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• The Islamic State's branch in Afghanistan is at war with the world
• The world's most liveable cities in 2023
• America's missing doctors
• Yuan Longping died on May 22nd
• China's leaders face miserable economic-growth figures
• The fall of Libya's central banker triggers a new struggle
• TikTok is a key battleground in Indonesia's election
• Could carbon credits be Africa's next big export?
• Making Government Efficient Again
• The all-powerful judge taking on Elon Musk
• Russia is using energy as a weapon
• Russia's latest crime in Mariupol: stealing property
• Japan ends the world's greatest monetary-policy experiment
• Car firms are trying out new ways to sell mobility
• Hamas and Israel are still far apart over a ceasefire deal
• Can Mytheresa make luxury e-commerce a success?
• Climate change could reawaken harmful invasive plants
• A new study asks whether racehorses have hit their genetic peak
• Obituary: Robert McClelland died on September 10th
• A landslip in Hong Kong fuels resentment of the rich
• The Turkish opposition faces big obstacles to winning the election
• How common infections can spark psychiatric illnesses in children
• How race and politics interact in modern South Africa
• Mikhail Gorbachev did not mean the Soviet Union to end that way
• Can America's stockmarket rally last?
• What Texas's oldest motel reveals about the rural South
• Will the economic and psychological costs of covid-19 increase suicides?
• Iran bombards Israel as the war escalates further
• The first week of COP26 was less substantive than it seemed
• Why China may be saving its bazooka for Donald Trump
• Anti-war parties are set to clean up in eastern German elections
• X sues California over deceptive AI-made election content ban
• Could a mechanic in Nebraska determine control of the Senate?
• When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?
• China mulls a bold test of taxation without representation
• Europe's economy is under attack from all sides
• How to house the world's fastest-growing population
• A posthumous novel from John le Carré
• NSO Group admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused its Pegasus spyware, say unsealed court documents
• Singapore cracks down on Chinese influence
• The clock is ticking on an old deal between America and China
• Will Hamas turn from war to politics?
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• China's greatest dumpling run
• An assassination attempt against Slovakia's prime minister, Robert Fico
• Taiwan's dominance of the chip industry makes it more important
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• New industrial policies will not help economic stability
• Vladimir Putin blames an Islamist attack on Ukraine and America
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Marks & Spencer's archive is a window on 20th-century Britain
• Adolfo Kaminsky saved thousands of Jews by changing their identities
• Romania is now a magnet for the world's medical students
• Sérgio Mendes sent Brazil's party spirit out into the world
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• Israel has these four options for attacking Iran
• Most children in poor countries are being failed by their schools
• Should you send your children to private school?
• Javier Milei finally lugs key reforms through Argentina's Senate
• American stocks are consuming global markets
• Virtual influencers are burning up South Koreans' Instagram feeds
• Meet the Japanese Kurds
• Lenovo Builds on AI Momentum With Earnings Beat
• As wellness trends take off, iodine deficiency makes a quiet comeback
• The Great American Microchip Mobilization
• Britain is a home but not a haven for Hong Kongers
• A lost opportunity to reform Tanzania
• Plankton are much more interesting than you might think
• Sources and acknowledgments
• America is concerned about social media. China is, too
• The Untold Story of Trump's Failed Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela's President
• Stopping the spiral of murder and violent crime
• Xi tells Biden he will work with Trump to manage US-China differences
• Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?
• Why is Xi Jinping building secret commodity stockpiles?
• How popular is Joe Biden?
• Hordes of cicadas are emerging simultaneously in America
• Sources and acknowledgments
• UN peacekeeping is hamstrung by national rules for its troops
• China's economy is suffering from long covid
• Nigeria's high-cost oil industry is in decline
• Republicans finally win the coveted trifecta
• Obituary: James McManus died on February 4th
• What to watch for on election night, and beyond
• What drives people to vote the way they do?
• The Onion Is Buying Alex Jones's Infowars Site
• Is your rent ever going to fall?
• Are A.I. Clones the Future of Dating? I Tried Them for Myself.
