5513 Interesting News

• Northern China has been hit by devastating floods
• Best Internet Providers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
• The trouble with Elon Musk's robotaxi dream
• Covid learning loss has been a global disaster
• The killing of a Russian general shows Ukraine's spies remain lethal
• How Brazilian lawmakers won extra powers to waste money
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• A battle royal over deep-sea archaeology in the Caribbean
• Ukraine will hold if it gets the arms it needs, says a top general
• A threatened ports strike is already having an impact in America
• In China, fib online and find out
• The insidious campaign to demolish mosques in India
• Turkey has given up promoting political Islam abroad
• Starry new productions show "Macbeth" is the tragedy for our times
• A cautionary tale from the streets of San Francisco
• Are British voters as clueless as Labour's intelligentsia thinks?
• Will Donald Trump "stop the wars" in the Middle East?
• Britain's last coal-fired power station closes
• A tiny, ancient hominin may have been surprisingly clever
• The weekly cartoon
• Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor-in-waiting?
• On stupid rules and quick wins
• Adele is taking a break from music. Can anybody replace her?
• The movement of capital globally is in decline
• Politics
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• A Little Math Can Streamline Holiday Cookie Making
• Blighty newsletter: Could the Labour Party fix lawmaking?
• Lessons in capitalism from Whole Foods and Trader Joe's
• How will Labour reform Britain's public services?
• China's economic model retains a dangerous allure
• Helen Fisher found out the science behind romance
• Is Europe's stubby skyline a sign of low ambition?
• How to hold armed police to account in Britain
• NATO is agonising over whether to let Ukraine join
• Susie Wiles, the unassuming operative powering Donald Trump's campaign
• Should women's football have different rules from men's?
• Habitat loss and climate change increase the risk of new diseases
• How painful will Trump's tariffs be for American businesses?
• Finding a driving test in Britain is painful, slow and expensive
• 2024's biggest revolution may yet devour its children
• Ukraine's defenders anxiously dig in for a looming Russian assault
• As lockdowns lift, media firms brace for an "attention recession"
• At 70, the global convention on refugees is needed more than ever
• Could Japan and South Korea finally become friends?
• Bad ideas are back on the menu in the Middle East
• How to provoke the fury of Xi Jinping
• Martin Amis was the lurid chronicler of a whole generation
• How one pandemic made another one worse
• A Spray of Glowing Filaments
• A tie-up between Honda and Nissan will not fix their problems
• Britain has many levers for controlling migration. Which ones should it pull?
• Volodymyr Zelensky's five-year term ends on May 20th
• Will Trump's tariff threats protect the dollar's dominance?
• Use the 'Anti-AI' Camera Apps Zerocam and Hallide to Keep Your Photos Looking More Natural
• Memorable images make time pass more slowly
• How will Britain vote on July 4th?
• Why skipping ropes are so expensive in China
• Politics
• Meet the Peruvian indigenous singer inspired by K-pop
• Israel hopes technology will help it fight in Hamas's tunnels
• Homero Gómez was apparently murdered on January 13th
• Wikipedia is 20, and its reputation has never been higher
• Blighty newsletter: How Canada's Conservatives are shaping the Tories
• This week's covers
• Botto, the Millionaire AI Artist, Is Getting a Personality
• Why Republicans have failed to scrap the Department of Education
• Pakistan rolls out the red carpet for China's prime minister
• 2023 looks set to be a watershed year for the climate
• A crisis in prisons gives Britain's new government its first test
• KAL's cartoon
• The limits of Turkey's strategic autonomy
• Can tech tackle the global crisis of depression and anxiety?
• How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
• Britain's government plans drastic changes to local democracy
• A northern Italian town bans cricket
• Turkey sits at the crossroads of tectonic plates as well as civilisations
• Economic data, markets and commodities
• Britain's star builder hits trouble
• An upset in Sri Lanka propels an outsider into power
• The Darkest Movie of the Year
• Business
• Is there a genetic link between endometriosis and the brain?
