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• Kamala Harris and the Return of 'Tough on Crime'
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• Why the war on childhood obesity is failing
• Labour's landslide victory will turn politics on its head
• The race to prevent satellite Armageddon
• Imperial borders still shape politics in Poland
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Trumponomics would not be as bad as most expect
• How Camo Hats Became an Instant Meme
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• Banks, at least, are making money from a turbulent world
• The fight to dethrone the dollar
• Viktor Orban solidifies his credentials as the EU's pantomime villain
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Gamergate's Legacy Lives on in Attacks Against Kamala Harris
• Fortnite's Back on the Menu, Boys: Epic Games Store Goes Online for iOS and Android
• Why chocolate is becoming much more expensive
• What's happened to all the butterflies? – podcast
• Worlds apart
• Will Hamas turn from war to politics?
• Are manufacturing jobs really that good?
• China's economic model retains a dangerous allure
• Can Nvidia be dethroned? Meet the startups vying for its crown
• Brandon Johnson, Chicago's leftist mayor, is struggling
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• The Morning After: Apple is still working on a rotating iPad-like tabletop device
• The Ugandan state unlawfully detains a novelist
• Get Ready for Tesla Cops
• Tether Was Playing a Risky Game, a New Celsius Suit Reveals
• Legal immigration to America has rebounded
• South Africa election poll tracker, results and guide to the parties
• China unveils its new economic vision
• Muhammad Amir Muhammad Khan fought India's government for five decades
• The Movies of 1999
• France heads to the polls in a critical parliamentary vote
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Are America's leading presidential candidates up to it?
• Why avocados are driving another sort of green economy in Kenya
• A new book explains the tragic failure of Boeing's 737 MAX
• Gaza: Israel strikes 'safe' Deir al-Balah killing and wounding several people – video
• What Russia's budget reveals about the war in Ukraine
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Killer whales deploy brutal, co-ordinated attacks when hunting
• Sung Tieu unpacks "Havana syndrome" in her latest work
• Large language models are getting bigger and better
• Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Has a Bizarre Origin Story
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• China is sending escapers back to North Korea
• The war for AI talent is heating up
• Throwback survival-horror game Hollowbody is coming on September 12
• KKR-Led Consortium Starts Sale Process for Around $3.0 Billion Philippines Hospital Business
• The three steps on America's ladder of military escalation
• China's probe returns from the far side of the moon
• Luis Abinader is poised for a thumping re-election win
• Tim Walz's life story is appealing, but his record is complex
• Antidepressant use is surging in Britain
• Russia's bloody summer offensive is hurting Ukraine
• Hospitals in India hit as doctors begin nationwide strike over trainee's rape and murder
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• Investors Still Face Fog of Uncertainty on Economy, Fed
• "The Harder They Fall" offers a new take on the Old West
• No, You Can't See the Great Wall of China from Space
• Why Warren Buffett has built a mighty cash mountain
• The Secret to Living Past 120 Years Old? Nanobots
• Why logistics are too important to be left to the generals
• Why South Africa's army is floundering in Congo
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• 'I'm like a steamrollered cartoon character: totally flat': the agony aunt who couldn't feel anything at all
• Five things we learned from our reporting on the US's pro-Israel lobby
• India's difficult business environment is improving
• Palantir's Alex Karp Talks About War, AI and America's Future
• States are becoming more brazen about killing foes abroad
• Federal authorities arrested a woman for allegedly trying to defraud Elvis Presley's family and steal their ownership interest in Graceland.
• Amid the bombs, Ukrainians rediscover the beach
• A toast to the possible end of Chinese tariffs on Australian wine
• Ukraine will hold if it gets the arms it needs, says a top general
• Places ravaged by opioids are giving Republicans the upper hand
• Microsoft's AI Can Be Turned Into an Automated Phishing Machine
• How Chinese networks clean dirty money on a vast scale
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• Mpox screening stepped up globally as more cases emerge outside Africa
• Crypto cowboys have found paradise in Paraguay
• The 36 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now (August 2024)
• Antarctica, Earth's largest refrigerator, is defrosting
• Autonomous vehicles are coming, but slowly
• The disease that most afflicts England's National Health Service
• Which countries would be most affected by a second Trump term?
