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• Taiwan desperately needs support from the world
• Suitors are wooing Paramount
• Nigeria Drops Charges Against Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed Binance Exec and Former IRS Agent
• What happens to Gaza after the war?
• Which city is the cheapest in the world?
• Vital election races in Wisconsin are awfully close
• China wants to export education, too
• China's stockmarket nightmare is nowhere near over
• Exposed United Nations Database Left Sensitive Information Accessible Online
• Business
• The Morning After: Claim your Cash App settlement money
• Gradually, the besieged city of Bakhmut is being abandoned by everyone
• Obituary: Robert Mugabe died on September 6th
• At least 10% of research may already be co-authored by AI
• How San Francisco staged a surprising comeback
• Can anyone save Macy's?
• Why America's tech giants have got bigger and stronger
• Annual inflation of 114% is pushing Argentina to the right
• KAL's cartoon
• How to manage politics in the workplace
• Man survives monthlong ordeal in US park on a mushroom, berries and water
• Mary Quant launched the clothes that made the Sixties swing
• Why does the West back the wrong Asian leaders?
• Which country has the most Olympic medals?
• Joe Biden has appointed more female and non-white judges than any of his predecessors
• Business
• Female soldiers are changing how armed forces work
• Fewer migrants are crossing America's southern border
• Fethullah Gulen tried to transform Turkey in the subtlest ways
• What Japan's Political Uncertainty Means for Its Market Rally
• Will wet markets be hung out to dry after the pandemic?
• Ace of bases
• Private tutoring is booming across poorer parts of Asia
• Should you send your children to private school?
• Europe's new-look winter: floods, high sea levels and melting glaciers
• Where democracy is most at risk
• The trouble with Elon Musk's robotaxi dream
• Business
• New yeast strains can produce untapped flavours of lager
• Israel and Hizbullah play with fire
• Politics
• Worldwide covid-19 is causing a new form of collective trauma
• Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk
• In America, school test results are still lagging behind pre-covid levels
• Gustavo Petro, Colombia's left-wing president, is floundering
• Bolivia is on the brink of an economic crisis
• AMLO's austerity has hurt Mexico
• Recent special elections bode well for Democrats
• A new tragedy shows anarchy rules in Gaza
• Latin America's left-wing experiment is a warning to the world
• What the war on tourism gets wrong
• Anosmia, the Inability to Smell, Changes How People Breathe
• Why are so many of the victims in Gaza children?
• What could bring Apple down?
• Catholic reformers want big changes to a church marred by sex abuse
• The future of fish farming is on land
• Violence against women is a scourge on poor countries
• A Neuralink Rival Says Its Eye Implant Restored Vision in Blind People
• Three charts show that America's imports are booming
• The revolt against Binyamin Netanyahu
• Fixing social care in England is a true test of Labour's ambition
• Talks at the WTO to save the world's fish fail to reach agreement
• Frank Drake believed that the universe had to contain other intelligent beings
• Generative AI has a clean-energy problem
• Premium Indian whisky is booming
• British museums remember the 1984 miners' strike
• Donald Trump tries his hand with meme-stocks
• Governments are finding new ways to squash free expression online
• The rapid loss of Antarctic sea ice brings grim scenarios into view
• Obituary: Sydney Brenner died on April 5th
• Obituary: Andrew Marshall died on March 26th
• The case against "Russia's Mark Zuckerberg" will have lasting effects
• Hsiao Bi-khim is Taiwan's cat warrior
• The secret behind the world's happiest country
• Will Xi Jinping outsmart Emmanuel Macron?
• India's difficult business environment is improving
• The limits of Turkey's strategic autonomy
• How FIFA was outplayed by Electronic Arts
• Defying China, Taiwan elects William Lai Ching-te as president
• The bunkers on Beirut's golf course are in the crosshairs
• Japan lands on the Moon
• David Bowie delved into his own past on "Toy"
• Jack Jennings was one of the Allied POWs who built the Burma Railway
• What the surging price of gold says about a dangerous world
• Africa Inc is ready to roar
• Where are all the British robots?
• What would Europe do if Trump won?
• Hate Onstage at Madison Square Garden
• This week's cover
• China is beating America in the nuclear-energy race
• What is the point of the Lib Dems?