• As Syria's regime collapses, Erdogan eyes victory over the Kurds
• The agenda for the COP 26 summit
• What Javier Milei could learn from Peru's economic successes
• Can Narendra Modi complete India's state-building project?
• Should euthanasia be allowed for those with mental illnesses?
• Can Haiti's police hold on?
• Changes to China's gaokao exam are about politics, not fairness
• The best horror games to play in 2025
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Mexico has become a testing ground for psychedelic therapies
• The super-rich are trying new approaches to philanthropy
• Watch out Beijing, China's second-tier cities are on the up
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Shalom Nagar was picked by lottery to kill Adolf Eichmann
• Lessons in risk-taking from buccaneering BBVA
• How the election will shape the Supreme Court
• The 'Anthropological Change' Happening in Venezuela
• Has the Quad lost its way?
• For Hannah Pick-Goslar, paths crossed in an extraordinary way
• Joe Biden orders his spooks to investigate the origins of covid-19
• Obituary: Atta Elayyan was killed on March 15th
• Business
• European Bond Yields Rise in Holiday-Thinned Trade
• Checks and Balance newsletter: Readers' hopes and fears for a Trump presidency
• America has had a Cuban agent in its midst for 42 years
• Intel Arc B580 review: The new king of $250 GPUs (for now)
• A rare Brexit dividend for British farmers
• The high-tech race to improve weather forecasting
• The Most Haunting—And Most Inspiring—Moment in A Christmas Carol
• Even disillusioned young Indian voters favour Narendra Modi
• Latin America's left-wing experiment is a warning to the world
• What are the odds of an upset in Texas or Florida?
• After a year of war, Sudan is a failing state
• China's rulers are surprised by Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
• Economic data, markets and commodities
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• A new study of studies reignites controversy over mask mandates
• Climate change is slowing Earth's rotation
• What police commissioners tell you about the British election
• The six rules of fire drills
• Israel's judge in The Hague is its government's bogeyman
• Research into trans medicine has been manipulated
• The Trump campaign fires a barrage of negative advertisements
• Narendra Modi is remaking India's 1.4m strong military
• China has chilling plans for governing Taiwan
• Paris-anniversary climate pledges bring progress but fall short
• The Golden Age of American Bakeries Is Upon Us. Here's Why.
• Ko Jimmy was determined to make Myanmar free
• Celeste Caeiro's small gesture named a revolution
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• With its latest assassination, Israel is testing Iran
• Latin America's most powerful new gang built a human-trafficking empire
• TikTok wants Western consumers to shop like the Chinese
• Germany's government is barely holding together
• What if China and India became friends?
• Will China save the planet or destroy it?
• Activist investing is no longer the preserve of hedge-fund sharks
• Earth may once have had a planetary ring
• America's shuttle diplomacy to wind down the war in Gaza
• Blighty newsletter: What British politicians really earn on the side
• Tim Walz's life story is appealing, but his record is complex
• Will Joe Biden's new plan bring relief to Gaza?
• Racial tensions boil over in New Zealand
• The plight of Brazil's indigenous groups worsens
• KAL's cartoon
• Why Brazil's currency is plunging
• Biden Pledges Huge Climate Emissions Cuts He Can't Enforce. Here's Why It Still Matters
• Drones spotted on America's east coast highlight a bigger problem
• How to stop the killing
• 2024 Was the Year We Learned to Fear Nuclear Weapons Again
• Even before covid-19, nightclubs were struggling
• Millions in the West want mandatory voting. Are they right?
• Politics
• How King Charles III counts his swans
• Obituary: Robert McClelland died on September 10th
• A net-zero world needs new markets and institutions
• Israel is ratcheting up its shadow war with Iran
• A pair of Indian and Russian probes approach the Moon
• Why New York scrapped congestion charging
• This week's cover
• Indian cities are utterly unprepared for what is about to hit them
• Hudson Valley Weekend Trips: Where to Find the Region's Best New Restaurants, Hotels and Kombucha Sorbet
• KAL's cartoon
• Obituary: Okjökull was declared dead in 2014
• Which countries get the best night's sleep?