• What Ukraine's bloody battlefield is teaching medics
• How the Mediterranean could become a green-energy powerhouse
• The ICJ orders restraint from Israel in Rafah
• LVMH is splurging on the Olympics
• Rumours of the trade deal's death are greatly exaggerated
• Gazans are rapidly losing access to the internet
• China's currency is not as influential as once imagined
• Meet the incels and anti-feminists of Asia
• The growing global movement to restrain house prices
• 11 Best Laptops and Tablets for Students for the 2024 School Year
• Israel bombs the Hamas military mastermind behind the October 7th attack
• Is it better to be an early bird or a night owl?
• Geopolitics helps reignite New Caledonia's anti-colonial unrest
• If Ray Kurzweil Is Right (Again), You'll Meet His Immortal Soul in the Cloud
• Walmart Is on a Winning Streak
• American consumers are finally cheering up
• A peace conference over Ukraine is unlikely to silence the guns
• The Uncertain Path Forward for Psychedelic Medicine
• Arvind Kejriwal's imprisonment is a stain on India's democracy
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• China's high-stakes struggle to defy demographic disaster
• China is itching to mine the ocean floor
• Hurricane Ernesto bears down on Bermuda amid deadly flood warnings
• S&P 500 Climbs With Traders Weighing Size of Rate Cut
• Diego Maradona offers central bankers enduring lessons
• The quest to build robots that look and behave like humans
• The best MacBook for 2024: Which Apple laptop should you buy?
• The property firm that could break China's back
• The good hacker: can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Citadel's Ken Griffin Has Remade the Hedge-Fund Industry, With Himself on Top
• France is desperately searching for a government
• True-crime fans are banding together online to try to solve cases
• Europe faces a new age of shrunken French influence
• Young voters strongly favour Joe Biden, but will they turn out?
• USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation
• New technology can keep whales safe from speeding ships
• Hong Kong convicts 14 pro-democracy activists
• The AirFish is a fast ferry that will fly above the waves
• Dyson OnTrac headphones review: When the basics aren't enough
• In Catholic Argentina, Javier Milei embraces Judaism
• Kaja Kallas, the plain-talking Estonian tipped to be the EU's top diplomat
• FBI says Iranian hackers are targeting both presidential campaigns
• The dwindling of the Panama Canal boosts rival trade routes
• A second human case of bird flu in America is raising alarm
• Thousands of Corporate Secrets Were Left Exposed. This Guy Found Them All
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• Thomas Neff's idea rid the world of a third of its nuclear warheads
• What if China and India became friends?
• How to harvest moisture from the atmosphere
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• A crisis in prisons gives Britain's new government its first test
• A new book celebrates Annie Leibovitz's fashion photography
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Can Britain's economy grow as fast as it needs to?
• Eating Disorders Can Strike Anyone
• The Physics of Cold Water May Have Jump-Started Complex Life
• From poverty, psychiatric hospital and writing in a shed to literary stardom: Janet Frame at 100
• Pervez Musharraf was one of Pakistan's better dictators
• The demise of an iconic American highway
• Why the next Westminster scandal is already here
• Step inside The Economist's summer issue
• Simplistic 'Fight or Flight' Idea Undervalues the Brain's Predictive Powers
• Soaring food-price inflation is hurting Nigeria's poor
• The world's richest countries in 2023
• A Single Iranian Hacker Group Targeted Both Presidential Campaigns, Google Says
• How race and politics interact in modern South Africa
• Indian cities are utterly unprepared for what is about to hit them
• Business
• Is Ukraine's offensive stalling?
• Flush With Cash, Tether Has Got Microsoft, Google, and Amazon in Its Crosshairs
• Tom Gauld on how to manage your unread books pile – cartoon
• China's robotaxis are racing ahead of Tesla's
• Ángeles Flórez Peón, "Maricuela", made sure Spain did not forget its history
• The death of Pope Benedict removes a problem for liberal Catholics
• The FDA Just Rejected a Bid for MDMA to Treat PTSD
• What taxes might Labour raise?
