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• Syrian rebels seize the capital: How the night unfolded – video
• Sean Connery died on October 31st
• 'Grief doesn't bend': professional big mountain skier Hadley Hammer on moving forward past loss
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Millions are travelling across China for lunar new year
• Why Volodymyr Zelensky may welcome Donald Trump's victory
• KAL's cartoon
• Wally Amos built, and lost, a delicious empire
• The horrors of the reply-all email thread
• A trial in New York exposes US-Mexican counter-narcotics tensions
• The weekly cartoon
• The ever-expanding Middle East war
• Israel and Hizbullah play with fire
• The world's deadliest war last year wasn't in Ukraine
• When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?
• How to invest in chaotic markets
• Countering China in Africa
• How Brazilian lawmakers won extra powers to waste money
• Colombia's president had a bold peace plan. It is not working
• Donald Trump's promise of a golden age for oil is fanciful
• To save the Amazon, Lula must work out who owns it
• Iran's damage-limitation efforts may not go to plan
• Coventry woman who vanished 52 years ago found alive and well
• Kenneth Kaunda died on June 17th
• The British government fudges its employment-rights bill
• Temu's Takeover Is Now Complete
• How Google Maps Makes It Harder for Palestinians to Navigate the West Bank
• The Dutch are getting a half-populist, half-pragmatist government
• A language guide for judges is a window into modern Britain
• The Onion's cutting edge: paper
• Nawal El-Saadawi died on March 21st
• European airlines are on a shopping spree
• Europe's economy is a cause for concern, not panic
• How China's political clans might determine its future
• Casinos are booming in South-East Asia
• Western values are steadily diverging from the rest of the world's
• RFK junior is half right about American health care
• China's missing foreign minister loses his job
• As Russia's attacks step up, Ukraine fears waning Western support
• Can Donald Trump win back suburban voters?
• The deal that freed Evan Gershkovich was more than a prisoner swap
• Xi Jinping repeats imperial China's mistakes
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• Can Britain's "mission-led" government defy gravity?
• The business of businesses is climate-change adaptation
• Antidepressant use is surging in Britain
• A UN vote on Palestine underlines America's weakening clout
• Hal Willner died on April 7th
• Uruguay is losing its reputation as Latin America's success story
• An Ecuadorian presidential candidate is assassinated
• Battlefield lessons
• Sir Keir Starmer's elevator pitch for investment
• Two new books explore the impact of accelerating technology
• LG slapped a 27-inch touchscreen on its latest microwave
• Generative AI Still Needs to Prove Its Usefulness
• Elizabeth II never laid down the heavy weight of the crown
• Turmoil awaits Michel Barnier, France's new prime minister
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• America's college heads revise rules for handling campus protests
• What is the world's loveliest language?
• It's Time to Move Past AI Nationalism
• Wildfires are getting more frequent and more devastating
• Are India's corruption police targeting Narendra Modi's critics?
• Indian tourists are conquering the world
• Snuffing out the flame of freedom in Hong Kong
• Singapore has achieved astounding economic success
• Brandon Johnson, Chicago's leftist mayor, is struggling
• Takashima Ryosuke is Japan's youngest ever mayor
• Share your reaction to the fall of Assad in Syria
• Jensen Huang says Moore's law is dead. Not quite yet
• When party propaganda falls flat
• South Korean Plane Crash Kills 179 in One of Deadliest Aviation Disasters in Years
• Covid-19 has stymied governments' efforts to collect data
• Olivia de Havilland died on July 26th
• The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human rights
• A shift towards green investment is under way in Africa
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• To help schoolchildren in poor countries, reduce lead poisoning
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• Business
• Shrinking populations mean less growth and a more fractious world
• Jay Pasachoff travelled the world to catch the Moon eclipsing the Sun
• How to trade an election
• Chinese EV-makers are leaving Western rivals in the dust
• Walmart's latest product? Its customers
• New fronts are opening in the war against malaria
• A growing industry is emerging to make philanthropy simpler
• Why on earth would anyone go to a British party conference?
