The Economist's John Fastman and Jason Palmer report on the latest in world affairs. California wildfires are creating emissions that easily offset any of its green policies. Chinese citizens have had enough of their country's zero-COVID policies. And British lads do seem to be changing with the times.
Protests have become as bold as they are widespread—mostly against the country’s unsustainable zero-covid policies, but increasingly against the ruling regime itself. California’s wildfires have been growing more intense, and a new analysis shows just how much those blazes undo the good work of the state’s green policies. And a look at the evolution of the Great British Lad.
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