• Sources and acknowledgments
• Russian spies are back—and more dangerous than ever
• Trump wants to whack Chinese firms. How badly could he hurt them?
• Taiwan's dominance of the chip industry makes it more important
• Two journalists who have exposed human-rights abuses win the Nobel peace prize
• Can China's consumers save its economy?
• Britain's budget choices are not as bad as the government says
• Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?
• Has Ukraine's shock raid successfully diverted Russian forces?
• Republicans are turning against Ukraine
• Europe's freakish winter heatwave breaks records
• Joe Biden leaked Israel's first plan to end the war in Gaza
• The six rules of fire drills
• Obituary: I.M.Pei died on May 16th
• An English ruling on transgender teens could have global repercussions
• Across the Arab world, Islamists' brief stints in power have failed
• Will interest-rate cuts turbocharge oil prices?
• AI helps scour video archives for evidence of human-rights abuses
• Weak commitments from the G20 cast a shadow over COP26's opening
• Europe, not America, is now Ukraine's largest backer
• Joe Biden's assault on the $900 child-eczema cream
• Politics
• Ruling Party Claims Victory in Former Soviet State Tilting Back Toward Moscow
• What next after Ukraine's shock invasion of Russia?
• Efforts to teach character bring promise and perils
• America may soon be spending more on debt service than defence
• Business
• A caste census reopens old grudges in India
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Tim Walz is the most popular candidate on either ticket
• What China means when it says "peace"
• Yurii Kerpatenko refused to bow to Russian orders
• Is Kamala Harris alienating progressives as she courts anti-Trump Republicans?
• Was an ancient bacterium awakened by an industrial accident?
• As usual, the medal tally at the Olympic games was lopsided
• How the spirit of Jacques Delors might be rekindled
• China's ties with America are warming, a bit
• The world's first museum of homelessness
• Africa's supermarket revolution
• Canadians are starting to sour on migration
• How the Philippines is turning the water-cannon on China
• What would get China's consumers spending?
• P.J. O'Rourke hoped to make life hell for do-gooders everywhere
• Pervez Musharraf was one of Pakistan's better dictators
• The Republicans' policy platform previews the coming campaign
• KAL's cartoon
• China is using an "anaconda strategy" to squeeze Taiwan
• Israel Calls the Shots in the Mideast as U.S. Plays a Lesser Role
• Homero Gómez was apparently murdered on January 13th
• After a dramatic week in Gaza, where does the war stand?
• Sources and acknowledgments
• Award: Natasha Loder and Simon Akam
• Ukraine's desperate draft-dodgers drown in the river of death
• Footballer, broadcaster, podcast mogul: the career of Gary Lineker
• Celebrating Spooky Lake Month with Its Creator Geo Rutherford
• The scandal-hit market for passports and long-term visas is booming
• A tardy, scathing report on the Grenfell Tower fire in London
• An obscure communist newspaper is shaping Japan's politics
• Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them
• This tiny country is a laboratory for Russia's dirty tricks
• I'm an American voter overseas. For years, we were ignored – but maybe this time we'll make the difference | Alexander Hurst
• Britain's Labour Party cuts back its flagship climate-change policy
• China isn't the only country giving out goodies in Asia
• Why cooking causes 4m premature deaths a year
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Ugandan judges uphold a draconian anti-gay law
• How to take proper breaks from work
• Introducing Analysing Africa, our latest newsletter
• Will IVF really be the next frontier in America's culture wars?