• PolyDrop - A BYOSI (Bring-Your-Own-Script-Interpreter) Rapid Payload Deployment Toolkit
• Was your degree really worth it?
• AI could accelerate scientific fraud as well as progress
• It is dangerously easy to hack the world's phones
• Psobf - PowerShell Obfuscator
• Jair Bolsonaro still shapes Brazil's political right
• Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
• America's Asian allies are trying to Trump-proof their policies
• George Floyd was killed on May 25th
• Diego Maradona died on November 25th
• Workouts for the face are a growing business
• Bindeshwar Pathak realised that India's future depended on toilets
• Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
• 'The forest will survive': the volunteers saving Kharkiv's war-charred woodland
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Republicans finally win the coveted trifecta
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• AI will not fix Apple's sluggish iPhone sales any time soon
• Floating solar has a bright future
• Russia's explosion of a huge Ukrainian dam had surprising effects
• How to write the perfect CV
• Big oil may be softening its stance on climate-change regulation
• A broken system needs urgent repairs
• Vladimir Putin fires a new missile to amplify his nuclear threats
• Turkey's asset-price boom is good for some but terrible for most
• Mass-Assigner - Simple Tool Made To Probe For Mass Assignment Vulnerability Through JSON Field Modification In HTTP Requests
• Politics
• Like America, the Sunshine State also rises
• Hordes of cicadas are emerging simultaneously in America
• The Worst Tweets of 2024
• OpenAI's new fundraising is shaking up Silicon Valley
• What happens if Ukraine loses?
• Rishi Sunak's snap election is odd and illogical—much like him
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Russia's plunging currency spells trouble for its war effort
• The Arab League has done little for its members in nearly 70 years
• The tricky politics of choosing Oxford's next chancellor
• Joan Feynman died on July 22nd
• Economic data, markets and commodities
• "Making Nice" is a gratifying satire of the internet age
• The far right has captured Israel's police
• Can anyone realistically challenge SpaceX's launch supremacy?
• What identity politics will Kamala Harris practise?
• The Xi-Putin partnership is not a marriage of convenience
• The 2023 crony-capitalism index
• Politics
• Meet the digital David taking on the Google Goliath
• AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines
• Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Here's what the polls say
• How Boston became the safest big city in America
• Young Latin Americans are unusually open to autocrats
• A Nobel prize for electron-watchers
• One dead after Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas
• Politics
• Is Kamala Harris "brat"?
• The Netherlands' new hard-right government is a mess
• Europe's economic growth is extremely fragile
• Earth Life Found inside Ryugu Asteroid Samples
• Bob Menendez is found guilty of corruption
• How South-East Asia can weather the Trump trade typhoon
• A gigantic landslide shows the limit to how high mountains can grow
• Taiwan is a vital island that is under serious threat
• Why Republicans have failed to scrap the Department of Education
• A look back on my favorite episodes of TechCrunch's Found podcast
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Blighty newsletter: Mind the budget gap
• Intel Officials Warned Police That US Cities Aren't Ready for Hostile Drones
• How Does a Movie Projector Show the Color Black?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines
• China's state is eating the private property market
• Israel is more popular than social-media posts suggest
• Mexico's president gives power and money to the armed forces
• Ancient, damaged Roman scrolls have been deciphered using AI
• Introducing Analysing Africa, our latest newsletter
• How far-right extremism is becoming a global threat
• What could kill the $1trn artificial-intelligence boom?
• What ilish, a fish, says about India-Bangladesh relations
• Why this isn't Britain's TikTok election
• The military dictatorship controls less than 50% of Myanmar
• How can firms pass on tacit knowledge?
• China is trying to boost domestic tourism
• The age of the grandparent has arrived
• Airbnb bookings for the solar eclipse reach astronomical levels
• India's financial system has improved dramatically in the past decade
• Checks and Balance newsletter: Trump and Harris's duel over EVs
• Startups are finding novel ways to recycle carbon
• Pakistan rolls out the red carpet for China's prime minister
• Viktor Orban solidifies his credentials as the EU's pantomime villain
• The CEO's alternative summer reading list
• Checks and Balance: The 50-year plan
• How gaga is MAHA?
