The world in brief

In today's edition: Zelensky addresses Davos, America's debt-ceiling madness and Ronaldo meets Messi in Saudi Arabia

Speculators swatted

As the Bank of Japan defies speculators, potential costs mount. The bank's difficult decisions are not going away

• speculator: 투기자, 투기꾼
• swat: 찰싹 때리다

Danger zone

The loss of Ukraine's interior minister and much of his top staff in a helicopter crash is a heavy blow to the country's government

The tank runs dry

Jacinda Arden pulled her party out of the doldrums in New Zealand. Her successor might be lucky just to limp back into office

• doldrum: 열대 무풍대, 무풍 상태
• limp: 기운 없는, 축 처진; 다리를 절다; 느릿느릿 나아가다

<Reference: Economist>