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Israel-Iran tensions live news: Explosions as ‘drones downed’ over Isfahan: Tensions have soared in the Middle East more than six months into Israel’s war on ...
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Israel-Iran tensions live news: Explosions as ‘drones downed’ over Isfahan
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The German chancellor’s awkward meeting with China’s boss: It is time for Xi Jinping to accept that Germany isn’t America’s puppet
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The German chancellor’s awkward meeting with China’s boss
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Israel-Iran tensions live news: Explosions as ‘drones downed’ over Isfahan: Tensions have soared in the Middle East more than six months into Israel’s war on ...
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Israel-Iran tensions live news: Explosions as ‘drones downed’ over Isfahan
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How to get more people into military uniforms: Why mandatory military service makes sense for some countries but not others
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How to get more people into military uniforms
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Ukraine is ignoring US warnings to end drone operations inside Russia: Its superdrones can reach targets as far away as Siberia
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Ukraine is ignoring US warnings to end drone operations inside Russia
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Large language models are getting bigger and better : Can they keep improving forever?
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Large language models are getting bigger and better
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Who will lead the LVMH luxury empire?: Bernard Arnault sizes up his heirs apparent
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Who will lead the LVMH luxury empire?
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Why Ecuador risked global condemnation to storm Mexico’s embassy: Jorge Glas, who had claimed asylum from Mexico, is accused of abetting drug networks
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Why Ecuador risked global condemnation to storm Mexico’s embassy
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Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran: Instead it should try a novel response to Iran’s missile attack: restraint
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Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran
Quick Glance: Israel artist calls for Gaza ceasefire
  • The representative of Israel at the international art fair is calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.

  • Ruth Patir’s video installation called (M)otherland was scheduled to open on Saturday at Israel’s national pavilion at the international art show but will remain closed for now.

  • Patir stated on her website that the artist and curators are showing solidarity with the families of the hostages and the large community in Israel calling for change, rather than canceling themselves or the exhibition.