• The President Trump Is Pushing Aside
• Labour's victory is good for Britain's union of four countries
• What Donald Trump's 34 convictions mean for the presidential election
• Some Germans think the hostage exchange with Russia was a dirty deal
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Eric Adams's friends keep having their phones taken away
• Our new "mega-poll" gives Labour an expected majority of 280 seats
• Chinese authorities are now addicted to traffic fines
• The WIRED Guide to Digital Security
• A historian brings to life a 17th-century witchcraft panic
• OpenAI Upgrades Its Smartest AI Model With Improved Reasoning Skills
• One way to turbocharge the Chinese economy
• Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
• Chinese nationalists have issues with "3 Body Problem"
• How a Spanish province became the world's truffle leader
• Business
• What to do about pets in the office
• Is South Africa ready for a change in government?
• Under Lula, Brazil is walking on the financial wild side
• Investors should not fear a stockmarket crash
• "You will always be 0% prepared": Ukraine's refugees on life far from home
• "Mad Mike" Hoare died on February 2nd
• Sources and acknowledgments
• This week's covers
• How crises reshaped the world financial system
• Israel and Hamas look close to some kind of deal
• Britain's government has only half a plan to improve infrastructure
• AI helps scour video archives for evidence of human-rights abuses
• Brain injuries are startlingly common among those who have committed crimes
• Chinese government hackers targeted US Treasury office that administers sanctions – report
• DIY landmine-clearing is putting Ukrainian farmers in danger
• Xi Jinping really is unshakeably committed to the private sector
• For Gen-Z job-seekers, TikTok is the new LinkedIn
• Conservation Efforts Save Pandas, Wolves and Panthers from Extinction
• China's presence in Latin America has expanded dramatically
• The most expensive cities in which to celebrate Valentine's Day
• The economy sees repeated boom and bust cycles
• Living outside China has become more like living inside China
• Lessons in capitalism from Whole Foods and Trader Joe's
• Donald Trump is preparing an assault on America's immigration system
• Is India's education system the root of its problems?
• The job of Iran's president is a study in humiliation
• Homero Gómez was apparently murdered on January 13th
• How should Britain handle £200bn in quantitative-easing losses?
• What unites a Spice Girl, an opera star and champagne?
• Why China's government is hushing up court rulings
• There's more than one way to spay a cat
• Has Ukraine's shock raid successfully diverted Russian forces?
• Two groups are least happy about Labour's budget
• What's the Winter Solstice? Celebrations, Science, Livestream
• Some of These Whales May Live Twice as Long as Scientists Thought
• If a China and America war went nuclear, who would win?
• Israel's use of AI in Gaza is coming under closer scrutiny
• Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why
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• Some corals are better at handling the heat
• Should central bankers argue in public?
• Could Mark Carney lead Canada?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The deadly journey to the Gulf
• The future of philanthropy will involve a mix of different approaches
• The end comes quickly for India's fading champions ahead of Test series finale | Geoff Lemon
• The UK Now Has Its Own Illegal Rubberized Cybertruck on the Road
• The AirFish is a fast ferry that will fly above the waves
• Could the Israel-Hamas war trigger unrest across the Arab world?
• Best Google Pixel Deals: Ring In 2025 With a Brand-New Phone
• Why Donald Trump has moved ahead in our election forecast
• How Do You Live a Happier Life? Notice What Was There All Along
• Fernando Botero became famous for his over-size people and animals
• Obituary: Anwar Congo died on October 25th
• What does Labour's win mean for British foreign policy?
• How Frazzled Parents Can Be More Present with Kids during the Holidays
• BokuLoader - A Proof-Of-Concept Cobalt Strike Reflective Loader Which Aims To Recreate, Integrate, And Enhance Cobalt Strike's Evasion Features!