• America's anti-price-gouging laws are too minor to be communist
• KAL's cartoon
• Why a new art gallery in Bangalore is important for Indian science
• Javier Milei implements shock therapy in Argentina
• Military briefing: Where Israel struck Iran
• Majority of US voters say democracy is under threat but are split on who to blame, poll shows
• Narendra Modi and the art of claiming credit
• Bowel cancer is rising among young people
• An economist's guide to the luxury-handbag market
• Chinese nationalists have issues with "3 Body Problem"
• The old have come to dominate American politics
• The many prices of carbon dioxide
• Israel's northern border is ablaze
• NASA is selling a brand-new Moon rover
• Why Warren Buffett has built a mighty cash mountain
• A famous brand of Chinese sweets reinvents itself again
• 16 Best Gifts for Babies and Toddlers, Editor Tested and Reviewed
• Politics
• China is talking to Taiwan's next leader, just not directly
• This week China could rethink its economic policy
• Israel's ground assault hits Gaza's communication network
• The shortfall in British adoptions
• Uruguay is losing its reputation as Latin America's success story
• Data on air bases suggest a Chinese invasion of Taiwan may not be imminent
• Activist investing is no longer the preserve of hedge-fund sharks
• Many Arab governments would like to see Hamas gone
• A short history of Hollywood's poison-pen letters to itself
• Gucci, Prada and Tiffany's bet big on property
• Ban it harder! An unwelcome new trend in British politics
• Kung fu gives Africans their kicks
• Do rising methane levels herald a climate feedback loop?
• American office delinquencies are shooting up
• Hordes of cicadas are emerging simultaneously in America
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The dividend is back. Are investors right to be pleased?
• Severe drought is constraining the Panama Canal
• The world's least liveable cities are starting to improve
• Read AI raises $50M to capitalize on strong demand for its AI summary bot
• Elmore Nickleberry pinned his hopes to Martin Luther King
• The challenge of the age
• The future of the Chinese consumer—in three glasses
• How the pandemic has upended the lives of working parents
• Politics
• How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble
• A clue to China's true covid-19 death toll
• The noose around the press in Hong Kong tightens
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Business
• YouTubers like MrBeast are coming for Hollywood
• Why the Federal Reserve has gambled on a big interest-rate cut
• Can the rich world escape its baby crisis?
• Lula cosies up to Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's autocrat
• China's high-stakes struggle to defy demographic disaster
• The rape and murder of a doctor in India is fuelling outrage
• Climate change is making the monsoon more dangerous
• Brazil's hinterland now resembles Texas
• Donald Trump's promise of a golden age for oil is fanciful
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Is the world sleepwalking into another gas crisis?
• The rise of the remote husband
• The deal that freed Evan Gershkovich was more than a prisoner swap
• Thaksin Shinawatra joins Thailand's establishment
• China's message to the global south
• Javier Milei finally lugs key reforms through Argentina's Senate
• These Hornets Can Thrive on Just Alcohol without Getting Buzzed
• Israel has these four options for attacking Iran
• Who is supplying Russia's arms industry?
• Cheap fixes could help 450m people stand taller and think quicker
• 10 Best Mobile Games for iOS and Android
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Delivery robots will transform Christmas
• South Carolina wants to execute an inmate by firing squad
• Israeli soldiers fight to reach Hamas's headquarters
• The deficiencies of the Latin American state loom large
• Haiti's transitional government must take office amid gang warfare
• Is Kamala Harris "brat"?
• Covid-19 has persuaded some parents that home-schooling is better
• Even disillusioned young Indian voters favour Narendra Modi
• Towns in eastern Ukraine fear they will be Russia's next target
• The 47 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (October 2024)
• Why is Israel using so many dumb bombs in Gaza?
• A digital payments revolution in India
• The Economist's final prediction points to a Tory wipeout in Britain
• Europe faces an unusual problem: ultra-cheap energy
• The people of Hong Kong are growing more tolerant
• Who shaved $250bn from Kweichow Moutai's market value?
• The weekly cartoon
• An unusual museum in China is dedicated to Vinegar Joe
• How softer non-policing strategies might help
• China's foreign minister goes missing
• Meet Hollywood's AI Doomsayer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• KAL's cartoon
• China takes a step to curb anti-Japanese rhetoric online
• America's jobs report is not as strong as it seems
• In the Kentucky Mountains, a Bitcoin Mining Dream Turned Into a Nightmare
• The Economist's cost-of-loving index
• Checks and Balance newsletter: America's role in the Middle East
• America's 117th Congress accomplished a lot. So did its recent predecessors
• A new book explores the symbiosis of espionage and entertainment
• Turkey has a newly confrontational foreign policy
• The pandemic shows the urgency of reforming care for the elderly
• The Filmmaker Who Wants to Wake Us From the American Dream
• Xi Jinping really is unshakeably committed to the private sector
• Global firms are tapping India's workers like never before
• Imran Khan is convicted. Pakistan's generals are content
• Refugee-friendly Canada tightens its border with the United States
• What is the point of industry awards?
