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• Discord erupts in Nigel Farage's Reform UK
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• Italy Supports Saudi Arabia Joining Fighter-Jet Program, PM Meloni Says
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• Bitterly divided cardinals retreat for conclave to elect new pope
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• Amid turmoil, a fearful Germany goes to the polls
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• Colombia's leftist president is flailing
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• China's new GDP figures may restore faith in its economy
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• The sea is swallowing an African island
• A by-election loss puts Justin Trudeau on the ropes
• Is this a new age of warrior Japan?
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• A death, an illness, and an uncertain Middle East
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• A broken system needs urgent repairs
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• China's push to create a single national identity
• China's government is badgering women to have babies
• U.S. and Chinese officials will meet in Geneva in first sign of thaw in trade war
• Will the West betray or save anti-Putin protesters in Georgia?
• France is confronting its history in Algeria
• One of Assad's mass graves is found, with as many as 100,000 bodies
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• After 50 years, the Residents are still on the road
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• Blighty newsletter: Is Britain going cold on America?
• Protests are the last thing keeping Turkey's democracy alive
• Can dealmaking save Intel?
• What Florida can teach America
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• The slow death of a Labour buzzword
• Trump's Tariffs Have Set Up a Trap for Mike Johnson and John Thune
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• The success of Ivory Coast is Africa's best-kept secret
• Iran's electronic confrontation with Israel
• An advocate of sustainable capitalism explains how it's done
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• Indonesia's macho new leader is no "cuddly grandpa"
• Just inside Lebanon, Israeli soldiers debate how far to go
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• Don't be fooled by America's "new" supply chains
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• New batteries are stretchable enough to wear against the skin
• Britain's nuclear-test veterans want compensation
• Labour's credibility trap
• Singapore has achieved astounding economic success
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• Microsoft introduces agent for AI-powered settings controls in Copilot+ PCs
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• The bad side-effects of China's campaign to cut drug costs
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• Ships crash in the North Sea
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• War and climate change are overwhelming Somalia
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• Obituary: Richard Booth died on August 20th
• Did Donald Trump wilfully defy a court order?
• After decades of decline, Poland's population seems to be increasing
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• A landslip in Hong Kong fuels resentment of the rich
• Is the era of the mega-deal over?
• Another attack on a Japanese local points to a big problem in China
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• Ron Galella, the original paparazzo, died on April 30th, aged 91
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• The "Venice of Africa" is sinking into the sea
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• Electing top judges has been a disaster in Bolivia
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• Joseph Lowery died on March 27th
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• South Korea's unrepentant president is on the brink
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• A missile test by China marks its growing nuclear ambitions
• Can big food adapt to healthier diets?
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• Justin Trudeau steps down, leaving a wrecked party and a divided Canada
• Sammy Basso led research into his own rare disease
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• How means conquered ends
• Hal Willner died on April 7th
• China's $38,000 baby formula
• Millions of Chinese have embraced skiing
• Erdogan arrests the candidate who could beat him
• What does the Australian submarine deal mean for non-proliferation?
• Which will grow faster: India or Indonesia?
• How China sees Gaza
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• Edible rats are China's latest live-streaming stars
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• Have Israel's far-right religious nationalists peaked?
• The US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold a medical ban affecting trans youth
• Friedrich Merz Has a Tough Job as Germany's Chancellor. It Just Got Tougher.
• Peter Brook saw acting as an uncompromising search for truth
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• When central banks issue digital money
• The Guardian relaunches app and updates homepage design
• India's attempt to save the tiger has been a remarkable success
• Places claiming to be centenarian hotspots may just have bad data
• 'Climate change is real': devastating wildfire photography – in pictures
• Why the hard-right Herbert Kickl is unlikely to be Austria's next chancellor
• The next American president will be a China hawk
• The disappearance of China's defence minister raises big questions
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• Turkey is trying to deport Syrian refugees back to a war zone
• The plasma trade is becoming ever-more hypocritical
• How dangerous would Asian security be without America?
