In March the Trump administration’s defence guidance declared America’s military priorities to be defending the homeland and preventing a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. It has only taken three months for events to impose a totally different reality https://t.co/phbnZVoJUw ...

Polymarket and Kalshi are soaring in popularity. With a few tweaks, they could really take off https://t.co/BMnm0URffM ...

The party of Sheikh Hasina, the autocratic leader who was overthrown last year, has a dire record. But voters should have a free choice. We argue that Bangladesh should let the Awami League contest the next election https://t.co/BKO1sD7t97 ...

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How do the changing needs of the electronics industry shape the surface of the world? 1843 travels from Indonesia to Chile to document humanity’s search for critical minerals https://t.co/cx44MTpAcL https://t.co/dUOIuiGGmD ...

Republican support for same-sex marriage is dropping fast. That souring of opinion within the majority party is beginning to have real-world consequences in courts and statehouses https://t.co/uOrxmRB6Wd ...

As America imposes tariffs will-nilly, slashes aid and bans African migrants, China sees an opportunity. The country is changing how it trades with the continent https://t.co/K3bHqIojtK ...

The Natanz enrichment plant was Iran’s largest. The UN’s nuclear watchdog said Israeli strikes probably caused significant damage to its centrifuges. America also dropped two of its largest bunker-busting bombs on the buried part of the site https://t.co/UZerzy5BY3 ...

Investors have always wanted to minimise their dues. What is new is the scale and speed at which that desire is transforming wealth management and even the notion of passive investing https://t.co/zz4668WhhY ...

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