• KAL's cartoon
• Mike Johnson may have to choose between Ukraine aid and his job
• Can satellite cities help solve Africa's urbanisation challenges?
• Joe Biden's best chance to shake up the race
• Jordan's Islamists have been boosted by the war in Gaza
• Checks and Balance newsletter: Why can't politicians just admit when they're wrong?
• Who is Ryan Routh, Donald Trump's would-be assassin?
• This week's covers
• German farmers and train drivers are scaring the country's bosses
• Business
• Politics
• Inside the chaos machine of British politics
• China is exerting greater power across Asia—and beyond
• The Ugandan state unlawfully detains a novelist
• Can Mytheresa make luxury e-commerce a success?
• Sliding back
• Hal Willner died on April 7th
• Why foreign dignitaries wear red when meeting Xi Jinping
• An alternative look at the Trump-Harris debate, in five charts
• 14 Best Soundbars, Editor Tested and Reviewed (2024): Sonos, Samsung, Yamaha, Sony
• Both chambers of America's Congress may flip in November
• King's Cross, a miracle in London
• Carbon-dioxide-removal options are multiplying
• Joan Didion's radical curiosity
• A global recession is not in prospect
• The Van Gogh Museum showcases a rejected early masterpiece
• Xi Jinping and China face another tough year
• Big tech's great AI power grab
• Politics
• The Kamala Harris effect on the polls has been dramatic
• Japanese firms are leaving Tokyo for the sticks
• Can dealmaking save Intel?
• Andrés Manuel López Obrador will haunt his successor
• Japan is remarkably open to AI, but slow to make use of it
• India has a unique opportunity to lead in AI
• Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Here's what the polls say
• Boeing Explores Sale of Space Business
• Iran's attack has left Israel in a difficult position
• Sir Paul McCartney's memoir aims to affirm his status as a writer
• Izumi Kenta wants to shake up Japan's opposition
• China is unusually secretive about its space programme
• Boohoo Reviews Frasers' Requests
• Remy Cointreau Warns of Sales Plunge as U.S., China Woes Persist
• Narendra Modi needs to win over low-income Indians
• Adding up the fiscal drag from ageing, energy and defence
• George Shultz died on February 6th
• Meet the Japanese Kurds
• Why country music is booming in Britain
• For Gen-Z job-seekers, TikTok is the new LinkedIn
• Grown up in the USA
• Two books assess the fight against global corruption
• Politics
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Hard-right populists are pushing their way into the mainstream
• Donald Triplett was autism's "Case 1"
• For the perfect cup of tea, start with the right bacteria
• Usha Vance, wife of Donald Trump's VP pick, was once a Democrat
• What to make of the US Supreme Court's latest abortion ruling
• A climber's story evokes classic mountaineering literature
• Even before covid-19, nightclubs were struggling
• Muhammad Yunus, a microcredit pioneer, is Bangladesh's interim leader
• Human diets are becoming less diverse, a new book warns
• Should you put all your savings into stocks?
• Obituary: Terry O'Neill died on November 16th
• Covid-19 is fuelling a Zoom-boom in cosmetic surgery
• A crushing blow for Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance
• The covid-19 pandemic is hanging over Britain's election
• Several violent episodes in Mexico suggest a worrying trend
• Perilous migrant crossings of the Mediterranean are rising
• Autocrats gleefully decry America's racial turmoil
• Best Cooling Sheets for 2024: Tested and Reviewed
• General-election forecast: Labour beat the Conservatives
• Business
• This week's cover
• California's population is growing again
• Does Perplexity's "answer engine" threaten Google?
• GPT, Claude, Llama? How to tell which AI model is best
• A biographer explores Greta Garbo's glamour and vacuity
• Joe Biden is fooling only himself
• Xi Jinping wants China to have better toilets
• Has social media broken the stockmarket?