• Narendra Modi's party sweeps in north and central India
• Joan Feynman died on July 22nd
• The war on prices: British edition
• A narrow corridor in Gaza has become an obstacle to a ceasefire
• Humans have altered other species as well as the environment
• Silvio Berlusconi duped Italians for years
• Russia's explosion of a huge Ukrainian dam had surprising effects
• Israel has bloodied Hizbullah but is stuck in a war of attrition
• The path ahead for China's Belt and Road Initiative
• Countering China in Africa
• Are passive funds to blame for market mania?
• Politics will move further to the left in 2023
• What Is Quantum Computing? The Complete WIRED Guide
• Investors beware: summer madness is here
• The best live TV streaming services to cut cable in 2025
• The world is losing the fight against international gangs
• A changed world
• Economic data, markets and data
• Many Ukrainian drones have been disabled by Russian jamming
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The first week of COP26 was less substantive than it seemed
• Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping meet and resolve a border row
• The colour purple
• The economic recklessness of both France's hard left and hard right
• The Netherlands' new hard-right government is a mess
• Ukraine's latest weapons in its war with Russia: 3D-printed bombs
• Taiwan's opposition parties are struggling to unite
• Lockdowns could have long-term effects on children's health
• Southern Gaza could become more densely populated than Delhi
• The military draft is making a comeback
• The Americans who think Trump is anointed by God
• PIP-INTEL - OSINT and Cyber Intelligence Tool
• A museum in Rotterdam opens up its collection
• History will judge Joe Biden by Kamala Harris
• Huge floods in Brazil's south are a harbinger of disasters to come
• How, if at all, might Russia be punished for its war crimes in Ukraine?
• Protest movements as deadly as Iran's often end in revolution or civil war
• Pity the superstar fashion designer
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Taiwan is trying to learn from the wars in Gaza and Ukraine
• A reformer wanting a nuclear deal with America wins Iran's election
• Hordes of cicadas are emerging simultaneously in America
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Video games, power and diplomacy
• Syrian refugees in Europe are not about to flock home
• Ceci n'est pas un divorce: why surging separatism won't break Belgium
• Protests have shut down Mozambique
• The Telegram: our new guide to a dangerous world
• Xi Jinping's revealing response to floods and heatwaves
• Why is Thai health care so good?
• China hopes Mazu, a sea goddess, can help it win over Taiwan
• Chinese authorities are now addicted to traffic fines
• The downfall of a Philippine mayor may be linked to Chinese gangs
• Israel's ground assault hits Gaza's communication network
• Hal Willner died on April 7th
• Fethullah Gulen tried to transform Turkey in the subtlest ways
• Hard-right populists are pushing their way into the mainstream
• The world's most violent region needs a new approach to crime
• I Used AI to Do All of My Holiday Shopping
• One way to turbocharge the Chinese economy
• America, Israel and Hamas are trapped in a dangerous impasse
• Some corals are better at handling the heat
• Turkish women should soon be allowed to keep their maiden names
• The Complete History And Future of Robots
• Every AI Copyright Lawsuit in the US, Visualized
• Israel's government is again trying to hobble its Supreme Court
• Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets
• Li Wenliang died on February 7th
• Nigeria's high-cost oil industry is in decline
• The army-backed establishment in Thailand goes after its enemies
• A Comfort Eating Christmas
• Ukraine is digging in as the Kremlin steps up its offensive
• Comrade Duch died on September 2nd
• To get more capital, Africa needs more data
• The green revolution will stall without Latin America's lithium
• Birubala Rabha fought to end the stigmatisation of women
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Guatemala's new president promises a better sort of government
• Latin American society is modernising, mostly for the better
• A posthumous novel from John le Carré
• Are manufacturing jobs really that good?
• Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter
• Should rich countries pay for climate damage in poor ones?
• Revisited: are the world's oldest people really that old? – podcast
• States are becoming more brazen about killing foes abroad
• The noisome economics of dung beetles
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• China is unusually secretive about its space programme
• Democratic control of the Senate depends on a seven-fingered farmer
• It's time for a new approach to dealing with Trumpy relatives during the holidays | Jill Filipovic
• Bolivia's left wing is at war with itself
• Retirement has become much longer across the rich world
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• What Russia's budget reveals about the war in Ukraine
• Why the Federal Reserve is split on the future of interest rates
• KAL's cartoon
• Business
• Much of Russia's intellectual elite has fled the country
• Kash Patel, Donald Trump's wizard, wants to reform the FBI
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• How Ecuador became Latin America's deadliest country
• Business
• A Christmas Eve dip and a swimming Santa: photos of the day – Tuesday
• How Iran covered up the damage from Israel's strikes
• Under Lula, Brazil is walking on the financial wild side
• New tech can make air-conditioning less harmful to the planet
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Has China reached peak emissions?
• Obituary: Jane Withers was the antidote to cuteness
• America may soon be spending more on debt service than defence
• Smart Glasses Won Me Over, and This Is the Pair That Did It
• Sources and acknowledgments
• What if Microsoft let OpenAI go free?
• Scientists are building a catalogue of every type of cell in our bodies
• KAL's cartoon
• The builder of the Titanic is struggling to stay afloat
• Ashok - A OSINT Recon Tool, A.K.A Swiss Army Knife
• Countries need to pull more carbon dioxide out of the air
• The number of American students in China is going up again
• The King of Java inflames an Indonesian "democratic emergency"
• Spain's flood poses far-reaching political questions
• How the Brian Thompson shooting unfolded – video timeline
• What happened to the artificial-intelligence revolution?
• The extreme right after the riots in Britain
• This week's cover
• Craig Wright Found in Contempt of Court Over Bitcoin Creation Claims
• How genes work
• Michael Kovrig, former hostage of the Chinese state
• Progress on the science of menstruation—at last
• Billionaire space travel heads for a new frontier
• How to nobble a political rival in Africa and get away with it
• Eavan Boland died on April 27th
• Business
• What to make of the US Supreme Court's latest abortion ruling
• Turkey wants the EU to regulate the döner kebab
• NATO defence spending is rising, but not fast enough
• The nationalism of ideas
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The EU should be the world's heat-pump pioneer
• China's foreign minister goes missing
• Inside Ukraine's secret missile programme
• The Edgelord AI That Turned a Shock Meme Into Millions in Crypto
• China is leading the challenge to incumbent carmakers
• Adani's problems in Kenya undermine Narendra Modi's ambitions for Africa
• Narendra Modi needs to win over low-income Indians
• How the war in Ukraine is changing Europe's demography
• Only 5% of therapies tested on animals are approved for human use
• Gao Yaojie uncovered a scandal that shocked and shamed China
• Forget iPads, the New Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ Is as Low as $150 After a Trade-In
• Mozambique's ruling party wins a dodgy election
• Will FTX's customers be repaid?
• Big tech is bringing nuclear power back to life
• A new wave of stadium-building is busting budgets in America
• Donald Trump is bad news for German business
• The cracks in America's ultra-strong labour market
• The pandemic has exacerbated existing political discontent
• Communist rappers are luring young disgruntled Chinese
• How the last mammoths went extinct
• Georgia's ruling party crushes the country's European dream
• Italy needs to learn from other countries on structural changes
• Are cities in Asia becoming better places to live?
• What German business makes of France's leftward turn
• Why America keeps building corrupt client states
• Politics
• China is overhauling its company law
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The three steps on America's ladder of military escalation
• KAL's cartoon
• Business
• How much trouble is Boeing in?
• The rise of user-created video games
• Gucci, Prada and Tiffany's bet big on property
• A Spacecraft Is About to Fly Into the Sun's Atmosphere for the First Time
• After Northvolt's failure, who will make Europe's EV batteries?