• Franz Mohr was the man who made great concerts possible
• Narendra Modi and the art of claiming credit
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The Lucy Fossil's Extraordinary Journey to Becoming an Icon of Human Evolution
• Azerbaijan is racing to rebuild in recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh
• Years of growth forged prosaic politics. Now Panamanians are fed up
• Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
• Why New York scrapped congestion charging
• Inside Sophos' 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices
• Sources and acknowledgments
• A promising technique could make blood types mutually compatible
• Amazon drops the price of the Ninja Creami ice cream maker ahead of Black Friday
• The vice-presidential debate was surprisingly cordial
• Asia is weighing data-centre ambitions against sustainability
• Is Britain's government at war with the wealthy?
• Who is supplying Russia's arms industry?
• Narendra Modi faces a new threat: his Hindu-nationalist patrons
• One way to turbocharge the Chinese economy
• What Ukraine's bloody battlefield is teaching medics
• Does the tank have a future?
• BRICS isn't exactly picky, but has just rejected Venezuela
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• Revisiting the work of Donald Harris, father of Kamala
• Hal Willner died on April 7th
• Upper legislative houses tend to be biased and malapportioned
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• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Muhammad Yunus, a microcredit pioneer, is Bangladesh's interim leader
• The 40 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now (November 2024)
• The Chinese Queen of Cottagecore Has Suddenly Reappeared After Three Years
• Parts of Germany are desperate for more people
• Cybercriminals Pose a Greater Threat of Disruptive US Election Hacks Than Russia or China
• Some forms of chronic pain are particularly mysterious
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Why young Russian women appear so eager to marry Chinese men
• Ashok - A OSINT Recon Tool, A.K.A Swiss Army Knife
• Economic data, markets and commodities
• Scientists Discover What Makes the Corpse Flower Produce Its Rotting Flesh Stench
• What does it mean to wear a poppy today?
• Water under Threat, Wooden Satellites and a Mud Bath for Baseballs
• Maya Widmaier-Picasso helped to revive her father's creativity
• Ocean-surface temperatures are breaking records
• Melting Glaciers Are Causing Billions of Dollars of Damage
• The world needs a proper investigation into how covid-19 started
• Sean Connery died on October 31st
• A tiny, ancient hominin may have been surprisingly clever
• Russian spies are back—and more dangerous than ever
• UN warns of 'economic carnage' if G20 leaders cannot agree on climate finance for poor countries
• Britain and the EU find it easier to talk about guns than butter
• Sacking Tucker Carlson has put a dent in Fox News's ratings
• Economic data, commodities and markets
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• We're hiring a global correspondent
• Reviving ancient viruses can help fight modern ones
• Why on earth would anyone go to a British party conference?
• Is Britain levelling up?
• KAL's cartoon
• China will become less populous, more productive—and more pricey
• Thousands of species of animals probably have consciousness
• The Republicans' policy platform previews the coming campaign
• Latin America's farmers are cashing in on hot hot-cocoa prices
• Hopes for a truce in Gaza give way to fears of a long stalemate
• The biography of a British recycling bag
• The Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests
• Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Is Waiting for Trump to Keep His Word—and Set Him Free
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• 18 Giftable Subscription Boxes (2024), Tested and Reviewed
• Why is Canada's economy falling behind America's?
• Volana - Shell Command Obfuscation To Avoid Detection Systems
• KAL's cartoon
• A new study of studies reignites controversy over mask mandates
• Astrology Was an Important Science for Medieval People
• Making nickel is a nightmare. Unless you are Indonesian
• Haiti's transitional government must take office amid gang warfare
• Obituary: Paul Volcker died on December 8th
• Output, prices and jobs
• Our new "mega-poll" gives Labour an expected majority of 280 seats
• Climate Is on State Ballots This Election
• Poor Asian countries face an ageing crisis
• America's college heads revise rules for handling campus protests
• Starry new productions show "Macbeth" is the tragedy for our times
• VulnNodeApp - A Vulnerable Node.Js Application
• New research helps explain why China's low birth rates are stuck
• Chinese weapons are taking over in Africa
• Accounting for flood risk would lower American house prices by $187bn
• Can Big Oil run in reverse?