  • It is believed that there are still individuals in Gaza, including 129 captives taken during the attacks led by Hamas on Israel on October 7, with 34 of them presumed dead.
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Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich: Millennials were poorer at this stage in their lives. So were baby-boomers
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Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich
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Overnight, Israel appears to have retaliated against Iran: Also on the daily podcast: India’s opposition and a tribute to a sumo champion
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Overnight, Israel appears to have retaliated against Iran
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Hamad International in Doha named world’s best airport, Changi falls to second: Changi Airport was named the best airport in Asia and best in the world for its ...
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Hamad International in Doha named world’s best airport, Changi falls to ...
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Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the latest polls?: The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president
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Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the latest polls?
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What is screen time doing to children?: Demands grow to restrict young people’s access to phones and social media
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What is screen time doing to children?
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Introducing Middle East Dispatch, our latest newsletter: Get to grips with a region that plays a vital role in geopolitics, the climate and the world economy
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Introducing Middle East Dispatch, our latest newsletter
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What to read to understand Chechnya: Four books and a film that unpack an influential region of Russia
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What to read to understand Chechnya
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Local British politics is a mix of the good, the bad and the mad: Devolution is messier—and weirder—than people think
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Local British politics is a mix of the good, the bad and the mad
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America’s trust in its institutions has collapsed: What are the consequences?
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America’s trust in its institutions has collapsed
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Gandhi v Modi: crunch time for Congress as India prepares to vote: The Economist joins the most prominent opposition politician on the campaign trail
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Gandhi v Modi: crunch time for Congress as India prepares to vote
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How a conservative conference morphed into a crisis of liberalism: A Brussels hard-right confab descends into a mix of farce and petty tyranny
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How a conservative conference morphed into a crisis of liberalism
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Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay: Expensive oil could put Donald Trump in the White House
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Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
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By 2100 half the world’s children will be born in sub-Saharan Africa: Fertility rates are falling faster everywhere else
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By 2100 half the world’s children will be born in sub-Saharan Africa
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Why more European countries are considering conscription: Also on the daily podcast: remote husbands and killer whales
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Why more European countries are considering conscription
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Where are all the British robots?: Firms’ small size is the biggest barrier to automation
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Where are all the British robots?
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How to fix a faulty microbiome: Our podcast on science and technology. From faecal transplants to microbial medicines, we consider the prospects for a new kind ...
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How to fix a faulty microbiome
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How a home-improvement subsidy is wrecking Italy’s public finances: Government largesse is costing taxpayers
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How a home-improvement subsidy is wrecking Italy’s public finances
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America’s interest rates are unlikely to fall this year: That will squeeze financial markets and the world economy
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America’s interest rates are unlikely to fall this year
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As Russia’s attacks step up, Ukraine fears waning Western support: An interview with the country’s new national security chief
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As Russia’s attacks step up, Ukraine fears waning Western support
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How two small Texas towns became the patent-law centre of America: Are entrepreneurial judges a good or a bad thing?
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How two small Texas towns became the patent-law centre of America
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What a day at the beach reveals about China: Our weekly podcast on China. This week our correspondent spends a day at Dameisha beach and discovers a microcosm of ...
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What a day at the beach reveals about China
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Houston, Texas: where asylum cases come to die: Some immigration lawyers relish a challenge
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Houston, Texas: where asylum cases come to die
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A trauma surgeon on why Gaza is the worst of war zones: It is like stepping back into the 19th century, says David Nott
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A trauma surgeon on why Gaza is the worst of war zones
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Why are the politics of young men and women drifting apart?: Also on the daily podcast: Naples’s mafiosi go white-collar and a sip of Australia’s greatest ...
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Why are the politics of young men and women drifting apart?
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A short history of India in eight maps: Understanding the breathtaking diversity of India and Indians
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A short history of India in eight maps
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Salman Rushdie’s gripping take on being stabbed: “Knife” is a memoir about the attack in 2022 but also a love story
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Salman Rushdie’s gripping take on being stabbed
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The IDF is accused of military and moral failures in Gaza: Its generals botched the strategy, and discipline among troops has broken down
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The IDF is accused of military and moral failures in Gaza
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China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry: The country’s leaders are too complacent about deflation
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China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry
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America hits Chinese biotech—and its own drugmakers: A sweeping bill in Congress could cost patients at home
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America hits Chinese biotech—and its own drugmakers
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After one year of war, Sudan is a failing state : Half a million may starve without urgent help
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After one year of war, Sudan is a failing state 
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How to locate the global south: How a fuzzy, scorned term reflects geopolitical shifts
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How to locate the global south
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Introducing Middle East Dispatch, our latest newsletter: Get to grips with a region that plays a vital role in geopolitics, the climate and the world economy
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Introducing Middle East Dispatch, our latest newsletter
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Iran and Israel’s shadow war explodes into the open: But the Islamic Republic may have miscalculated
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Iran and Israel’s shadow war explodes into the open
Quick Glance: The Night Iran's Missile Show Rattled Israel
  • In Tehran, 'Operation True Promise' launched an unprecedented aerial assault on Israel.

  • The direct clash between powerful militaries showcased Israel's defense and Iran's display of power.

  • Despite minor damages and injuries, the question remains whether this attack signifies further escalation or the start of a war.

  • The missile and drone strikes resulted in minimal damage, with Israel and allies successfully intercepting most projectiles.
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The law should catch up with Britain’s attitudes to assisted dying: Also on the daily podcast: a visit to Japan’s earthquake-torn Noto peninsula and the merits ...
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The law should catch up with Britain’s attitudes to assisted dying
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Elon Musk is feuding with Brazil’s powerful Supreme Court: The court has become the de facto regulator of social media in the country
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Elon Musk is feuding with Brazil’s powerful Supreme Court
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Robert F. Kennedy junior doesn’t care if he condemns America to Trump: He’s a tree-hugging conspiracy theorist – and he’s running for president
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Robert F. Kennedy junior doesn’t care if he condemns America to Trump
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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israeli cabinet debates response to Iran attack: Iranian officials warn Israel of a larger attack should it respond to overnight drone ...
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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israeli cabinet debates response to Iran attack
Quick Glance: New Measures Against Iran and Escalation in West Bank
  • The United States intends to take further actions against Iran in the coming days to address the attacks on Israel over the weekend, as announced by US officials on Tuesday.