• Why 2024 could become the hottest year on record
• Why investors should still avoid Chinese stocks
• How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
• Sources and acknowledgments
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Another attack on a Japanese local points to a big problem in China
• Will India's new government turbocharge the fight against poverty?
• People are playing a new DOOM-themed CAPTCHA
• The economics of the climate
• Which city is the cheapest in the world?
• Why America and Europe fret about China turning inwards
• Mike Lynch was Britain's first software billionaire
• Donald Trump may find it harder to dominate America's conversation
• The shortfall in British adoptions
• Why Romania cancelled a pro-Russian presidential candidate
• New technology could cement Indonesia's dominance of vital nickel
• The hell of the sandwich lunch
• How a conservative conference morphed into a crisis of liberalism
• A second human case of bird flu in America is raising alarm
• Surrogacy reform is spreading in the rich world
• Bitcoin's price is surging. What happens next?
• How Italy's Carabinieri cultural heritage protection squad foiled tomb-raiders
• Is it time for "ecocide" to become an international crime?
• Spirit's woes reveal the dismal state of America's budget airlines
• The pandemic has changed the shape of global happiness
• The promise Donald Trump is sure to keep
• Donald Trump is a convicted felon
• Educational technology is coming of age during the pandemic
• America under Joe Biden plays the pragmatist in Africa
• Israel's leaders are watching America's election closely
• English kids are back in school. What about the teachers?
• Donald Trump plays with fire in Atlanta
• German politicians are talking tough, but offering little
• Why are Indians shunning the country's shiny new metro lines?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Paraguay and Taiwan strengthen their embrace, for now
• How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble
• The world needs a better World Health Organisation
• The cocaine trade is booming in Europe's Caribbean territories
• Politics
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor-in-waiting?
• Venezuela's Supreme Court tests President Joe Biden
• Physical proximity has big effects in the workplace
• How Hindu is India's foreign policy?
• Array Collective, a group from Belfast, wins the Turner prize
• This week's covers
• The best, and worst, American cities for upward mobility
• Ukrainian refugees remain in limbo
• Roman Ratushny believed in a better, purer Ukraine
• The best SSDs in 2025
• North Korea is shutting embassies
• Can computing clean up its act?
• The global financial system is in danger of fragmenting
• The Chinese are working more hours than ever
• Sources and acknowledgments
• Introducing Middle East Dispatch, our latest newsletter
• Highlights of a year when art mattered as much as ever
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The Rise of the Union Right
• The surprising stagnation of Asia's middle classes
• Could the Kamala Harris boost put Florida in play for Democrats?
• Over a billion have voted in 2024: has democracy won?
• America prepares for a new nuclear-arms race
• How squid could help people get over their needle phobia
• Pssst! Want to read something about rumour and innuendo?
• The Unlikely Ingredient That Could End U.S. Dependence on Chinese Batteries
• Israel's hardliners reckon Gaza's chaos shows they must control it
• Jovenel Moïse's widow is accused of being party to his murder
• What now for Britain's right-wing parties?
• Business
• Cannabis: The Complete WIRED Guide
• The disease that most afflicts England's National Health Service
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The Olympics are teaching the French to cheer again
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• China's "demographic dividend" appears to be a myth
• Hedge funds make billions as India's options market goes ballistic
• How Africans can stay cool as the climate warms
• Colonies of bacteria could save the Pentagon billions
• Erdogan's empire
• Carbon emissions are dropping—fast—in Europe
• Joe Biden, master oil trader
• How to Tactfully Ask Your Child's Friend's Parents if They Have Guns at Home
• Britain's Supreme Court considers what a woman is
• Can Google or Huawei stymie Apple's march towards $4trn?