• It was hard for any viewer to look away from Sidney Poitier
• After a dramatic week in Gaza, where does the war stand?
• China develops a divorced dating scene
• How much of a difference will Ukraine's new F-16s make?
• Asian "nepo babies" are dominating its politics
• Can Britain's "mission-led" government defy gravity?
• Are Britons losing the habit of voting?
• Lessons in risk-taking from buccaneering BBVA
• Why cooking causes 4m premature deaths a year
• Pema Tseden was the founder and builder of Tibetan cinema
• Will China's ties with Israel survive the Gaza war?
• One of the Middle East's oldest conflicts has entered a new era
• The deadly journey to the Gulf
• Climate Change Made 2023's Wildfire Season So Much Worse
• Tardigrade Fossils Reveal When 'Water Bears' Became Indestructible
• Researchers Have Ranked AI Models Based on Risk—and Found a Wild Range
• Ofir Libstein had extraordinary dreams for his small patch
• 'Sinkclose' Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections
• How Fresh-Out-of-College DIYers Built the Star Wars Lightsaber of Your Dreams
• Google's New Phones Aren't Really About the Phones
• A climber's story evokes classic mountaineering literature
• Humiliated by Azerbaijan, Armenia tacks towards the West
• These are the world's most expensive cities
• The number of American students in China is going up again
• Europe can't decide how to unplug from China
• Politics overshadows a conference to raise money for Ukraine
• Rosemary Smith set out to prove that women drivers could do as well as men
• Unexpectedly, the cost of big cyber-attacks is falling
• China's manufacturers are going broke
• The Score: Starbucks, Trump Media, Victoria's Secret and More Stocks That Defined the Week
• China's deep-water fishing fleet is the world's most rapacious
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Trump's Crocodile Tears for the Jews
• 5 Best RV Mattresses of 2024 -- How to Choose
• Kamala Harris' Rally Crowds Aren't AI-Generated. Here's How You Can Tell
• How the mad, bad Maduro regime clings to power
• Was your degree really worth it?
• The 42 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now (August 2024)
• European airlines are on a shopping spree
• Apple Watch Series 9 (41mm)
• Brain-to-Speech Tech Good Enough for Everyday Use Debuts in a Man with ALS
• How to provoke the fury of Xi Jinping
• Was the Bank of England right to start lowering interest rates?
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• Why India should create dozens of new states
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Ben Horowitz declares war on Michael Moritz
• Rushdi Sarraj loved to record what others did not or would not see
• UAW Files Federal Labor Charges Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk, Alleging They Tried to 'Threaten and Intimidate Workers'
• Layoffs in 2024: A List of Companies Cutting Jobs This Year
• 'I can't wait to hug him': the Guardian's Pjotr Sauer reacts to Evan Gershkovich's release – video
• How Ecuador became Latin America's deadliest country
• He Started Out as the 'Dear Abby' of Grindr. Now Everyone Wants His Advice
• Could the Kamala Harris boost put Florida in play for Democrats?
• Lawrence Wong in his own words
• Fortnite's second Marvel season puts Doctor Doom center stage
• By 2100 half the world's children will be born in sub-Saharan Africa
• A fake political group that recruited a real candidate in Montana got banned on Facebook
• Hard-right parties are entering government across Europe
• How to See Sunspots with Your Own Eyes
• Why China's confidence crisis goes unfixed
• J.D. Vance, an honorary Frenchman, sends Europe into panic mode
• Javier Milei finally lugs key reforms through Argentina's Senate
• The world's insatiable appetite for Canada's maple syrup
• To see the future of urban warfare, look at Gaza
• How the last mammoths went extinct
• OpenAI Warns Users Could Become Emotionally Hooked on Its Voice Mode
• This Code Breaker Is Using AI to Decode the Heart's Secret Rhythms
• Edgar Bronfman Prepares Bid for Paramount and Its Parent National Amusements
• Heat inequality 'causing thousands of unreported deaths in poor countries'
• Has private credit's golden age already ended?
• Criminal gangs are showing their muscle as Mexico's elections loom
• X-Recon - A Utility For Detecting Webpage Inputs And Conducting XSS Scans
• Should Smart Rings Be Used as Birth Control?
