The world in brief

In today's edition: America hits the debt ceiling, a showdown over tanks to Ukraine and China's economy enters a new year

• showdown: 마지막 결전

Recap for trouble

A flawed democracy could tip into full-blown autocracy. Turkey is on the brink of disaster under its increasingly erratic president

• autocracy: 전제 정치; 독재 국가
• erratic: 불규칙한, 변덕스러운

Flashing red

Excess deaths are soaring across the rich world as health-care systems wobble. The miserable winter offers lessons for the future

• wobble: 흔들리다; 흔들림

<Reference: Economist>