• What the war in Ukraine means for Asia
• Germany's urgent need for greater public investment
• Unexpectedly, the cost of big cyber-attacks is falling
• Pro-Palestinian Activists Removed From Michigan's Student Government
• America and Iran step closer to the brink of war
• Technology is deepening civilian involvement in war
• Is the world sleepwalking into another gas crisis?
• A deadly new strain of mpox is raising alarm
• The Liberal Democrats could become the main opposition in Britain
• Deposing Israel's king
• Global firms are tapping India's workers like never before
• The best stocking stuffers for $50 or less
• Covid-19 spurs national plans to give citizens digital identities
• India's largest airline is flying high
• Europe can't decide how to unplug from China
• Is the American-built pier in Gaza useful or a fiasco?
• A new psychological history of the cold war
• Politics hampers Delhi's fight against air pollution
• Britain's Labour Party has forgotten how to be nice
• Giving children the wrong (or not enough) toys may doom a society
• Donald Trump's terrifying closing message
• Why have Britain's new towns become fashionable again?
• The PayPal Mafia is taking over America's government
• The US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold a medical ban affecting trans youth
• Lata Mangeshkar was the soundtrack of newly independent India
• Proton's device aims to help those with kidney disease and cut heart-failure risks
• The economics of the climate
• Can the IMF solve the poor world's debt crisis?
• Even China's own state media sometimes resent state control
• Politics
• A crushing blow for the Justin Trudeau show
• Israel's invasion of Lebanon may bolster support for Hizbullah
• Ramadan could see respite for Gaza, or widening violence
• Sean Baker's films bring sex work into the light
• Obituary: Mags Portman died on February 6th
• Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
• The next American president will be a China hawk
• SunRay Kelley wanted to build in rhythm with nature, his teacher
• Narendra Modi faces a new threat: his Hindu-nationalist patrons
• Four questions for every manager to ask themselves
• India's electric-scooter champion goes public
• Donald Trump's promise of a golden age for oil is fanciful
• The signal and the noise
• English local government is in a dire state
• The perils of appeasing a warlike Russia
• Inflation usually hits America's poor hardest. Not this time
• Anne Innis Dagg devoted her life to the world's tallest creature
• Italian Privacy Watchdog Fines OpenAI $15.5 Million Over ChatGPT Data Use
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• App stores are hugely lucrative—and under attack
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Javier Milei implements shock therapy in Argentina
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Pssst! Want to read something about rumour and innuendo?
• Sir Paul McCartney's memoir aims to affirm his status as a writer
• Vivienne Westwood sowed never-ending revolution all through the fashion world
• Yes sir: a bizarre initiation ritual for Indonesia's cabinet
• KAL's cartoon
• Challenging the stigma associated with single mothers in China
• China unites America and Europe in alarm
• This week's cover
• NASA is selling a brand-new Moon rover
• Jensen Huang says Moore's law is dead. Not quite yet
• Yahya Sinwar made Hamas his own fief
• Anti-lockdown protests have been hijacked by conspiracy theorists
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• European regulators are about to become more political
• Economic data, markets and commodities
• Russian cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean after explosion in engine room
• Ingenious medicine
• Larry Kramer died on May 27th
• Could the next pope come from Africa or Asia?
• China's leaders are less popular than they might think
• Paraguay and Taiwan strengthen their embrace, for now
• Today's AI models are impressive. Teams of them will be formidable
• Time to go
• Justin Baldoni award rescinded amid Blake Lively harassment allegations
• Like human armies, army ants trail crowds of hangers-on
• Don't Look Now, but China's AI Is Catching Up Fast
• The EU's best-laid plans for expansion are clashing with reality
• A gruesome murder sparks a debate about juvenile justice in China
• The EV trade war between China and the West heats up
• Mexico is edging closer and closer to one-party rule
• What taxes might Labour raise?