• European millionaires seek a safe harbour from populism
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• China is the West's corporate R&D lab. Can it remain so?
• Volodymyr Zelensky's five-year term ends on May 20th
• How countries rank by military spending
• California state IDs can now be stored in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet
• Nicolás Maduro claims implausible victory in Venezuela's election
• Business
• There is an explosive flaw in the plan to rearm Ukraine
• Protests are soaring, as China's workers demand their wages
• Patriotism is replacing purpose in American business
• Andrés Manuel López Obrador splashes out as elections loom
• Social-media populists have arrived in Japan
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• UAW Files Federal Labor Charges Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk, Alleging They Tried to 'Threaten and Intimidate Workers'
• The alarming foreign policies of France's hard right and hard left
• Will India's new government turbocharge the fight against poverty?
• When Was the Last Time You Finished a Book? You Need an AI Reading Companion Like Me
• The firepower of Iran-backed militias, in maps
• China's presence in Latin America has expanded dramatically
• What Is Genetic Testing? The Complete WIRED Guide
• Generative AI Has a 'Shoplifting' Problem. This Startup CEO Has a Plan to Fix It
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Think Nvidia looks dear? American shares could get pricier still
• Longlegs Is Now the Highest-Grossing Indie Film of the Year
• A Vision of England Today, Dark and Rotten
• Meteor showers and northern lights captured in timelapse footage across the world – video
• X Is Boosting the Far Right's UK Riots as Telegram Scrambles for Control
• America remains Asia's military-exercise partner of choice
• Hurricane Ernesto lashes Bermuda as wealthy British territory closes down
• A Kenyan-led security mission finally starts to arrive in Haiti
• Germany's debt brake and the art of fantasy budgeting
• Germany is thinking about bringing back conscription
• Nascar Pit Crews Are Using AI for the Perfect Pit Stop
• How Chinese goods dodge American tariffs
• EVs Are Losing Up to 50 Percent of Their Value in One Year
• Vera Putina claimed to be Vladimir Putin's real mother
• Why France's president called a snap election
• Kamala Harris' Rally Crowds Aren't AI-Generated. Here's How You Can Tell
• A weekend with Gareth Southgate and friends
• Vladimir Putin's dangerous bromance with Kim Jong Un
• Lai Ching-te aims to strengthen Taiwan but maintain the status quo
• Best of 2024…so far: 'They were dying, and they'd not had their money': Britain's multibillion-pound equal pay scandal – podcast
• Politics
• Meta axed CrowdTangle, a tool for tracking disinformation. Critics claim its replacement has just '1% of the features'
• Green-lit or greenlighted? Gaslighted or gaslit?
• China views America's presidential nightmare with mirth—and disquiet
• Gina Lollobrigida's ambition was her strength and her weakness
• Why is Thai health care so good?
• Indiana Jones' Signature Fedora Sells for a Whopping $630,000
• In 2021 our writers considered technology, meritocracy and the trans debate
• Cute adventure game The Plucky Squire arrives on September 17
• Ukraine's war has created millions of broken families
• Why Joe Biden won't go
• The 4 Most Exciting Features on the Google Pixel Buds Pro 2
• A battle rages for a key city in Sudan's ravaged western region
• The most Tory place in Britain
• Guatemala's new president promises a better sort of government
• Google acknowledges it 'missed the mark' with onerous demands for Pixel 9 influencers
• America's fentanyl epidemic, explained in six charts
• Israel's judge in The Hague is its government's bogeyman
• The Middle East braces for wider war as Iran weighs its response
• The threat of Hizbullah can be seen from space
• UK neobank Revolut valued at $45B after secondary market sale
• Google Has Unleashed Its Legal Fury on Hackers and Scammers
• Mars Reaches Deal for Cheez-It and Eggo Maker Kellanova
• Charles III gets his own paper currency
• The rich world revolts against sky-high immigration
• What Is the Internet of Things? A WIRED Guide
• Why do penguins struggle with modernist architecture?