• Europe is importing a solar boom. Good news for (nearly) everyone
• Many small islands have no room for manoeuvre at COP28
• KAL's cartoon
• Even as it humiliates Russia, Ukraine's line is crumbling in the Donbas
• Drug-trafficking networks are expanding into new territories
• Trump, Putin's Avowed Personal Rapport Masks Deeper Tensions
• Republicans adjust their attacks for their new foe, Kamala Harris
• Giving the poor a wodge of cash is better than dripping it out
• Li Zhensheng died on June 22nd
• A new bionic leg can be controlled by the brain alone
• Closing factories will not be enough to save Volkswagen
• The man picked as defence secretary wants to purge the Pentagon
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• American office delinquencies are shooting up
• Politics
• Get away, grizzly: why scientists are chasing bears with drones
• Business
• How far could America's stockmarket fall?
• Some of Substack's Biggest Newsletters Rely On AI Writing Tools
• Meet a leading Trump vice-presidential contender
• Joe Biden and Xi Jinping rediscover the joy of talking. Good
• A private Moon mission hopes to succeed where others have failed
• Checks and Balance newsletter: Why can't politicians just admit when they're wrong?
• Repressive regimes are tightening their grip on their citizens abroad
• The Ukrainian army commits new forces in a big southward push
• Even as war rages in Gaza, Israel's Arabs are feeling more Israeli
• AI wins big at the Nobels
• NATO's Tech Scouts Are Fortifying Europe for a World With Donald Trump
• The best books of 2021
• Are passive funds to blame for market mania?
• Gay voters are smitten with Kamala Harris
• The failing ANC is rejected by over half of South Africa
• The urgent need to reform political systems
• The pandemic is plunging millions back into extreme poverty
• How Italy's Mezzogiorno is benefiting from a flood of EU aid
• China views America's presidential nightmare with mirth—and disquiet
• Oil's endgame will be in the Gulf
• Why Costco is so loved
• SpaceX is NASA's biggest lunar rival
• Zany ideas to slow polar melting are gathering momentum
• What fiscal rules should Britain have?
• To Upgrade Your TV, Amazon Is Slashing Prices on Fire TV Sticks by 50% For Early Black Friday
• Protest movements as deadly as Iran's often end in revolution or civil war
• China's Communist Party is tightening its grip in businesses
• KAL's cartoon
• India's government implements a controversial citizenship law
• AI offers an intriguing new way to diagnose mental-health conditions
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• New technology can keep whales safe from speeding ships
• The world's most improbable smash-hit cooking show
• Kim Beom-su, the billionaire founder of Kakao, faces trial
• When workplace bonuses backfire
• How Chinese networks clean dirty money on a vast scale
• Portugal's hard right gets a big election boost
• Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
• How the 2024 Election Could Change Access to Education in the U.S. and Influence Global Climate Change Decisions
• The dangerous rise of pension nationalism
• Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi wins another stage-managed election in Egypt
• What would Europe do if Trump won?
• Who shaved $250bn from Kweichow Moutai's market value?
• Tensions mount between China and the Philippines
• Can a new crew of European commissioners revive the continent?
• Business
• The terrifying perils of appeasing a warlike Russia
• The biggest obstacle to saving rainforests is lawlessness
• Governments are finding new ways to squash free expression online
• The challenges of steering a hypersonic plane
• What The Economist thought about solar power
• Francisco Lopera's travels in the Andes began to solve a great mystery
• How geopolitical tensions could disrupt the global car industry
• Vivian Silver knew no good could ever come of war
• Gang violence is spreading across Latin America
• Desmond Tutu believed that truth was the best weapon
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• NASA's PACE satellite will tackle the largest uncertainty in climate science
• A backlash against gender ideology is starting in universities
• Kamala Harris's closing argument
• How India's imports of Russian oil have lubricated global markets
• What does the Australian submarine deal mean for non-proliferation?