• Iran's supreme leader is terrified of people power
• Netflix's Ted Sarandos on the Future for Streaming
• Ten charts compare Joe Biden's record with Donald Trump's
• How British-Nigerians quietly made their way to the top
• If it can be designed on a computer, it can be built by robots
• Why so much of the world won't stand up to Russia
• As Hurricane Floodwaters Recede, a Public Health Threat Rises
• The Video Game History Foundation's fight for game preservation isn't over
• What was the motive of Trump's would-be assassin?
• The Great Barrier Reef is seeing unprecedented coral bleaching
• The pandemic has changed the shape of global happiness
• Media companies club together for a joint sport-streamer
• The cracks in America's ultra-strong labour market
• Taiwanese politics faces a crucial election in early 2024
• Gaza is on the brink of a man-made famine
• Narendra Modi has seized and politicised Indian cricket
• Iran rethinks its role as a regional troublemaker
• The global tourism boom is shifting to Asia
• Dave Calhoun bows out as chief executive of Boeing
• Turkish women should soon be allowed to keep their maiden names
• The semiconductor choke-point
• Javier Milei will be Argentina's first libertarian president
• Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity Are Promoting Scientific Racism in Search Results
• Checks and Balance newsletter: Trump's mass-deportation fantasy
• Politics
• VW's Scout EV revival starts with an SUV and a pickup
• Why house prices are surging once again
• Move fast and mend things
• Ronald Blythe recorded the passing, and continuance, of rural life
• What is the effect of the Supreme Court's affirmative-action ban?
• As Israel fights on in Gaza its dilemma gets worse
• OpenAI's new fundraising is shaking up Silicon Valley
• Business
• Reproduction without sex is more common than scientists thought
• Joe Biden is practising some Clintonian politics
• China is leading the challenge to incumbent carmakers
• Dye & Durham to Consider Sale as Strategic Review Process Expands
• How shallow was Labour's victory in the British election?
• How Argentine businessmen size up Javier Milei
• Relations between Japan and South Korea are blossoming
• Can the IMF solve the poor world's debt crisis?
• Which Kamala Harris is now at the top of the Democratic ticket?
• Joan Feynman died on July 22nd
• Hawaii may soon have America's first official state gesture
• In the Philippines a decades-long conflict nears its endgame
• San Francisco Democrats are embracing "law and order" politics
• Why are Remainers so weak in post-Brexit Britain?
• Why are VPNs getting slower in China?
• Elon Musk's Starship reaches orbit on its third attempt
• Barry Humphries, creator and manager of Dame Edna Everage, died on April 22nd, aged 89
• Brian Niccol, Starbucks's new CEO, has a "messianic halo"
• At long last, Europe's economy is starting to grow
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Checks and Balance newsletter: Trump, Biden and piratical shamelessness
• How Wagner survived Yevgeny Prigozhin's death
• America is losing South-East Asia to China
• Rural Colombia welcomes gangs that mete out vigilante justice
• The west underestimates North Korea at its peril
• This week's covers
• Ukraine is digging in as the Kremlin steps up its offensive
• A live-streamed attempted coup in Congo shakes the region
• Steven Spurrier died on March 9th
• European airlines are on a shopping spree
• Erdogan's empire
• China's robotaxis are racing ahead of Tesla's
• The pandemic has broken a closely followed survey of sentiment
• Lula's gaffes are dulling Brazil's G20 shine
• How hotels became targets for British rioters
• Brazil reckons with the life and legacy of an abolitionist
• Victoria Amelina explored a land of atrocities and secrets
• This week's covers
• Local British politics is a mix of the good, the bad and the mad
• Politics
• South Korea's ban on praising the North is ridiculous
• Latin America
• Jean-Jacques Savin wanted to defy old age
• Scientists want to tackle multiple sclerosis by treating the kissing virus
• KAL's cartoon
• Cheap Asian motorcycles are transforming African cities
• Time is running out to fix America's student-aid mess
• Britain's army chief fears war may come sooner than anyone thinks
• Ocean-surface temperatures are breaking records
• KAL's cartoon
• The Colors of Fall Leaves Are Shaped by Climate Change and Tree Health
• A new book celebrates Annie Leibovitz's fashion photography
• Lula's ambitious plans to save the Amazon clash with reality
• Democrats struggle to limit the loss of black voters in Georgia
• The Palestinian cause no longer binds the Arab world
• Volkswagen plans to close at least 3 German plants and cut thousands of jobs
• An ageing country shows others how to manage
• 'She joined the dark side': the strange story of the Elizabeth Holmes of yoga
• The rise and rise of e-sports
• Europe's green trade restrictions are infuriating poor countries
• Making accounting sexy again
• How to nobble a political rival in Africa and get away with it
• Sean Baker's films bring sex work into the light
• A predator used her 12-year-old face to make porn. She helped pass a law to make that a crime
• How one pandemic made another one worse
• Behind the surge in migrants crossing America's northern border
• Tell us: how has Microsoft Excel become part of your life?
