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The Economist· 2025-08-12 16:45
Great-power competition in the far north puts renewed attention on Svalbard https://t.co/x37a91BivR ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-12 16:40
Independent wrestling leagues are popping up in America as the big incumbents fade. On “The Intelligence” @dlknowles looks at what these bonkers groups reveal about the country. Listen now https://t.co/mjRmH2aZcw ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-12 16:30
The staggering costs of Black Economic Empowerment https://t.co/rB0oXcxFbk ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-12 16:20
Some links between bad dreams and bad health are to be expected. But other connections to conditions not specifically brain-related are more mysterious https://t.co/JcTrClvpa4 ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-12 16:01
How is Israel getting away with its actions in Gaza? Amid mounting evidence of war crimes, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has announced a new offensive on Gaza City. Our foreign editor looks at who could stop him https://t.co/Bsg1qqMTR9 https://t.co/IjVy6W0NL0 ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-12 15:40
Last year Patrizia Nanz took over as the European University Institute’s president. Since arriving in Florence, she has wielded, if not a chainsaw, then certainly a stiff new broom, determined to make the establishment relevant https://t.co/Hwa2JW2W6h ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-12 15:20
AstraZeneca’s boss wants Britain to boost its spending on drugs—a move that would put further strain on the cash-strapped National Health Service. But the threat of the company leaving Britain may alarm the government enough to make it consider coughing up https://t.co/wlryQWFzcr ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-12 15:00
“Probing how and why the atomic bombs were deployed against Japan has become a cottage industry all of its own.” The War Room, our defence newsletter, recommends seven of the best books about the country’s defeat in the second world war https://t.co/Bw2eBU5Md6 ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-12 14:40
The Food and Drug Administration’s new commissioner has made moves towards innovation. But these have been undermined by the regulator’s tendency to shoot first and aim later https://t.co/NlnSqneTux ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-12 14:30
The UK helped shape the global video-games industry: can it stay in the game? https://t.co/VkHXp5D2zK ...