• This week's covers
• Malcolm X's Daughters Sue F.B.I., C.I.A. and Police
• Germany is flunking the education test
• RFK Jr.'s Vow to Take On Big Food Could Face Resistance
• Florida Man Accused of Hacking Disney World Menus, Changing Font to Wingdings
• China's tin-eared approach to the world
• The West faces new inflation fears
• Jensen Huang says Moore's law is dead. Not quite yet
• Private tutoring is booming across poorer parts of Asia
• China wants to be the leader of the global south
• The hard right takes Germany into dangerous territory
• Covid-19 is spurring the digitisation of government
• Takashima Ryosuke is Japan's youngest ever mayor
• The mysteries of Melania: Mrs Trump's memoir
• When historians and directors clash: 'Ridley Scott was Napoleonic – there was no doubt who was in charge'
• The best memes of 2021
• Can Israel's economy survive an all-out war with Hizbullah?
• Microplastics Could Be Making the Weather Worse
• Mike Tyson open to return in the ring after humbling defeat to Jake Paul
• Big Tech Wants You Back in the Office
• A new diplomatic struggle is unfolding over Taiwan
• Fighting disinformation gets harder, just when it matters most
• "The" human genome was always a misnomer
• How Ukraine's new tech foils Russian aerial attacks
• China and Bhutan aim to resolve a long-running border dispute
• How men with guns aggravate global hunger
• Macau, China's sin city, wants to be more like Las Vegas
• The novel ways old people try to find love in China
• Senegal proves the doomsayers wrong
• Obituary: Yuri Luzhkov died on December 10th
• This week's covers
• Israel targets the head of Hizbullah in a deadly strike on Beirut
• Birubala Rabha fought to end the stigmatisation of women
• Which will grow faster: India or Indonesia?
• A tussle for control of Interpol pits good cops against bad
• Ukraine is now struggling to cling on, not to win
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• China's government launches a campaign against medical corruption
• The 52 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (November 2024)
• First Steven Mnuchin bought into NYCB, now he wants TikTok
• Towns in eastern Ukraine fear they will be Russia's next target
• Donors are already mulling a Marshall Plan for Ukraine
• Economic data, markets and data
• Europe prepares for a mighty trade war
• How motherhood hurts careers
• The Big Mac index: where to buy a cheap hamburger
• China needs foreign workers. So why won't it embrace immigration?
• Is Trump Really So Great for Bitcoin?
• A Film Impossible to Have Mild Feelings About
• Want to win an argument? Use a chatbot
• Clues to a possible cure for AIDS
• Throughout the rich world, the young are falling out of love with cars
• Parenting can be bad for the kids
• The WSJ Dollar Index Falls 0.3% To 100.84
• Seaport Tower shows New York's fight between housing and heritage
• Trump Promised Policies Complicate Emerging Markets Trade
• Two journalists who have exposed human-rights abuses win the Nobel peace prize
• A new TB vaccine could save 8.5m lives over the next quarter of a century
• An economic calm before the storm?
• Paul Mescal interviews Ridley Scott: 'I was so ahead of the game. The Oxbridge lot were aghast'
• Youth clubs in Britain have been vanishing
• Blighty newsletter: Can Labour fix the British state?
• Why is Thai health care so good?
• Intel is on life support. Can anything save it?
• Why Chinese mourn Li Keqiang, their former prime minister
• Why being wrong is good for you
• How segregated is London?
• Izumi Kenta wants to shake up Japan's opposition
• Alexei Navalny didn't just defy Putin—he showed up his depravity
• France heads to the polls in a critical parliamentary vote
• Video: insights from the author
• The US Election Is Tearing BookTok Apart
• TikTok Parent ByteDance's Valuation Rises to About $300 Billion
• Wikipedia is 20, and its reputation has never been higher
• ATP Finals: Fritz topples Alexander Zverev to set up final with Sinner
• America's glorious economy should help Kamala Harris
• China is beating America in the nuclear-energy race
• Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
• T-Mobile was also infiltrated by China-linked telecom hackers
• A price war breaks out among China's AI-model builders
• Trump Relished, and Rewarded, Kennedy's Endorsement. Did It Matter?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Best Internet Providers in Lebanon, Indiana
• The great cover-up: Europe is losing its penchant for public nudity
• What Florida can teach America
• The Palestinian cause no longer binds the Arab world
• China is leading the challenge to incumbent carmakers
• Taiwan desperately needs support from the world
• Could America and its allies club together to weaken the dollar?