• Romania's hard right looks strong in a year of four elections
• A new TB vaccine could save 8.5m lives over the next quarter of a century
• China says it has achieved a miraculously low-crime society
• Boeing launches $19bn share sale to bolster finances and avoid downgrade
• Eavan Boland died on April 27th
• China's claim to the South China Sea gets even odder
• Abuse by priests in Italy can no longer be tolerated by the Vatican
• Watch out Beijing, China's second-tier cities are on the up
• The Schools Without ChatGPT Plagiarism
• Can Israel's economy survive an all-out war with Hizbullah?
• Blighty newsletter: Labour's approach to levelling up
• Taiwan is beefing up its military exercises to counter China
• The Middle East braces for wider war as Iran weighs its response
• Can Colombia's mercurial president bring "total peace"?
• Jeremy Corbyn wants more nice things, fewer nasty ones
• Visiting Europe, Xi Jinping brings up an old grievance
• A memo to Britain's chancellor, Jeremy Hunt
• Streaming services are helping Arab producers liven up television
• We're hiring a Science and Technology Correspondent
• The year everything (and nothing) changed in the Middle East
• Europe faces a new age of shrunken French influence
• Pity the superstar fashion designer
• Why are so many bodies in Britain found in a decomposed state?
• What Is Genetic Testing? The Complete WIRED Guide
• Emmanuel Macron's centrists are facing a disastrous first-round vote
• A changed world
• Politics
• The pandemic may be leading to fewer babies in rich countries
• The "effective altruism" movement is louder than it is large
• Ukraine is in a race against time to fortify its front line
• Obituary: The Mars Rover was declared lost on February 12th
• KAL's cartoon
• A High-Profile Geneticist Is Launching a Fusion-Power Moonshot
• Step inside The Economist's summer issue
• Governing the atmosphere
• Azerbaijan is racing to rebuild in recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh
• How the U.S. Shaped Israel's Attack on Iran
• Firms are exploring sodium batteries as an alternative to lithium
• Business
• Researchers are figuring out how large language models work
• Germany's urgent need for greater public investment
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• What the war in Ukraine means for Asia
• Data Breaches: The Complete WIRED Guide
• How not to work on a plane
• Our Carrie Bradshaw index: Where Americans can afford to live solo
• Joe Biden's visit to Hanoi is a signal to China
• Argentina ready to boost flights to Falklands, says foreign minister
• The price of friendship
• Best Garden Hoses for 2024
• How to send a cake from New Jersey to Accra
• Marissa Mayer: I Am Not a Feminist. I Am Not Neurodivergent. I Am a Software Girl
• Moviemaking and gamemaking are converging
• Rohingya refugees return to the sea
• The wrecking of Gaza's health system goes beyond its hospitals
• The iMac gets an M4 refresh for faster Apple Intelligence
• Churches Look Skyward for Energy Savings
• Wines That Entertain as Well as Impress
• No wonder Macron's gambling: Europe is home to the high-roller
• Particles that damage satellites can be flushed out of orbit
• The rise of the truly cruel summer
• ABBA return—and pretend no time has passed—with "Voyage"
• 'Cosmic Dandelion': A Mysterious 900-Year-Old Nebula Gets Mapped in Stunning Detail
• Donald Trump's tax cuts would add to American growth—and debt
• U.S. Natural Gas Futures Post Solid Weekly Gains
• The struggle to free Haiti from violence and impotent governance
• Can Samsung get its mojo back?
• What is going wrong for Intel?