• Why the Arab world has an identity crisis
• Thomas Neff's idea rid the world of a third of its nuclear warheads
• The Republicans' policy platform previews the coming campaign
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• New treatments are emerging for type-1 diabetes
• Dommaraju Gukesh's win will accelerate India's chess ambitions
• China's ties with Russia are growing more solid
• Josep Almudéver died on May 23rd
• One of the Middle East's oldest conflicts has entered a new era
• Quincy Jones ruled popular music for half a century
• Nukes and King Charles—but no door key
• Jill Biden; Defender-in-chief
• How Russian casualties in Ukraine compare with other wars
• Buyers of Russian crude are exporting refined oil to the West
• André Watts took both Liszt and Schubert to his heart
• This week's covers
• NASA's Parker Solar Probe Attempts a Record-Breaking Christmas Eve Flyby
• Inside the secret oil trade that funds Iran's wars
• A Nobel prize in physiology for mRNA vaccines
• AI can bring back a person's own voice
• Investigation exposes pedophilia in the child-influencer industry
• At 70, the global convention on refugees is needed more than ever
• Some Taiwanese worry that their lawmakers may sell them out to China
• How successful is egg-freezing at preserving fertility?
• Bernard Madoff died in prison on April 14th
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• The foreigners fighting and dying for Vladimir Putin
• Infrastructure neglect and poverty lead to parasites in the Mississippi Delta
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Julian Assange's plea deal: a suitable end to a grubby saga
• How, if at all, might Russia be punished for its war crimes in Ukraine?
• Brazil's election is tight ahead of a run-off on October 30th
• The rich country with the worst mobile-phone service
• How Yahya Sinwar's death will change the Middle East
• Talks at the WTO to save the world's fish fail to reach agreement
• Bangladesh's economic progress may have been hyped
• A new breed of protest has left Kenya's president tottering
• AMLO's austerity has hurt Mexico
• Can teenagers outwit Australia's social-media ban?
• Why logistics are too important to be left to the generals
• The genocide case Israel faces is more about politics than the law
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• A shock election result in India humbles Narendra Modi
• June Mendoza captured both the famous and the unknown
• Brexit was wrong, say 57% of British voters
• A harrowing rape trial in France has revived debate about consent
• However justified, more government intervention risks being counterproductive
• Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
• The mystery of India's female labour-force participation rate
• Life and death in a Christmas tree
• Antidepressants are over-prescribed, but genuinely help some patients
• Who shaved $250bn from Kweichow Moutai's market value?
• Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will face securities fraud charges in the US
• Ceci n'est pas un divorce: why surging separatism won't break Belgium
• There's lots of gold in urban waste dumps
• The war on prices: British edition
• Emmanuel Macron in his own words (English)
• Canon Promo Codes and Coupons: Up to $700 Off
• Obituary: Andrew Marshall died on March 26th
• The UN calls for a surge in aid to help 160m desperate people
• Can Kamala Harris win Michigan without Arab-American voters?
• Britain's Reform UK party does not exist
• Silvio Berlusconi duped Italians for years
• A battle royal over deep-sea archaeology in the Caribbean
• KAL's cartoon
• If Nigeria cannot end fuel shortages, disaster beckons
• Cities used to sprawl. Now they're growing taller
• Is Britain levelling up?
• What the war in Ukraine means for Asia
• Obituary: Jane Withers was the antidote to cuteness
• The bigger-is-better approach to AI is running out of road
• Checks and Balance newsletter: Joe Biden must face the sad truth
• The Trump shooting has made a mockery of the Secret Service
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Move fast and mend things
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Britain's oil and gas industry faces an uncertain future
• Why Africa is crypto's next frontier
• How Europe's fear of migrants came to dominate its foreign policy
• Defying China, Taiwan elects William Lai Ching-te as president
• The archbishop and the abuser
• How geopolitical tensions could disrupt the global car industry
• Volunteering has big benefits for the elderly
• How strongmen abuse tools for fighting financial crime
• Sliding back
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Internal SpaceX documents show the sweet stock deals offered to investors like a16z, Gigafund
• P.J. O'Rourke hoped to make life hell for do-gooders everywhere
• Can Lula fix Brazil's fiscal mess?
• The Middle East has a militia problem
• The Republic – photos of Ireland: in pictures
• Can potholes fuel populism?
