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Because tariffs hurt, rather than help, economic growth, the Federal Reserve might have to put up with a softer-than-ideal labour market to keep a lid on prices in 2026 https://t.co/mGjRETqTjQ ...

What may have started, months ago, as a limited push for more gold in central banks’ reserves seems to have snowballed into a self-propelled mass of hot money chasing prices higher https://t.co/jtYTsCmWWu ...

The horrors of the war in Gaza have changed outsiders’ views of Israel. But the attacks by Hamas in October 2023 and all that has followed have also changed how Israelis feel about their country https://t.co/Wt6mCv4oDqPhoto: Getty Images https://t.co/6LJQhKmsyo ...

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Timber trespass, as the crime of killing trees on someone else’s property is known, has roiled east-coast elites in America in recent years. Such acts fit neatly into the theory of rational crime https://t.co/N0wHPQoKhy ...