• This Code Breaker Is Using AI to Decode the Heart's Secret Rhythms
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• She Made $10,000 a Month Defrauding Apps like Uber and Instacart. Meet the Queen of the Rideshare Mafia
• Our 9 Favorite Pizza Ovens: Wood, Gas, and Electric (2024)
• Photos of the Week: Rooster Hat, Taco Record, Burry Man
• Joss Naylor never let any mountain defeat him
• Meet Saturn's 'Death Star' Moon and the Intriguing Ocean It May Hide
• Brazil and Colombia are curbing destruction of Amazon rainforest
• China's wealthy elite rigs its university arms race
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• Tensions mount between China and the Philippines
• From Gaza to Ukraine, wars and crises are piling up
• Elliott to Launch Proxy Fight at Southwest Airlines
• KAL's cartoon
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Cancer Rates Are Rising in Young People. Here's What You Need to Know
• Supplements Companies Are Cashing In on the Ozempic Wave
• In Demand: The Colleges Where Students Start Jobs Right Away
• China is going crazy for durians
• Keir Starmer wants to reset relations between Britain and Europe
• Iran's new hope: a cardiologist president
• How ransomware could cripple countries, not just companies
• The covid-19 pandemic is hanging over Britain's election
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Sectional Sofa w/ Storage
• Should you send your children to private school?
• European countries are banding together on missile defence
• South-west England has become a three-way political battleground
• Republicans adjust their attacks for their new foe, Kamala Harris
• Elon Musk's Walk With Jesus
• Acknowledgments
• The drug-overdose capitals of Europe
• Would building 1.5m homes bring down British house prices?
• Australia v South Africa: men's rugby union international – live
• Roxie, one of China's few lesbian bars, closes its doors
• At long last, Europe's economy is starting to grow
• The world's deadliest war last year wasn't in Ukraine
• Gradually, the besieged city of Bakhmut is being abandoned by everyone
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• 'There Is No Childhood in Gaza'
• AI models make stuff up. How can hallucinations be controlled?
• 'It's a proper jungle': Rome's rat and snake infestation blamed on waste problems
• The Supreme Court's term ends with a rash of divisive rulings
• Russia sentences Evan Gershkovich to 16 years on bogus spying charges
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• Ukraine's desperate draft-dodgers drown in the river of death
• The cost of the global arms race
• The Bay of Bengal should be an economic superpower
• Nigel Farage takes over as leader of Reform UK
• Noah Lyles' Olympic Run Is the New Normal for Living With Covid
• Radio Modi: How India's prime minister sweet-talks the nation
• Hamas talks up a truce, but Israel may still invade Rafah
• Why a drone war in Asia would look different from the one in Ukraine
• These Living Computers Are Made from Human Neurons
• Vancouver pioneered liberal drug policies. Fentanyl destroyed them
• Why Some #MeToo Fiction Puts Men Center Stage
• Vladimir Putin spends big—and sends Russia's economy soaring
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• Mars will find Pop-Tarts and Pringles hard to digest
• How one pop band is trying to turn concertgoers into climate activists
• Huge floods in Brazil's south are a harbinger of disasters to come
• Scientists want to tackle multiple sclerosis by treating the kissing virus
• The "Scream" franchise adds another self-referential sequel
• Iris Apfel became a fashion icon in her ninth decade
• Colombia's first avowedly left-wing president is mired in scandal
• Technology is deepening civilian involvement in war
• Corruption is surging across Latin America
• What happened to the artificial-intelligence revolution?
• Joe Biden's best chance to shake up the race
• What Is Blockchain? The Complete WIRED Guide
• Chip Maker SMIC's Shares Jump on Earnings Beat, Strong Guidance
• Julian Assange's plea deal: a suitable end to a grubby saga
• Trump and other populists will haunt NATO's 75th birthday party
• On the Ballot: American Manhood
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• Phyllida Barlow had a lifetime of adventure making art
• Ranajit Guha revolutionised the study of India's past
• Years of growth forged prosaic politics. Now Panamanians are fed up
• The siesta is still a serious business in Europe's south
• Rwandan soldiers may outnumber M23 rebels in Congo
• Reaper - Proof Of Concept On BYOVD Attack
• Business
• How Do They Judge Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics? It's More Art Than Science
• KAL's cartoon
• How XL Bullies became such dangerous dogs
• A nationalist effort to rebrand the Chinese dragon
• Should the world fear China's chipmaking binge?
