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Failing to collect data about women is no trivial offence

As data informs the way we design our world — from infrastructure to medical research —, the ‘gender data gap’ can become a matter of life or death

By Anja Papenfuss

Reuters

Social democracy

Global vaccination VI

Chile, the United States and Denmark are their continent's leaders in the vaccination campaign against Covid-19. How did they do it?

By Simone Reperger , Knut Dethlefsen , Philipp Fink

Reuters

International relations

A new era for the WTO?

Many Global South countries have been deeply disappointed by the crisis-stricken WTO. Its new director-general, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, hopes to fix it

By Yvonne Bartmann

Reuters

Human rights

'More justice for workers worldwide'

Germany's binding legislation on human rights in supply chains is breaking new ground. An interview with German Minister of Labour Hubertus Heil

By Hubertus Heil

Reuters

Social democracy

Global vaccination V

Cuba's vaccine is almost ready — and will be offered to tourists. Turkey's campaign progresses quickly, while Kenya suffers from the global shortage

By Yesko Quiroga , Bastian Schulz , Felix Schmidt

Reuters

International relations

Europe’s ambitious parochialism

While the EU's response to Covid-19 expresses solidarity within Europe, it's falling short of delivering international solidarity

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

Social democracy

Bitcoin lacks a unique selling proposition

Bitcoin’s Achilles heel is that it could be easily replaced by the around 8,000 other cryptocurrencies

By Peter Bofinger

Reuters

International relations

We need raw material diplomacy, not conflict

Trade in valuable minerals often fuels violent conflicts. The EU's new approach to raw material diplomacy could change that

By Günther Maihold

Reuters

International relations

How we can reach transatlantic agreement on Nord Stream 2

The dispute about gas imports from the east is neither new nor insoluble. The new US Secretary of State Blinken already mapped out a solution in 1987

By Nils Schmid

Reuters

Social democracy

Global vaccination IV

Global vaccine fatigue is talking hold — before vaccinations have even started. Dispatches from Hungary, Senegal and Japan

By Beate Martin , Thomas Mättig , Sven Saaler