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Senate to bring back border bill
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Britain's general election
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Middle East & Africa
The ICC’s threat to arrest Binyamin Netanyahu has shocked Israel
America and Israel have reacted with outrage at the implied equivalence between Israel and Hamas
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International
Iran’s new leaders stand at a nuclear precipice
The world’s atomic watchdog fears a terrifying regional arms race
The world in brief
Antony Blinken, America’s secretary of state, said he would work with Congress on an “appropriate response” to the International Criminal Court’s decision to seek an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and his defence minister, Yoav Gallant...
A funeral procession passed through Tabriz, a city in northern Iran, carrying the bodies of Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s president, and others who died in a helicopter crash on May 19th...
Alibaba and Baidu, two Chinese tech giants, cut the prices they charge for companies using their large-language models...
The International Monetary Fund warned that Britain’s Treasury would need to save an additional £30 billion ($38.2 billion) if it is to stabilise its debt burden, which currently stands at nearly 100% of GDP...
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Ukraine’s desperate struggle to defend Kharkiv
It is holding off Russia’s attack — for now
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Buttonwood: Joe Biden, master oil trader
The president has turned volatility into profit
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“A day of shame” for the British state
The biggest scandal in the history of the NHS is at last properly acknowledged
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The hit series “Bridgerton” has set off a string-quartet boom
It is a surprising example of how popular culture can shape consumer habits
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The US in Brief
Senate to bring back border bill
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World news
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The death of Iran’s president will spark a high-stakes power struggle
Amid a regional war, a fight at home between the clerics and military looms
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Banyan: Lai Ching-te aims to strengthen Taiwan but maintain the status quo
The new president won’t find it easy
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Why Julian Assange’s extradition case is taking so long
The WikiLeaks co-founder is granted a new appeal against being sent to America
A promising non-invasive technique can help paralysed limbs move
All that’s needed is electricity and exercise
Strife in the Middle East
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The revolt against Binyamin Netanyahu
His war cabinet and generals want a new plan—and a new boss
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The Israeli army is caught in a doom loop in Gaza
And the refusal to plan for the day after the war is fuelling a crisis with America
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Israel has seen arms embargoes before
But this time it will struggle without American military support
On Independence Day Israel is ripping itself apart
Anger, tears and recriminations
Business, finance and economics
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Can Nvidia be dethroned? Meet the startups vying for its crown
A new generation of AI chips is on the way
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Bartleby: How to be a good follower
First, realise that it matters
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Meet the Swedish firm trying to shake up heat pumps
It sees a big opportunity in an old technology
It is dangerously easy to hack the world’s phones
A system at the heart of global telecommunications is woefully insecure
The war in Ukraine
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Volodymyr Zelensky’s five-year term ends on May 20th
But he has no plans to step down or call an election during wartime
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What are the Russian “turtle tanks” seen in Ukraine?
Wrapping vehicles in corrugated metal might protect them from drone attacks
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Sergei Shoigu’s sacking points to yet more attrition in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin wants Russia’s armed forces to be better supplied
Tracking the Ukraine war: where is the latest fighting?
Our satellite view of the conflict, updated daily
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Can playing cards help catch criminals?
A novel idea for solving cold cases comes with high-stakes risks
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America’s election year
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A mano-a-mano contest between Michael Cohen and Donald Trump
The hush-money trial hinges on the testimony of the former president’s former fixer
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In brief
Senate to bring back border bill; Trump’s defence expected to rest case
Our daily political update, featuring stories that matter
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US election 2024
Can you build a Trump voter?
Try our tool—and see which attributes make voters more likely to pick one candidate over the other
Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the polls?
The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president
India’s election
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Who could replace Narendra Modi?
A leadership struggle is brewing in India’s ruling party
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Banyan: Narendra Modi ramps up the Muslim-baiting
Is the Indian prime minister confident, or worried?
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1843 magazine | Rahul Gandhi is on the march. But where is he heading?
He wants to be the champion of Indian liberalism. First he needs to save his party from irrelevance
Even disillusioned young Indian voters favour Narendra Modi
They worry about their future, but do not blame the BJP
Other highlights
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God™: an ageing product outperforms expectations
An economist tries to explain religion
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How not to name a new car
Companies that get it wrong risk both derision and outrage
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The Great Barrier Reef is seeing unprecedented coral bleaching
Continued global warming will mean its obliteration
The world’s slowest bullet train trundles ahead in California
An extra $3bn of federal funding is nice; as for the other $80bn, dream on
Weekly edition: May 18th 2024
Is America dictator-proof?
An American startup boom
How the country revived its go-getting spirit
China, Russia and the grey zone
Xi Jinping is subtler than Vladimir Putin—yet equally disruptive
The BJP’s power vacuum
A leadership struggle is brewing in India’s ruling party
Economists and God
An ageing product outperforms expectations
Special reports: May 11th 2024
Worlds apart
The American-led financial order is giving way to a more divided one
The global financial system is in danger of fragmenting
How crises reshaped the world financial system
The movement of capital globally is in decline
National payment systems are proliferating
The fight to dethrone the dollar
How the financial system would respond to a superpower war
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