• How lower American interest rates will boost Africa
• The pandemic has prompted questions about high-stakes exams
• Obituary: Jacques Chirac died on September 26th
• Perplexity Dove Into Real-Time Election Tracking While Other AI Companies Held Back
• China's parliament is being used to highlight Xi Jinping's power
• NATO defence spending is rising, but not fast enough
• The obstacles faced by Turkey's winemakers
• Britons vote according to feelings of economic security
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The promise Donald Trump is sure to keep
• The Germany-shaped void at Europe's heart
• Mexico could elect its first female president next year
• How a tide of tech money is transforming charity
• Obituary: Clive Sinclair foresaw the future too soon
• Barry Kemp spent his career digging up Akhenaten's abandoned city
• Enthusiasm for regulation, often in areas like the climate, shows no sign of flagging
• The Democrats' 2022 Error Message
• John le Carré died on December 12th
• Democrats struggle to limit the loss of black voters in Georgia
• The dwindling of the Panama Canal boosts rival trade routes
• Freeze-dried chromosomes can survive for thousands of years
• This 'Human Computer' Created a System for Measuring Vast Distances in Our Universe
• Killer Robots Are About to Fill Ukrainian Skies
• These Bird Nests Show Signs of an Architectural 'Culture'
• Nicolás Maduro claims implausible victory in Venezuela's election
• Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt take on AI
• The covid-19 pandemic will be over by the end of 2021, says Bill Gates
• YouTubers like MrBeast are coming for Hollywood
• LVMH is splurging on the Olympics
• What is screen time doing to children?
• Past lives: stepping back in time in small-town Victoria – in pictures
• Guatemala's elite may try to scupper the presidential election
• Climate change is harder on less educated people
• How wrong could America's pollsters be?
• American pupils have missed too much school since the pandemic
• What Narendra Modi's third term may look like
• Heathrow's third runway asks questions of the airport and Labour
• The fight over meat-free meat pits Europe's traditionalists against foodie innovators
• Pervez Musharraf was one of Pakistan's better dictators
• Madame Tussauds reflects the fragmentation of fame in Britain
• Obituary: Jennie Litvack died on June 27th
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Airbnb bookings for the solar eclipse reach astronomical levels
• How China's public views Taiwan's elections
• America braces for Taiwan's election—and vice versa
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The Hindu right's pro-cow policies are terrible for India's cows
• What China's graduates really think about their job prospects
• Even doctors can struggle to diagnose concussions
• Brazil's foreign policy is hyperactive, ambitious and naive
• Finding aliens means studying new sorts of planet
• An American rocket has a fine debut; not so the Moon lander on board
• Streaming services are helping Arab producers liven up television
• Meet the incels and anti-feminists of Asia
• Naval drills in the Indian Ocean give bite to the anti-China "Quad"
• The age of the unicorn is over
• Hawaii may soon have America's first official state gesture
• How, if at all, might Russia be punished for its war crimes in Ukraine?
• Checks and Balance newsletter: The enduring game of political ads in America
• Physics reveals the best design for a badminton arena
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Obituary: Agnès Varda died on March 29th
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Brazil reckons with the life and legacy of an abolitionist
• Europe faces a new age of shrunken French influence
• What separates Tony Blair's Labour from the party today?