• Will GE do better as three companies than as one?
• Narendra Modi ramps up the Muslim-baiting
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• This week's cover
• How Ukraine's enemy is also learning lessons, albeit slowly
• The urgent need to reform political systems
• How many Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine?
• Can Elon Musk's xAI take on OpenAI?
• Emmanuel Macron in his own words (English)
• The sorry story of children in care in England
• A new technique could analyse tumours mid-surgery
• Is Ukraine's offensive stalling?
• America's political paralysis is complicating its support for Ukraine
• China in Africa
• Why meal-replacement drinks are shaking up the British lunch
• The struggle to free Haiti from violence and impotent governance
• Israeli aircraft buzz Beirut as the drums of war bang loud
• The drug lords' side-hustle: smuggling macaws, jaguars and frogs
• KAL's cartoon
• An alternative use for The Economist's Big Mac index
• The world is bracing for Donald Trump's possible return
• The economics of thinness (Ozempic edition)
• China takes a step to curb anti-Japanese rhetoric online
• Why the fertility gap between north and south Nigeria matters
• What Indian business expects from Modi 3.0
• Trump and Musk Want to Cut Billions From the Budget. It Won't Be Easy.
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The Belt and Road, as seen from China
• A theatre in Jenin offers a different kind of Palestinian resistance
• Joe Biden leaked Israel's first plan to end the war in Gaza
• Brian Niccol, Starbucks's new CEO, has a "messianic halo"
• Will IVF really be the next frontier in America's culture wars?
• An ambitious plan for "total peace" in Colombia is faltering
• Why Australia is not yet a critical minerals powerhouse
• Deforestation is costing Brazilian farmers millions
• Falafel died on February 14th
• South Africa election poll tracker, results and guide to the parties
• The clock is ticking on an old deal between America and China
• MAGA with Chinese characteristics
• Bernard Ingham and Betty Boothroyd ensured democracy worked as it should
• Dave Calhoun bows out as chief executive of Boeing
• A big transgender-rights case heads to America's Supreme Court
• Clean energy's next trillion-dollar business
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Thousands of species of animals probably have consciousness
• This week's covers
• Richard Simpson strove to balance buyers against manufacturers
• Dollar Rises Despite Disappointing Durable Goods Data
• Binyamin Netanyahu is in court again in Israel
• The job of Iran's president is a study in humiliation
• The Electric Explorer's Nightmare Launch Shows Everything Ford Gets Right and Wrong About EVs
• McDonald's v Burger King: what a price war means for inflation
• One of the Middle East's oldest conflicts has entered a new era
• South-East Asian Muslims are incensed by the war in Gaza
• An ageing country shows others how to manage
• Is higher inequality the price America pays for faster growth?
• The promise Donald Trump is sure to keep
• Ocean-surface temperatures are breaking records
• Richard Perry, Record Producer With a Golden Touch, Dies at 82
• Guatemala's election produces a pleasant surprise
• Going green could bring huge benefits for India's economy
• Can Nvidia be dethroned? Meet the startups vying for its crown
• The Economist's science and technology internship
• Prosus to Buy Latin American Online Travel Agency Despegar for $1.7 Billion
• Brazil's new president faces a fiscal crunch and a fickle Congress
• More borrowers turn to private markets for credit
• Why warriors should welcome laws of war
• What Xi Jinping gets wrong about China's economy
• What's the Winter Solstice? Celebrations, Science, Livestream
• Taiwan is beefing up its military exercises to counter China
• Can software help ease Britain's housing crisis?
• Britain's nuclear-test veterans want compensation
• Checks and Balance newsletter: The enduring game of political ads in America
• Why Japan Inc is no longer in thrall to America
• South Korea's writers and directors play Squid Game
• Business
• The rich world's teachers are increasingly morose
• Botto, the Millionaire AI Artist, Is Getting a Personality
• Bangladesh's economic progress may have been hyped
• Ibrahim Mahama and the art of resurrection
• OpenAI Upgrades Its Smartest AI Model With Improved Reasoning Skills
• The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust
• Did America thwart an Indian assassination plot?