• Britain's family courts are opening up to reporters
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• Why chocolate is becoming much more expensive
• Xi Jinping is trying to love-bomb China's entrepreneurs
• The War Room: Is an India-Pakistan war coming?
• How vulnerable is Israel to sanctions?
• Why Britain's police forces have taken to cultivating cannabis
• Andrés Manuel López Obrador puts his stamp on Mexico's schools
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• The Senate blocked aid for Ukraine. Now what?
• The US-Russia dogfight to sell India fighter jets
• Can bonds keep beating stocks?
• Britain's Conservatives adopt the bad habits of the Labour left
• Danger in Donbas as Ukraine's front line falters
• Who works where, doing what, in China
• New Zealand's biggest pivot since the 1980s
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• Why does America have birthright citizenship?
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• Why are Remainers so weak in post-Brexit Britain?
• Array Collective, a group from Belfast, wins the Turner prize
• Turkey is still just a democracy, but it is not certain to remain that way
• Why a new art gallery in Bangalore is important for Indian science
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• The war in Ukraine has rattled both sides of Cyprus
• Britain's new government may cut the number of Channel crossings
• Plunging fertility rates are creating problems for Latin America
• Donald Trump returns to New York for a bombastic closing pitch
• As the death penalty becomes less common, life imprisonment becomes more so
• Suicide rates for girls are rising. Are smartphones to blame?
• Human diets are becoming less diverse, a new book warns
• Climate change is making the monsoon more dangerous
• A palatial museum of Edvard Munch's art opens in Oslo
• Israel's judge in The Hague is its government's bogeyman
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• Myanmar's junta takes advantage of a devastating earthquake
• The death of Pope Benedict removes a problem for liberal Catholics
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• What is the future of British hospitals?
• Turkey's long hard struggle with inflation
• Trump's Energy Secretary Baselessly Blames Spain's Power Outage on Renewables
• Iran bombards Israel as the war escalates further
• Only Asia can help America counter China's shipbuilding prowess
• Sir Keir Starmer finds a role
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• The African investment environment is at its worst in years
• Ukraine's warriors brace for a Kremlin surge in the south
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• Amid Russian bombing, Ukraine is planning more nuclear reactors
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• Donald Trump is junking the transatlantic alliance
• Trump is a problem for Europe's most important hard-right leaders
• How Ukraine uses cheap AI-guided drones to deadly effect against Russia
• Mexico's mighty diaspora punches below its weight in elections
• The coming struggle to choose the next pope
• Digital twins are making companies more efficient
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• RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
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• Two-thirds of global heating caused by richest 10%, study suggests
• Helen Fisher found out the science behind romance
• Vladimir Putin's spies are plotting global chaos
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• Blackouts in Cuba highlight the island's extreme energy fragility
• Warren Buffett's $348bn question for his successor
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• Sacking Tucker Carlson has put a dent in Fox News's ratings
• Violent jihadists are getting frustrated by the new Syria
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• Henry Kissinger, a statesman beyond reproach, in China at least
• Vladimir Putin fires a new missile to amplify his nuclear threats
• Western values are steadily diverging from the rest of the world's
• Team Trump wants to get rid of Volodymyr Zelensky
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• The European Union will badly miss Angela Merkel
• For a glimpse at Japan's future, look at its convenience stores
• DOGE shutters the government's in-house tech consultancy
• Bees, like humans, can preserve cultural traditions
• Binyamin Netanyahu likens himself to Donald Trump
• The "Scream" franchise adds another self-referential sequel
• Millions of Apple Airplay-Enabled Devices Can Be Hacked via Wi-Fi
• What is The Economist's word of the year for 2021?
• A growing industry is emerging to make philanthropy simpler
• What does Modi 3.0 look like?
• The world is losing the fight against international gangs
• Delays on Italy's spruced-up trains have got worse
• Why China is awash in unwanted milk
• Inside the Battle Over OpenAI's Corporate Restructuring
• Sir Jim Ratcliffe, chemicals magnate turned sports mogul
• Ukrainian advances on Donetsk and Zaporizhia can be seen from space
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• Are American rents rigged by algorithms?
