Why the South American country dominates the sport

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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Reports suggest some are being used to launch drones

Their odd behaviour seems to be a relic of the time of the glaciers

The $100bn facility aims to support up to 30 rocket launches a day

A strong rouble was hurting the budget

But expect them to continue, so long as government debt stays high

His obsessions will prove costly

A new book about Apollo offers a showcase of financial genius and human failure

The social-media colossus will alter the way teens can use its platforms

And makes trouble for the Fed

When federal immigration agents killed Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier this year, most Americans were horrified. Donald Trump responded by firing his border-patrol head and homeland-security adviser. Their replacements have sought to keep…

Its belt-tightening is good micro, but bad macro

They should be scrapped

By trying to change its demographic trajectory, Donald Trump will make his country weaker

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

The barrier serves many goals, but may fail at its most important one

But that is not proving popular. The politics of immigration are changing

A smaller workforce and slower growth