• Sir Keir Starmer: bureaucrat first, politician second
• Climate Change Is Raising the Temperature on Global Conflict
• Business
• We're hiring a senior India correspondent
• From Gaza to Ukraine, wars and crises are piling up
• Could Ukraine's allies be sending it more weapons?
• The Billionaire Plot to Block Out the Sun
• The best television shows of 2021
• Why food is piling up on the edge of Gaza
• How China's delivery drivers quietly fight to improve their lot
• What shipwrecked insects reveal about life at sea in the 17th century
• The National Basketball Association is making a big bet on Africa
• Meet Boris Nadezhdin, Vladimir Putin's brave challenger
• A dangerous dispute in the Horn of Africa
• Nairobi's reputation for crime is outdated
• The Palestinians' new prime minister faces a nightmare
• Investors rely more and more on higher returns from private markets
• Voters won't thank Kamala Harris for the state of the economy
• Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan, again
• Victims of Brazil's worst environmental disaster to pursue claim in UK despite $31bn settlement
• The Complete History And Future of Robots
• Bees, like humans, can preserve cultural traditions
• Which Olympic sports is China good at?
• Jair Bolsonaro is barred from office for eight years
• Is South Africa ready for a change in government?
• South Korean chipmakers get a reprieve
• KAL's cartoon
• South Korea's writers and directors play Squid Game
• How China sees Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny
• Business
• Barry Lopez died on December 25th
• Why so many Chinese graduates cannot find work
• Earth's Surprise Second Moon: What's Happening?
• Battlefield lessons
• Suck up to your fake CEO
• After a year of war, Sudan is a failing state
• Nigeria Drops Charges Against Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed Binance Exec and Former IRS Agent
• Grok can try and explain Elon Musk's terrible jokes
• KAL's cartoon
• Who is in charge of Europe?
• Is it cheaper to rent or buy property?
• Chinese authorities are now addicted to traffic fines
• Ukrainians are settling down in Britain. That creates a problem
• Five charts compare Democrats and Republicans on job creation
• The deadly journey to the Gulf
• Joss Naylor never let any mountain defeat him
• Nawal El-Saadawi died on March 21st
• Shrinking populations mean less growth and a more fractious world
• Do Israel's assassinations work?
• The world's insatiable appetite for Canada's maple syrup
• Kamala Harris makes Donald Trump look out of his depth
• The future lies with electric vehicles
• The book of Ka
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• Mohammad Reza Shajarian died on October 8th
• The secret to taking better penalties
• The drift to authoritarianism accelerates in Central America
• Checks and Balance newsletter: Thanks for the hope, Mike Johnson
• Congo's crucial election may be heading for disaster
• Secator - The Pentester'S Swiss Knife
• America's elite universities are bloated, complacent and illiberal
• What are AI 'world models,' and why do they matter?
• What Texas's oldest motel reveals about the rural South
• This week's covers
• Physical proximity has big effects in the workplace
• Xi Jinping's revealing response to floods and heatwaves
• America's shuttle diplomacy to wind down the war in Gaza
• This week's covers
• America's college heads revise rules for handling campus protests
• Donald Trump's first criminal trial will be both momentous and tawdry
• Ukrainian refugees remain in limbo
• Politics
• Apple Intelligence is now available with iOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1
• Ukraine Resorts to Shaking Down Nightlife Spots for Recruits as Troop Numbers Fall
• Tanzania's opposition, once flat on its back, is now on its knees
• Dengue fever is surging in Latin America
• Georgian opposition dismayed by western response to 'falsification' of election
• Shock and awe as America strikes Iran's proxies
• Some corals are better at handling the heat
• Almost one billion doses of covid-19 vaccines have been produced
• Silvio Berlusconi duped Italians for years
• Mikhail Gorbachev did not mean the Soviet Union to end that way
• Britain has agreed to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
• The unfair trial of Jimmy Lai begins in Hong Kong
• Which countries get the best night's sleep?
• The fight over meat-free meat pits Europe's traditionalists against foodie innovators
• 'Trump Was Born to Be a Teenage Girl' Is the Sarah Cooper Schtick for the 'Brat' Election
• Where does the modern state come from?
• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died on April 9th
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