• Britain is becoming a well-mannered but deceitful society
• After 12 years of blood, Assad's Syria rejoins the Arab League
• Cuttlefish May Communicate with Discolike Arm Gestures
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Killer whales deploy brutal, co-ordinated attacks when hunting
• Amid turmoil in China's property market, the public seethes
• Can the WSL escape the shadow of the Premier League?
• Yurii Kerpatenko refused to bow to Russian orders
• Life and death in a Christmas tree
• Software is now as important as hardware in cars
• Failure to prepare for climate change is costing Honduras dear
• Anonymous tipsters, angry at Russia, help detect sanctions-busters
• A museum in Rotterdam opens up its collection
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• Catering to protein-rich diets is a tasty business
• Higher fees won't help Britain's beleaguered universities much
• Why Donald Trump's protectionist zeal has only grown
• Brother Andrew secretly carried Bibles behind the Iron Curtain
• The Caribbean struggles to break its dependence on fossil fuels
• Like people, elephants call each other by name
• Talks over the Chagos Islands show the rising clout of Mauritius
• Could war in the Gulf push oil to $100 a barrel?
• Stephen Sondheim wanted to explore a new world every time
• Why 2024 could become the hottest year on record
• 2025 Is the Year of the Humanoid Robot Factory Worker
• The states that will decide America's next president
• The Republicans gain control of the Senate
• Donald Trump is creating chaos at the IRS
• Vital election races in Wisconsin are awfully close
• The quest to build robots that look and behave like humans
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• Sinéad O'Connor hated the very idea of being a pop star
• China's ties with Russia are growing more solid
• An interview with Lawrence Wong, Singapore's next PM
• Sources and acknowledgments
• From hypersonic missiles to undersea drones, the PLA is making leaps
• For Volkswagen, things go from bad to wurst
• Milan Kundera believed that truth lay in endless questioning
• Wild boar hybrids are raising hell on the Canadian prairies
• Could you pass the British citizenship test?
• America's financial system came close to the brink
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• What Elon Musk should learn from Larry Ellison
• Climate change and the next administration
• How the Mediterranean could become a green-energy powerhouse
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• In today's China, to get rich is perilous
• Militant Uyghurs in Syria threaten the Chinese government
• Two presidents compete over the worst abuse of the pardon power
• Why some Africans see opportunity in foreign-aid cuts
• This is how we do it: 'We don't need sex for intimacy – we walk around naked, kiss and flirt'
• India is obsessed with giving its people "unique IDs"
• Right-wing Britons are turning to e-petitions
• The best iPad for 2025: How to pick the best Apple tablet for you
• The first endometriosis drug in four decades is on the horizon
• An old health insurance scheme in China may have saved millions
• An Ecuadorian presidential candidate is assassinated
• America's trade hawks fear the gaps in Trump's tariff wall
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• The old bank/card model is still entrenched in the rich world
• How to read America's early-voting numbers
• The surging gold price is boosting Central Asia's economies
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• Would an artificial-intelligence bubble be so bad?
• Why are Chinese soldiers fighting in Ukraine?
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• The new front in China's cyber campaign against America
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• Paris's stunning vision for the Olympics wins a gold medal
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• The army-backed establishment in Thailand goes after its enemies
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• Jair Bolsonaro is barred from office for eight years
• Intel's troubles deepen, as its boss makes an abrupt exit
• TikTok wants Western consumers to shop like the Chinese
• South Korea's suicide rate fell for years. Women are driving it up again
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• The Trump administration is playing a dangerous stockmarket game
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• Joe Brown died on April 15th
• Trump's Ukraine ceasefire is slipping away
• Why are Nordic companies so successful?
• Checks and Balance newsletter: The view as "Liberation Day" unfolded
• Where will the next coup be in Africa?
