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Meet the new entrants to the Mel Gibson hall of fame – Marjorie Taylor Greene and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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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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Doris Kearns Goodwin recalls 1960s idealism in ‘An Unfinished Love Story’: Doris Kearns Goodwin had a front row seat to the presidency of Lyndon Johnson ...
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Doris Kearns Goodwin recalls 1960s idealism in ‘An Unfinished Love Story’
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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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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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Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the latest polls?: The Economist is tracking the contest to be America’s next president
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Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the latest polls?
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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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Kamen: Accusations of racism at the fair - Soft ice cream seller changes name: Soft ice cream was advertised as “Eisneger” at a fair stand in Kamen ...
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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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Iranians fear their brittle regime will drag them into war: Ultra-religious hardliners are gaining power and yearn for confrontation
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Iranians fear their brittle regime will drag them into war
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Azerbaijan calls for ICJ to throw out Armenian ethnic cleansing case: The case accuses Azerbaijan of glorifying racism and allowing hate speech against Armenians ...
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Azerbaijan calls for ICJ to throw out Armenian ethnic cleansing case
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Scoop: Commanders draft Senate veteran to finesse stadium deal: His first job: Ensure that D.C. can negotiate a stadium deal at RFK
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Scoop: Commanders draft Senate veteran to finesse stadium deal
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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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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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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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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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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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Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour’ nightly newscast, dies at 93
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Quick Glance: Robert MacNeil, Co-Founder of 'PBS NewsHour,' Passes Away at 93
  • Robert MacNeil, a Canadian broadcast journalist who established what is now 'PBS NewsHour' and served as its urbane, impartial co-anchor for two decades, died at the age of 93.

  • Teaming up with Jim Lehrer in 1975, they formed one of television journalism's most successful and enduring partnerships, launching what later became 'PBS NewsHour.'

  • They opted to provide a sophisticated supplement to network nightly news, focusing on a single issue each night with interviews from experts.

  • Despite facing criticism for being dull and elitist, the program garnered a loyal audience and expanded to become the country's first national, hour-long nightly news broadcast in 1983.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Flat whites are Australia’s greatest culinary export: They are even better than Vegemite
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Flat whites are Australia’s greatest culinary export
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What happens if Ukraine loses?: Russian victory would be debilitating for the West, and especially for Europe
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What happens if Ukraine loses?
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A story of Scottish wildcats : For some cats this is the best of times. For others, arguably a bit less good
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A story of Scottish wildcats
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Will China’s ties with Israel survive the Gaza war?: Some Israelis are rethinking the country that refuses to call Hamas a terrorist group
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Will China’s ties with Israel survive the Gaza war?
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Rose Dugdale went from debutante to IRA bombmaker : The heiress and IRA militant died on March 18th, aged 82
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Rose Dugdale went from debutante to IRA bombmaker
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New technology can keep whales safe from speeding ships: Collisions kill 20,000 every year
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New technology can keep whales safe from speeding ships
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What Ramadan is like in Xinjiang: Our columnist visits a harshly controlled region
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What Ramadan is like in Xinjiang
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Is South Africa ready for a change in government?: The ANC is unpopular, but the opposition is fractured
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Is South Africa ready for a change in government?
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Generative AI has a clean-energy problem : What happens when the AI revolution meets the energy transition
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Generative AI has a clean-energy problem
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Russia’s ferocious glide-bomb campaign: For now, Ukraine has no answer to it
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Russia’s ferocious glide-bomb campaign
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A challenge to leftist bias moves into America’s public universities: Florida leads a push against prevailing progressivism
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A challenge to leftist bias moves into America’s public universities
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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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How to protect an endangered language: A new book looks at the threats facing six small languages and the efforts to save them
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How to protect an endangered language
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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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Bees, like humans, can preserve cultural traditions: Different colonies build in competing architectural styles
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Bees, like humans, can preserve cultural traditions
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Homeowners face a $25trn bill from climate change: Property, the world’s biggest asset class, is also its most vulnerable
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Homeowners face a $25trn bill from climate change
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Everything my Mum left behind: Emptying my family home
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Everything my Mum left behind
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Russia is struggling to find its missing soldiers: As many as 25,000 could be MIA
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Russia is struggling to find its missing soldiers
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TSMC’s American chipmaking plans grow $25bn more ambitious: They still pale next to its Taiwanese endeavours
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TSMC’s American chipmaking plans grow $25bn more ambitious
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Would America dare to bring down a Chinese bank?: Janet Yellen promises sanctions for those supporting Vladimir Putin’s war
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Would America dare to bring down a Chinese bank?
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Ekrem Imamoglu on Turkey’s renewed faith in democracy: Recent elections have upended the country’s politics, says Istanbul’s mayor
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Ekrem Imamoglu on Turkey’s renewed faith in democracy
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In praise of Peter Higgs : The particle named after him became a selling point. For the man, it was a bit of a pain
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In praise of Peter Higgs
Quick Glance: Physicist Peter Higgs Passes Away at 94
  • Physicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of an undetected particle in the universe changed science, has died at 94, according to the University of Edinburgh.

  • The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 at the CERN research center was a significant advancement in understanding the cosmos, steering physics towards once-fantastical ideas.

  • Higgs, initially 'incompetent' in the physics lab, later specialized in theoretical physics, inspired by quantum physicist Paul Dirac from his school.

  • The Higgs boson's completion of the Standard Model opened doors to explore unexplained aspects of the universe and abstract concepts like parallel universes, despite Higgs disliking the 'God particle' nickname.
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Myanmar’s junta is losing ever more ground: Our correspondent spent three days with one rebel group
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Myanmar’s junta is losing ever more ground
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How fast is India’s economy really growing?: Statisticians take the country’s figures with a pinch of salt
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How fast is India’s economy really growing?
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New Jersey’s electoral process just got upended: Andy Kim is fighting against some high-level political arcana
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New Jersey’s electoral process just got upended
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Congo brings back the death penalty: And it is cracking down on government critics
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Congo brings back the death penalty
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How India’s imports of Russian oil have lubricated global markets: But as the country’s importance in the global oil market grows, risks loom
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How India’s imports of Russian oil have lubricated global markets
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Adelle Waldman’s new novel follows workers in a big-box store: “Help Wanted” is based on the author’s own stint employed by one
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Adelle Waldman’s new novel follows workers in a big-box store
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The first week after prison is the deadliest for ex-inmates: Alcohol and drugs kill many in the early days of freedom
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The first week after prison is the deadliest for ex-inmates
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When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?: Following a nasty surprise, some now think they may come only after the presidential election
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When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?