• Latin America is set to become a major oil producer this decade
• How one pandemic made another one worse
• The job of Iran's president is a study in humiliation
• A copycat insurrection in Brazil, and its troubling aftermath
• Checks and Balance: The 50-year plan
• An alternative look at the Trump-Harris debate, in five charts
• Money and moderately good governance make climate-change adaptation easier
• Tubeworms live beneath the planetary crust around deep-sea vents
• UK must choose between EU and Trump, trade experts warn
• The dereliction of American diplomacy
• Scotland's failure to build homes is mainly due to its government
• For Congo's next president, winning may be the easy part
• Disgruntled X users make the switch to Bluesky
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• The cautionary tale of Huy Fong's hot sauce
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• How shallow was Labour's victory in the British election?
• Tim Walz's life story is appealing, but his record is complex
• Space may be worse for humans than thought
• Criminal gangs are showing their muscle as Mexico's elections loom
• Did sexism propel Donald Trump to power?
• SunRay Kelley wanted to build in rhythm with nature, his teacher
• Why Australia is not yet a critical minerals powerhouse
• The Korean peninsula is as divided as ever
• What makes a good manager?
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• The world this year 2023
• The holes in British plans to ban cigarettes and disposable vapes
• America hits Chinese biotech—and its own drugmakers
• The world's most violent region needs a new approach to crime
• The promise of crypto has not lived up to its initial excitement
• What Russia's budget reveals about the war in Ukraine
• How to escape from China to America
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Joe Biden has appointed more female and non-white judges than any of his predecessors
• The high cost of schools closed by covid
• Old tyres can become a climate-friendly fuel
• Brandon Johnson, Chicago's leftist mayor, is struggling
• An espionage case hurts Chinese relations with Australia
• Big Macs, strawberry jam and the wealth of nations
• Why Xi Jinping is envious of his predecessor
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Bangladesh's new ruler is in a race against time
• What the war on tourism gets wrong
• Introducing Analysing Africa, our latest newsletter
• Should you be nice at work?
• Luis Abinader is poised for a thumping re-election win
• A caste census reopens old grudges in India
• The weekly cartoon
• Iran Told U.S. It Wouldn't Try to Kill Trump
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• Ukraine's desperate struggle to defend Kharkiv
• Is artificial intelligence making big tech too big?
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• The BRICS bloc is riven with tensions
• The Economist commodity-price index
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• How the war split the mafia
• Refugee-friendly Canada tightens its border with the United States
• Japan needs more sperm donors
• Labour sweet-talks the public sector
• After two years of war, Ukrainians are becoming pessimistic
• Is Europe's stubby skyline a sign of low ambition?
• What the surging price of gold says about a dangerous world
• Can women-only factories help more Indian women into work?
• Norway's weak currency presents a mystery
• In South-East Asia, the war in Gaza is roiling emotions
• Japan lands on the Moon
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• As the Nikkei 225 hits record highs, Japan's young start investing
• What Ramadan is like in Xinjiang
• Female soldiers are changing how armed forces work
• How much trouble is Boeing in?
• Democrats need to understand: Americans think they're worse
• A prime minister, a plotter and others say farewell as British MPs
• Britain's Labour government has declared war on NIMBYs
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• Why so many Chinese graduates cannot find work
• KAL's cartoon
• Five charts that show why the BJP expects to win India's election
• Americans are wrong to wish for an era of stable bipartisanship
• Invading Taiwan would be a logistical minefield for China
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• Can Andrea Orcel, Europe's star banker, create a super-bank?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Antidepressants are over-prescribed, but genuinely help some patients
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• Obituary: Terry O'Neill died on November 16th
• Britain's prison service is caught in a doom loop
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• Obituary: Shuping Wang died on September 21st
• Delays on Italy's spruced-up trains have got worse
• Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Richard Leakey established Kenya as a prime source of hominid fossils
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• KAL's cartoon
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• Germany is thinking about bringing back conscription
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• KAL's cartoon
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• Is Ukraine's offensive stalling?
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• KAL's cartoon
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• Iran and Israel's shadow war explodes into the open
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• Iran attacks Israel, risking a full-blown regional war
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• How African churches are keeping the faith alive abroad
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• How scientists are using artificial intelligence
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• Why China's government is hushing up court rulings
• The tech wars are about to enter a fiery new phase
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• The agenda for the COP 26 summit
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