• Biden accuses Trump of 'modern-day appeasement' towards Russia
• Why New Zealanders are emigrating in record numbers
• Brain injuries are startlingly common among those who have committed crimes
• The Economist's glass-ceiling index
• For a second time Chileans reject a new constitution. Now what?
• Why fake research is rampant in China
• How Abercrombie & Fitch got hot again
• India Strikes Pakistan but Is Said to Have Lost Jets
• Palestinians Stream Back to Northern Gaza on Foot
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• WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy protection to eliminate debt burden
• Sean Connery died on October 31st
• The taboos around sexual health are weakening
• A new study of studies reignites controversy over mask mandates
• A Chinese dispute with the Philippines is a test of America
• Why is Mark Zuckerberg giving away Meta's crown jewels?
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• An ancient rice bowl complicates the story of civilisation in India
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• How Donald Trump might steal Christmas
• Is Zelensky a disliked dictator or a popular hero?
• Obituary: Jan Ruff O'Herne died on August 19th
• The biggest losers from Trumponomics
• Populism meets reality in Senegal
• France's new prime minister faces a looming mess
• Yoshioka Masamitsu saw Pearl Harbor from the air
• The culture wars have come to Canada
• China mulls a bold test of taxation without representation
• Ukraine is now struggling to cling on, not to win
• Inside Europe, border checks are creeping back
• Why Kamala Harris's chances of victory just jumped
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• Despite its sympathies, Egypt is unlikely to help Palestinian refugees
• Blighty newsletter: Why are so many Britons not working?
• Would you really die for your country?
• Green protectionism comes with big risks
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• Eastern Congo is as wretched as ever
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• Britain's prison service is caught in a doom loop
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• An American rocket has a fine debut; not so the Moon lander on board
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• The return of Trumponomics excites markets but frightens the world
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• Obituary: A.Q. Khan was the world's biggest nuclear proliferator
• Rates of bowel cancer are rising among young people
• This campaign is also demonstrating America's democratic vitality
• Poor areas suffered 3.5 times more damage in Turkey's earthquake
• Chuck Yeager died on December 7th
• London's pie-and-mash shops are disappearing
• China needs its frightened officials to save the economy
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• Robert Fico's pleas for cheap Russian gas bring Slovaks onto the street
• Nicolás Maduro digs in with the help of a pliant Supreme Court
• As Chinese citizens head overseas, the party does likewise
• Avian flu in America is a political problem and a health threat
• American exceptionalism exists, but other countries also have problems
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• Investors fear inflation is coming back. They may be right
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• What a Republican trifecta will mean for governing
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• A new danger for Venezuela's autocrat
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• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Labour's budget has given the bond market indigestion
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• Who are the main contenders to be Iran's next president?
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• A new Suez crisis threatens the world economy
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• Iran scores a pyrrhic victory in its cold war with Saudi Arabia
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• Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant
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• Netanyahu is about to discover if Trump is friend or foe
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• For China, Taiwan's elections are a looming crisis
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• Can Google or Huawei stymie Apple's march towards $4trn?
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• Why China is losing interest in English
• The American government's accidental private-credit subsidy
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• Why are cities in Latin America getting more expensive?
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• Israel is intent on destroying Gaza
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• Dengue fever is surging in Latin America
• Can Japan's toilet technology crack global markets?
• China is suffering from a crisis of confidence
• Canada's Liberals are surging
• India is turning into an SUV country
• The US Army needs less good, cheaper drones to compete
• This tiny country is a laboratory for Russia's dirty tricks
• Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel prize in literature for 2021
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• Khartoum changes hands, marking a new phase in Sudan's civil war
• The IEA warns much more ambition is needed to curb global warming
• El Salvador's wild crypto experiment ends in failure
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• For Western democracies, the price of avoiding a clash with China is rising
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• Weak commitments from the G20 cast a shadow over COP26's opening
• A culture of conspiracy haunts Arizona's elections
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• Politicians are sending mixed signals about private car ownership
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• The archbishop and the abuser
• Half a loaf, at best, from the climate talks
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• A weakened Narendra Modi subsidises jobs and doles out pork
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• Two women are vying to be Mexico's next president
• Republicans finally win the coveted trifecta
• America recreates a warfighting command in Japan
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• The war in Gaza has unsettled the Jewish diaspora
• Lily Ebert lived to share her story of Auschwitz
• Obituary: Colin Powell thought America should tread carefully in the world
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• Why vaccine passports are causing chaos
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• Invading Taiwan would be a logistical minefield for China
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• Which countries would be most affected by a second Trump term?
