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Reading room

How many books will you read before you die?

And tips for choosing the best ones

Twitter tracker

Has Twitter (now X) become more right-wing?

Our analysis of the platform’s political centre of gravity

Big movers

Why are cities in Latin America getting more expensive?

In this year’s cost-of-living index they rose by an average of 13 places

Rich list

The world’s richest countries in 2023

Our ranking compares economies in three different ways

Back again

Which city is the cheapest in the world?

The cost of living there is a little over a tenth of what it is in New York

Southern dynamo

How the Mediterranean could become a green-energy powerhouse

And what could hold it back

Homeward, bound

China is sending escapers back to North Korea

And probably to their doom

The dwindling arsenal of democracy

The Senate blocked aid for Ukraine. Now what?

Arms supplies are dwindling as America and Europe grow weary of Ukraine’s long war

Steep rise

How Europe’s cities stack up in the cost-of-living index

The region is home to some of this year’s biggest climbers

Burning issue

What happens when it is too hot to work?

Heat hurts both human health and economies

The dwindling arsenal of democracy

America’s political paralysis is complicating its support for Ukraine

Another congressional vote will highlight the problem

Cost of living

These are the most expensive cities in North America

For living on the cheap, go to Canada