• A new technique could analyse tumours mid-surgery
• Bangladesh: how the 'gen Z revolution' forced the prime minister to flee – video explainer
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• European gangs are getting better at making their own illegal drugs
• A prime minister, a plotter and others say farewell as British MPs
• Xi Jinping plays social engineer
• Mexico's mighty diaspora punches below its weight in elections
• Why do the Japanese love CDs?
• A "Divine Comedy" ballet, 700 years after Dante's death
• 2023 looks set to be a watershed year for the climate
• Meta draws fresh questions from EU over its CrowdTangle shut-down
• A D-Day commemoration that was not just about beating Hitler
• How India's imports of Russian oil have lubricated global markets
• National payment systems are proliferating
• Nicaragua's dictator goes after Miss Universe
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Britain is a home but not a haven for Hong Kongers
• What does Xi Jinping want from Vladimir Putin?
• The Big Mac index: where to buy a cheap hamburger
• KAL's cartoon
• South Africa's foreign minister wants better relations with the West
• Activision is finally addressing those massive Call of Duty download sizes
• Google brings the AI feature that told Americans to eat rocks to six more countries
• Premier League Soccer: Livestream Ipswich vs. Liverpool From Anywhere
• Stonehenge's altar stone was carried all the way from north-east Scotland. But how?
• What next for Pakistan?
• A difficult new world
• AI Companies Fight to Stop California Safety Rules
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Phil Wizard, Champion Breaker and Olympic Contender, Isn't Convinced 'Breakdancing' Is a Sport
• A Russian missile hits a children's hospital in central Kyiv
• SpaceX Set to Launch First-Ever Crew over Earth's Poles
• A short-term work visa shows the benefits of immigration
• How motherhood hurts careers
• Politics
• The CEO's alternative summer reading list
• The Slow-Burn Nightmare of the National Public Data Breach
• A new bionic leg can be controlled by the brain alone
• How the Gaza war affected the British election
• The job of Iran's president is a study in humiliation
• Move fast and mend things
• Ars0N-Framework - A Modern Framework For Bug Bounty Hunting
• Afghans are suffering. Don't expect any tears from the Taliban
• The notable obituaries of 2023
• Politics
• For the Director of Wicked, There's No Place Like Silicon Valley
• Financier Stuart Roden: 'Labour has a generational opportunity'
• Exposure to the sun's UV radiation may be good for you
• Why are so many of the victims in Gaza children?
• 'Little Gaza': Inside the fight for the West Bank
• New U.N. Cybercrime Treaty Could Threaten Human Rights
• A new exhibition shows the visual debt Disney owes to European art
• America's Asian allies are trying to Trump-proof their policies
• Why Mexico's largest-ever election matters
• Ibrahim Mahama and the art of resurrection
• Disinformation is on the rise. How does it work?
• Harris, Trump Propose Divergent, Costly Solutions for Inflation
• Elon Musk could earn more at Tesla than other company bosses
• Violence mars Mexicans' biggest elections ever
• The Qatar World Cup shows how football is changing
• The secret to taking better penalties
• The race to become leader of Britain's Conservatives
• Can Donald Trump's Iron Dome plan keep America safe?
• A promising non-invasive technique can help paralysed limbs move
• The army-backed establishment in Thailand goes after its enemies
• The best albums of 2021
• Dengue fever is surging in Latin America
• The world's rules-based order is cracking
• Business
• What Americans Get Wrong About Electric Cars
• Israel has seen arms embargoes before
• The world's most violent region needs a new approach to crime
• West Nile Cases Are Rising. Here's How to Protect Yourself
• Labour is on course for a huge victory in the British election
• Climate Change: The Complete WIRED Guide
• America's Battle Over Darwinism Was Personal
• Will a new "pact" of ten laws help Europe ease its migrant woes?
• Foreign investors are rejecting Indian stocks
• How dangerous is the mpox public health emergency?
