—and so is letting the price of crude oil keep falling
China

China and U.S. Open Door Farther to Tourists, Students, Businesspeople
Students from each country will be given five-year visas, and business visas will be good for a decade
Manufacturing

India vs. China: The Battle for Global Manufacturing
The Modi government is stressing manufacturing as a way up for India
U.S. economy

2015 Global Economic Outlook: Better Than 2014—but Not By Much
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China

In China-U.S. Climate Pact, Hope for Global Talks and Evidence of China's Shift
A surprisingly ambitious agreement is reached between the world’s biggest and second-largest carbon emitters: China and the U.S., respectively
Policy

If It's Good Enough for Big Oil …
Carbon pricing may be the fastest way to cut climate-changing emissions. And ExxonMobil, among others, is already practicing it. Will the…
U.S. economy

John Maynard Keynes Is the Economist the World Needs Now
What the British economist is still telling us about recessions
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Obama returns to the country for the ASEAN summit and finds stagnating reforms
Africa

Kenya, Nigeria, and Africa's New Hope for Growth
Ebola has devastated a small part of Africa. Investors are still bullish
Energy

Oil Prices Fall, and the Global Economy Wins
Lower oil prices will transfer economic growth from oil producers to consumers
Energy

U.S. Natural Gas Exports Will Fire Up in 2015
Cheniere will finish its $12 billion LNG export terminal in 2015 and begin sending cheap natural gas to Europe and Asia
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China is tying to reestablish the old Silk Road in an updated version that would turn Central Asia into a customer for Chinese goods in exchange…

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Europe

Four Reasons Why Putin Could Be Marching Back Into Ukraine
As Russia's ability to influence events in Ukraine slips, Putin looks to turn up the pressure again
China

Why the U.S.-China Emissions Pact Could Be a Climate Change Breakthrough
Climate-change experts believe something big happened in Beijing, where Barack Obama and Xi Jinping struck a deal to cut carbon emissions
Energy

OPEC's Colluders Are in a No-Win Situation
Cutting production is unappealing—and so is letting the price of crude oil keep falling
Health

Why the Fracking Boom Probably Won’t Slow Global Warming
The analysts who have assumed that surging shale gas usage will also be a boon for curbing climate change are likely wrong
China

In China-U.S. Climate Pact, Hope for Global Talks and Evidence of China's Shift
A surprisingly ambitious agreement is reached between the world’s biggest and second-largest carbon emitters: China and the U.S., respectively
Manufacturing

India vs. China: The Battle for Global Manufacturing
The Modi government is stressing manufacturing as a way up for India
Europe

Ebola: Doctors Without Borders Shows How to Manage a Plague
For months the world's first, best, and sometimes only defense against Ebola has been Médecins Sans Frontières
U.S. economy

The U.S. Economy Needs China. And Japan. And Nigeria. And El Salvador
Exports' share of output has almost tripled since the 1960s
Energy

Do We Still Need to Ban U.S. Oil Exports?
Larry Summers and Ed Markey debate whether to lift the ban on U.S. oil exports imposed by Congress in 1975
Energy

Imelda Marcos Has an $829 Billion Idea
Her new passion is an obscure isotope that could be the missing piece in the clean-energy puzzle
Does More Education Lead to Less Religion?
A new paper suggests that's the case, but recent global values research suggests it's not that simple
Jobs

The Dark Stain on Bangladesh's $1 Billion Leather Export Industry
The country's leather industry, concentrated in the Hazaribagh neighborhood in Dhaka, carries huge costs for workers and residents
Europe

Putin Gets a Brief Economic Respite From Mother Nature
Russia's key growth driver in the past quarter was agricultural output
Economy

Wharton MBAs on Entering 2009's Bleak Job Market
Six grads look at the paths their careers took
India

Nouriel Roubini: Indian Tortoise Will Soon Pass Chinese Hare
The economist who made his name by warning about the financial crisis now sees a chance for India to surpass China in growth—provided the South…