  • To combat the escalation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian officials reported the deaths of two Palestinians shot by Israeli settlers on Monday.
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The rights and wrongs of assisted dying: Britain’s next great social reform is coming. Here’s how it should work
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The rights and wrongs of assisted dying
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Singapore loses shine as Southeast Asia base for multinationals: SINGAPORE -- Multinational corporations are increasingly locating some Southeast Asian ...
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Singapore loses shine as Southeast Asia base for multinationals
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Primary schools in Britain are beginning to close : A baby bust is starting to work its way through the system
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Primary schools in Britain are beginning to close 
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Explore our prediction model for Britain’s looming election: The scale of the task facing Rishi Sunak is clear
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Explore our prediction model for Britain’s looming election
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Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?: The wonder-technology faces accusations of copyright infringement
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Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?
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Israel’s use of AI in Gaza is coming under closer scrutiny: Do the humans in Israel’s army have sufficient control over its technology?
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Israel’s use of AI in Gaza is coming under closer scrutiny
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“Never underestimate the extent to which Bibi can make a bad situation worse.”: Also on the daily podcast: Trump’s first criminal trial gets underway and ...
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“Never underestimate the extent to which Bibi can make a bad situation ...
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What is Joe Biden’s Israel policy meant to achieve?: Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we assess whether America can still advance its aims ...
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What is Joe Biden’s Israel policy meant to achieve?
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China’s fishing fleet is causing havoc off Africa’s coasts: The victims are non-Chinese crew members, local fishermen and marine life
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China’s fishing fleet is causing havoc off Africa’s coasts
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Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry: The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol
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Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry
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Are Indians right to boo Hardik Pandya, a star cricketer?: Sport is all the better for a bit of abuse and hostility—but there are limits
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Are Indians right to boo Hardik Pandya, a star cricketer?
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What to expect as Donald Trump’s first criminal trial gets under way: And how much the spectacle will matter
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What to expect as Donald Trump’s first criminal trial gets under way
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Americans are turning to stories of civil war, real and imagined: The real risks America faces are more insidious
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Americans are turning to stories of civil war, real and imagined
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Some Australians are increasingly sceptical of AUKUS: The government needs to sell its ground-breaking security pact much harder
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Some Australians are increasingly sceptical of AUKUS
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Malaysia's largest port to double capacity to chase Singapore: KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's largest port, on the major sea route of Malacca Strait ...
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Malaysia's largest port to double capacity to chase Singapore
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Who are the swing voters in America?: We interrogated a dataset of 49,000 people to find out
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Who are the swing voters in America?
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Who wields the power in the world’s supply chains?: Inventories offer a clue
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Who wields the power in the world’s supply chains?
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Why most people regret Brexit: A majority of British voters now believe the split was a mistake
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Why most people regret Brexit
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China’s state is eating the private property market: Pity those soon to buy a home
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China’s state is eating the private property market
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What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common: Hint: it is not a fondness for cryptocurrencies
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What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common
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Mike Johnson may have to choose between Ukraine aid and his job: The Republican House speaker is trapped by hardliners on his own side
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Mike Johnson may have to choose between Ukraine aid and his job
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Austria’s accidental hard-right leader: A new biography portrays the rise to the top of an obscure man
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Austria’s accidental hard-right leader
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O.J. Simpson’s defence was a harbinger of post-truth politics: Ignore the facts, believe in conspiracies
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O.J. Simpson’s defence was a harbinger of post-truth politics
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What’s next for behavioural economics?: Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, the pandemic was the nascent field’s biggest test yet ...
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What’s next for behavioural economics?
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Two books shine a light on the dark parts of America’s history: Steven Hahn and Jacob Heilbrunn trace the appeal of illiberal policies and leaders throughout the ...
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Two books shine a light on the dark parts of America’s history