• We're hiring a global correspondent
• Brian Niccol, Starbucks's new CEO, has a "messianic halo"
• 2024 Was the Year the Bottom Fell Out of the Games Industry
• China and the EU risk a trade war
• A new bionic leg can be controlled by the brain alone
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• The new front line of British politics is just lovely
• Ukraine is ignoring US warnings to end drone operations inside Russia
• The truth behind Olena Zelenska's $1.1m Cartier haul
• American long-range missiles are coming back to Europe
• Pedro Sánchez clings to office at a cost to Spain's democracy
• Obituary: Judith Kerr died on May 23rd
• Sir Brian Urquhart died on January 2nd
• Bangladesh's new ruler is in a race against time
• Simon Verity believed in working the medieval way
• The US Treasury Department says it was hacked in a China-linked cyberattack
• Donald Trump tries to be both unifier and pugilist in his convention speech
• An obscure communist newspaper is shaping Japan's politics
• KAL's cartoon
• An anatomy of hard times in the city
• Does America have enough weapons to support its allies?
• Huge anti-Russian protests in Tbilisi echo Ukraine's Maidan
• Which countries have the most-educated politicians?
• Why the Federal Reserve is split on the future of interest rates
• Scotland's failure to build homes is mainly due to its government
• Hilary Mantel saw things that others couldn't
• Will Joe Biden's new plan bring relief to Gaza?
• Has Warren Buffett lost his touch?
• Singapore's foreign admirers see only the stuff they like
• What is the effect of the Supreme Court's affirmative-action ban?
• Entrevista con Javier Milei, presidente de Argentina
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• As stock prices fall, investors prepare for an autumn chill
• The Labour Party's grand bargain with business
• Two journalists who have exposed human-rights abuses win the Nobel peace prize
• Which Olympic sports is China good at?
• Investors panicked after Mexico's election. Were they right?
• The mafiosi of Naples turn white-collar
• As his popularity fades Volodymyr Zelensky culls his cabinet
• Chinese loans and investment in infrastructure have been huge
• How will business deal with Donald Trump this time?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Common sense is not actually very common
• Latin America's local governments too often fail their people
• The pandemic puts a strain on elite private schools
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Is the opioid epidemic finally burning out?
• How lucrative are MPs' second jobs?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The 17 Best EVs Coming in 2025
• New year swimmers and a scenic sunrise: photos of the day – Wednesday
• Lula wants to purge Brazil of Jair Bolsonaro's influence
• How to Ring in 2025 at Universal Studios Hollywood, Walt Disney World, and More
• Pelé, king of the beautiful game
• This year's slate of sequels feels like nostalgic reassurance in a time of chaos
• Israel's northern border is ablaze
• An expert on civil war issues a warning about America
• How to make money on the Super Bowl
• Biden's border order: impractical policy, pragmatic politics
• Business
• Do abortion-related benefits help American firms recruit?
• The 10th Gen Apple iPad Drops to a New Record Low Price as We Head Into the New Year
• A clue to China's true covid-19 death toll
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Hudson Valley Weekend Trips: Where to Find the Region's Best New Restaurants, Hotels and Kombucha Sorbet
• Politics
• New York City is covered in illegal scaffolding
• Donald Trump threatened to smackdown the education department
• Armies are re-learning how to fight in cities
• New railways could transform South-East Asia
• Japan lands on the Moon
• China's aggression brings Japan and the Philippines closer
• How China views the popular uprising in Bangladesh
• The US Army's chief of staff has ideas on the force of the future
• The Liberal Democrats could become the main opposition in Britain
• Bad Bunny, a superstar rapper, is good business
• How Taiwan is shaped by its history and identity
• Is America giving Narendra Modi an easy ride?
• Ron Galella, the original paparazzo, died on April 30th, aged 91
• Tina Turner turned a tough life into splendour
• America's allies brace for brinkmanship, deals—and betrayal
• Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer to Join The Atlantic as Staff Writers
• AMLO is trying to bury the tragedy of Mexico's missing people
• Latin Americans are worryingly relaxed about authoritarianism
• Martial law in South Korea—and then not. What comes next?