• Why Chinese banks are now vanishing
• Unknown soldiers
• Against expectations, European banks are thriving
• U.S. Battery Rush Spurs $1.4 Billion Sodium-Ion Factory in North Carolina
• This week's covers
• Some Tesla customers are taking delivery of their expensive new Cybertrucks only to find surfaces covered in dust, dirt or other grime.
• We're hiring a global correspondent
• Hard-right populists are pushing their way into the mainstream
• Evidence in first Lucy Letby trial was incorrect, CPS admits
• Researchers are figuring out how large language models work
• A cautionary tale from the streets of San Francisco
• Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Takes Ulta Beauty Stake, Sending Shares Up
• Sudan: the war the world forgot
• Feast your eyes: the Ugandan artist serving up a potent mix of food, art and family
• Business
• Watch out Beijing, China's second-tier cities are on the up
• How Ukraine is using AI to fight Russia
• California AI bill SB 1047 aims to prevent AI disasters, but Silicon Valley warns it will cause one
• Best Internet Providers in Everett, Washington
• Thousands of American pensioners are retiring on college campuses
• The Nightmare Before Christmas' Henry Selick Hides Jack Skellington in All His Movies
• Guilty verdict for white Florida woman who fatally shot Black mother
• How Elon Musk Is Using His Empire to Kickstart xAI
• Two new books assess the geopolitical lessons of covid-19
• NATO is drafting new plans to defend Europe
• Reassessing Obama's biggest mistake
• The 30 Best Energy Drinks, Tested and Reviewed
• Best Student Discounts (2024): Laptops, Streaming Services, Tech, and Software
• The Extreme Renters Who Own Nothing, Not Even Their Jeans
• Donald Trump wants a weaker dollar. What are his options?
• Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56
• Javier Milei has turned Argentina into a libertarian laboratory
• Israeli retaliation in Lebanon seems inevitable
• The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It's Loony
• CloudBrute - Awesome Cloud Enumerator
• What is 5G? The Complete Guide to When, Why, and How
• Donald Trump's promise of a golden age for oil is fanciful
• A changing car industry should result in more choice and better motoring
• US Homeland Security will reportedly collect face scans of migrant kids
• Which country has the most Olympic medals?
• Trees alone will not save the world
• Visiting Europe, Xi Jinping brings up an old grievance
• Blighty newsletter: Labour is demolishing the Tories' pet projects
• The world's richest countries in 2024
• Grown up in the USA
• Congress asks Mark Zuckerberg to explain why drug dealers are advertising on Facebook and Instagram
• Inside the Biggest FBI Sting Operation in History
• The promise of crypto has not lived up to its initial excitement
• Russian spies are back—and more dangerous than ever
• How Gen Zs rebel against Asia's rigid corporate culture
• India's leaders must deal with three economic weaknesses
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• Behind Ukraine's Russia Invasion: Secrecy, Speed and Electronic Jamming
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Sergei Shoigu's sacking points to yet more attrition in Ukraine
• The WIRED Guide to Commercial Human Space Flight
• Hong Kong is struggling to restore its image as a global city
• The last scraps of the Haitian state are evaporating
• Climate talks at last lead to a deal on cutting fossil-fuel use
• The clues in Kamala Harris's championing of reproductive rights
• American parents want their children to have phones in schools
• University protests about Gaza spread to the Middle East
• Brazil reckons with the life and legacy of an abolitionist
• Business
• The new front line of British politics is just lovely
• What identity politics will Kamala Harris practise?
• The latest in the battle of jamming with electronic beams
• What the remaking of Labour reveals about Sir Keir Starmer
• Tim Dowling: can I keep it together at my father's funeral? No chance
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• What is The Economist's word of the year for 2021?
• Michael Moore on how Harris-Walz can defeat Trump: 'Do weird and cringe until the debate, then nail him'
• India must make much deeper changes if it is to sustain its growth
• Your Photos Aren't Real
• The rise of the hard right alarms German business leaders
• In Crimea, Ukraine is beating Russia
• Bicycles Can Be Hacked Now
• What the war on tourism gets wrong
• 'I get misgendered all the time': Elliot Page on his return to acting on the big screen
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• The super-rich are trying new approaches to philanthropy
• America prepares for a new nuclear-arms race
• Three reasons why oil prices are remarkably stable
• India's financial system has improved dramatically in the past decade
• On the 50th anniversary of "Ways of Seeing" and "G."