• Two new books assess the geopolitical lessons of covid-19
• Welcome to India, where the streets have four names
• What betting markets got right and wrong about Trump's victory
• Lula wants to purge Brazil of Jair Bolsonaro's influence
• Why India should create dozens of new states
• Germany's economy goes from bad to worse
• The rival influences of the United States and China
• Exposure to the sun's UV radiation may be good for you
• As lockdowns lift, media firms brace for an "attention recession"
• Why China needs to fill its empty homes
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• A child on thin ice: EA Hanks on life with her abusive mother – and world-famous father
• Britain's review body for criminal convictions is struggling
• Sources and acknowledgments
• Who will become Japan's next prime minister?
• The threat of war is empowering the Islamic republic's hardliners
• How to Watch the Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower
• Has Sequoia Capital outgrown its business model?
• A toast to the possible end of Chinese tariffs on Australian wine
• Israel and Hamas look close to some kind of deal
• Deep-Live-Cam - Real Time Face Swap And One-Click Video Deepfake With Only A Single Image
• The world faces its worst trade wars since the 1930s
• Peru's crazy drivers offer a data deluge for self-driving cars
• Taiwan, the world's chipmaker, faces an energy crunch
• How China's public views Taiwan's elections
• Italy starts outsourcing its migrant crisis to Albania
• Why Japanese markets have plummeted
• Sudan: the war the world forgot
• Protests threaten Georgia's Kremlin-friendly government
• Chinese women are making themselves heard on the big screen
• Which European should face off against Trump and Putin?
• Ko Jimmy was determined to make Myanmar free
• Shane Warne believed that cricket should always be fun
• Southern Gaza could become more densely populated than Delhi
• Mike Johnson has his old job back, for now
• Why carbon monoxide could appeal to the discerning doper
• Kapor Capital's managing partner Ulili Onovakpuri is leaving the firm
• How South Africa has changed 30 years after apartheid
• Why don't seals drown?
• Burberry Sees Positive Signs as Turnaround Plan Continues
• How to behave in lifts: an office guide
• After protests over a stolen election, the goons crack heads
• Meet one of Britain's most influential, least understood people
• Cheap solar power is sending electrical grids into a death spiral
• Donald Trump wants states and cities to do as they are told
• What Happens Now That TikTok's Gone Dark?
• Checks and Balance: Can the tech elite and MAGA come together?
• It is not the economic impact of tariffs that is most worrying
• Haiti has lost its prime minister. Gangs aren't going anywhere
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Japan could finally face its own #MeToo crisis
• Memory chips could be the next bottleneck for AI
• Israel has bloodied Hizbullah but is stuck in a war of attrition
• Ukraine's convicts take the fight inside Russia
• WhatsApp Is Walking a Tightrope Between AI Features and Privacy
• Elon Musk's Most Alarming Power Grab
• Chinese overcapacity is crushing the global steel industry
• Many AI researchers think fakes will become undetectable
• China's leaders are less popular than they might think
• The Phony Physics of Star Wars Are a Blast
• Politics
• How the British government sounds like a tabloid
• How overt religiosity became cool in India
• The pope phoned a priest in Gaza every day
• A dream deferred
• Brandon Johnson is giving Chicago's teachers' union everything
• Crypto bros v cat ladies: gender and the 2024 election
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The Economist's science and technology internship
• Is higher inequality the price America pays for faster growth?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• 'The crux of all evil': what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under-14s?
• Economic data, commodities and markets