• "Tariffers" v "traders": the new contest for Donald Trump's ear
• How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life
• Will the West betray or save anti-Putin protesters in Georgia?
• Another attempt to kill Trump raises fears of political violence
• Best Pillows for Back Sleepers in 2025
• Inna Solovyova studied both stagecraft and the Russian soul
• Genetic Testing Is a Gift. But It Shouldn't be a Present
• Did sexism propel Donald Trump to power?
• The energy transition could make India even more unequal
• This week's cover
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• AI models make stuff up. How can hallucinations be controlled?
• Silicon Valley stifled the AI doom movement in 2024
• Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It's Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong
• Giorgia Meloni would make Machiavelli proud
• Hamas talks up a truce, but Israel may still invade Rafah
• Airborne taxi ranks are coming to a sky near you
• An unusual museum in China is dedicated to Vinegar Joe
• Business
• McDonald's v Burger King: what a price war means for inflation
• How Asia's wild west shakes up the modern world
• Sources and acknowledgments
• William Anders took the photo that kicked off the environmental movement
• El Salvador's authoritarian president is becoming a regional role model
• 'Biceps curls while you cook!' 101 ways to get healthier and happier – in just five minutes
• Jair Bolsonaro is barred from office for eight years
• The perils of expanded balance-sheets
• Societies that treat women badly are poorer and less stable
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• If You Made Money via PayPal, Venmo or Cash App in 2024, Get Ready for This IRS Tax Change
• Julian Bream died on August 14th
• Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2025
• Narendra Modi's secret weapon: India's diaspora
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Is America's weed habit dangerous?
• Joe Biden quits the race, at last. What's next?
• Somalia is on the brink of famine
• Archaeologists identify the birthplace of the mysterious Yamnaya
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Kazakhstan's referendum on nuclear energy could benefit Russia
• South Korean voters—and spring onions—rebuke the president
• Sudan's spiralling war, in maps
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Antisemitism is on the rise in Britain
• An inspiring, if frustrating, portrayal of the Williams sisters' coach and dad
• China's economy is in for another rough year
• The most Tory place in Britain
• Emmanuel Macron on how to rescue Europe
• What is 5G? The Complete Guide to When, Why, and How
• Trump and other populists will haunt NATO's 75th birthday party
• Israel's invasion of Lebanon may bolster support for Hizbullah
• After a dreadful year for tech firms, who will thrive in 2023?
• Intel's Grim Lesson for Boeing: Sometimes Mr. Fix-It Is Too Late
• Questions grow over the future of the London stockmarket
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Germany is flunking the education test
• The two types of human laugh
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• Best Bose Speakers for 2025
• Tech that can help you stick to your New Year's resolutions
• Joe Biden and Xi Jinping rediscover the joy of talking. Good
• Hong Kong's property slump may be terminal
• Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's prime minister, is wasting his opportunity
• China tries to figure out whom a hit song is mocking
• Thanks to public domain, Tintin can now skeleton dance to Rhapsody in Blue
• A new lab and a new paper reignite an old AI debate
• Even disillusioned young Indian voters favour Narendra Modi
• Kung fu gives Africans their kicks
• Britain's budget is heavy on spending but light on reform
• 21 states are getting minimum wage bumps in 2025
• Mexico's gangs could be the country's fifth-biggest employer
• Where will the next coup be in Africa?
• How did pollsters do in predicting the British election?
• How independent is India's Supreme Court?
• Does Perplexity's "answer engine" threaten Google?
• Elias Khoury encapsulated the confusions of the Middle East
• The Morning After: A microwave with a 27-inch touchscreen
• As wellness trends take off, iodine deficiency makes a quiet comeback
• Jonathan Sacks died on November 7th
• The next terrifying war: Israel v Hizbullah
• Banks, at least, are making money from a turbulent world
• France's government faces the imminent loss of a vote of confidence
• Peng Ming-min fought for the idea of "one China and one Formosa"
• It was hard for any viewer to look away from Sidney Poitier
• Norovirus outbreaks are on the rise around the country and on cruise ships
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