• The soldiers of the silicon supply chain are worried
• Generative AI Has a 'Shoplifting' Problem. This Startup CEO Has a Plan to Fix It
• Why the AI revolution is leaving Africa behind
• Frans de Waal taught the world that animals had emotions
• Europe's economic growth is extremely fragile
• What the Chevron ruling means for the next US president
• China is talking to Taiwan's next leader, just not directly
• Startup-SBOM - A Tool To Reverse Engineer And Inspect The RPM And APT Databases To List All The Packages Along With Executables, Service And Versions
• KAL's cartoon
• Li Qiang and China look to make up with Australia
• The failing ANC is rejected by over half of South Africa
• Jiang Zemin oversaw a wave of economic change, but not much political reform
• The bunkers on Beirut's golf course are in the crosshairs
• The People's Liberation Army is not yet as formidable as the West fears
• Cheap Asian motorcycles are transforming African cities
• Why big oil is wading into lithium
• Stranded in Space? NASA Doesn't See the Starliner Astronauts That Way.
• She's the New Face of Climate Activism—and She's Carrying a Pickax
• Everything about carmaking is changing at once
• The Germany-shaped void at Europe's heart
• Palmer Luckey's Defense Startup, Anduril, Raises $1.5 Billion to Produce AI-Powered Weapons
• California weakens bill to prevent AI disasters before final vote, taking advice from Anthropic
• Narendra Modi's flagship growth scheme is off to a sluggish start
• The attack on Donald Trump unleashes a flood of misinformation
• Xi Jinping worries that China's troops are not ready to fight
• Japan's strength produces a weak yen
• Mexico and Brazil dither as chip supply chains are reforged
• 1 in 4 Unresponsive People with Brain Injuries May Be Conscious
• This Code Breaker Is Using AI to Decode the Heart's Secret Rhythms
• Google's Rise Was Inevitable. So Was Its Antitrust Ruling
• South Korean voters—and spring onions—rebuke the president
• Ikea Employees Are Getting New AI Drone Coworkers in the U.S.
• Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to try to stop the Vietnam war
• The ICC's threat to arrest Binyamin Netanyahu has shocked Israel
• Why Does AI Art Look Like That?
• Comb-Over No More: Why Men's Hair Transplants Are Flourishing
• What to make of the US Supreme Court's latest abortion ruling
• 10 years later, Michael Brown's mom asks a global panel to look into her son's death
• A short history of Russia and Ukraine
• The Lonely Death of a Forgotten Russian Dissident
• Is Ukraine losing the war against Russia?
• Who is up and who is down on China's economic team
• The Brothers of Italy take the fight to Florence
• New York City is covered in illegal scaffolding
• In search of the white British voter
• Climate change could reawaken harmful invasive plants
• Alexei Navalny didn't just defy Putin—he showed up his depravity
• Donald Trump's trade hawk is plotting behind bars
• Lavender extract makes excellent mosquito-repellent
• The Kursk attack has humiliated Putin – and changed the narrative over how the war is fought | Orysia Lutsevych
• Why China's companies are recruiting their own militias
• Robots are suddenly getting cleverer. What's changed?
• The 2023 crony-capitalism index
• National Public Data confirms breach that exposed Americans' social security numbers
• Child poverty will be a test of Labour's fiscal prudence
• EU handouts have long been wasteful. Now they must be fixed
• Who is supplying Russia's arms industry?
• Under Lula, Brazil is walking on the financial wild side
• This week's covers
• Starry new productions show "Macbeth" is the tragedy for our times
• The world court says Israel's occupation is illegal
• After 50 years, the Residents are still on the road
• Google's Project Green Light Uses AI to Take on City Traffic
• A new technique to work out a corpse's time of death
• Why are cities in Latin America getting more expensive?
• How to take proper breaks from work