Colson Whitehead’s searing new novel https://t.co/1s3bU0kNqf

Some of China’s apparent economic strength is transient. Car sales and the property sector look set to soften https://t.co/NNS2WsVY6L

Why everybody is concerned about corporate-bond liquidity https://t.co/JrjogguL2t

With tenacity and torture, Venezuela’s awful regime is hanging on https://t.co/OWcNl6wo5B

Roughly 45,000 people are currently being detained by America’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency https://t.co/UnHTq4S1gI

America’s expansion is now the longest on record https://t.co/T67lh0TCQr

A team of chemists are searching for a new red pigment https://t.co/ig9KiwmKpC

Myanmar’s countryside is emptying and its cities bursting https://t.co/yWBDQeHhzX

America mulls regulating facial recognition https://t.co/YFVXmEuD6E

Like many of the schemes of India’s ruling BJP, the hunt for illegal immigrants in Assam is openly anti-Muslim https://t.co/d40OsmZGw5

Britain humbled after Donald Trump pushes out its ambassador https://t.co/te0e907liR

India’s magnificent stepwells are relics of a nuanced history https://t.co/aZG99yZVZq

How the Houston Rockets use data analytics to give them a winning edge in the NBA https://t.co/38KnZDOBVi

The absurd language used by job adverts https://t.co/18Drg94xLL

Britain’s four-party politics looks like a lottery https://t.co/B3HG7ZwHPU

Why writing with a pencil is better than with a pen https://t.co/um5bYQ43Tj From @1843mag

Exchange rates move rapidly, but prices are sticky. In the Big Mac index, both matter https://t.co/fDZUxy05vY

Women in Germany no longer have to choose between jobs and motherhood https://t.co/odYB1ND4me

“There’s a permanent sense that an established life could be vaporised.” @JohnPrideaux explains the immigration raids that weren’t, on “The Intelligence” https://t.co/fTdozRmmzJ

Ever wondered what water molecules would sound like if you broke them down and assigned each component a musical note? Listen to “molecular music” in this week’s “Babbage” https://t.co/0tHXcQlj8T https://t.co/kNgpYZ80PT