• Why Oriental hornets can't get drunk
• Hisense's HT Saturn speakers feature wireless Dolby Atmos and room calibration
• How Donald Trump could win the future
• 2024 Was the Year the Bottom Fell Out of the Games Industry
• ESG investing
• Blighty newsletter: The paradox of the House of Lords
• Joseph Lowery died on March 27th
• Hamas and Israel are still far apart over a ceasefire deal
• Elon Musk threatens to widen the rift between Europe and America
• The next threat to commodity supplies will be El Niño
• A backlash against gender ideology is starting in universities
• How the Iraq war bent America's army out of shape
• Christians huddled in Gaza speak to the Pope every night
• Fresh doubts about China's ability to invade Taiwan
• What Ukraine's bloody battlefield is teaching medics
• What does the Australian submarine deal mean for non-proliferation?
• Chinese women are making themselves heard on the big screen
• Colin Huang, China's richest man
• Britain's prison service is caught in a doom loop
• An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped—human brains could follow
• Ripley to The Rings of Power: your top TV of 2024
• Millions of African-Americans remain stuck
• America's banks are more exposed to a downturn than they appear
• The story of Britain's "ginaissance"
• If Nigeria cannot end fuel shortages, disaster beckons
• The weekly cartoon
• Home Office Setup Guide (2024): Webcams, Desks, Chairs, and More
• A famous brand of Chinese sweets reinvents itself again
• The relationship between Israel and Turkey is at breaking point
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Young voters strongly favour Joe Biden, but will they turn out?
• Are bosses right to insist that workers return to the office?
• A dream deferred
• The rich world is wrong to think that climate impacts in poor countries don't matter
• The taboos around sexual health are weakening
• The best British companies to work for to get ahead
• How a tide of tech money is transforming charity
• Elon Musk could earn more at Tesla than other company bosses
• Pelé went from poverty to football superstardom
• Europe's biggest debt-collector has a debt problem
• Brazil's next president will face a big, tricky in-tray
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Why are Latin American workers so strikingly unproductive?
• Victoria Amelina explored a land of atrocities and secrets
• This Electric Travel Kettle Is About $30 and Helps You Heat Your Tea or Coffee Wherever You Are
• Rishi Sunak's snap election is odd and illogical—much like him
• The WIRED Guide to Commercial Human Space Flight
• The division of Cyprus looks indefinite
• Could war in the Gulf push oil to $100 a barrel?
• J.D. Vance, an honorary Frenchman, sends Europe into panic mode
• It was hard for any viewer to look away from Sidney Poitier
• Perovskite crystals may represent the future of solar power
• OpenAI's new fundraising is shaking up Silicon Valley
• Violent crime in America
• King's Cross, a miracle in London
• Supreme Court to Consider TikTok Ban
• Business
• Israel has these four options for attacking Iran
• Hong Kong smothers dissent ahead of the Tiananmen anniversary
• Married women in Japan are re-entering the labour market
• Black baseball players of yore get their due, at last
• UK political photographs of the year – in pictures
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Meet the French oil major that balances growth and greenery
• Britain's Conservative Party faces up to its own mortality
• How bad are video games for your grades?
• The attack on Donald Trump unleashes a flood of misinformation
• Educational technology is coming of age during the pandemic
• America's presidential election marks a fork in the road for Ukraine
• America returns to containment to deal with Russia and China
• The great global baby bust is under way
• The bungee-jumping, sandal-clad right-wingers of British politics
• Bernard Haitink believed that genius should speak for itself
• Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Dec. 25, #297
• New yeast strains can produce untapped flavours of lager
• European millionaires seek a safe harbour from populism
• Kamala Harris lacks charisma and time
• China's economy is in for another rough year
• The obstacles faced by Turkey's winemakers
• China goes from zero-covid to zero restrictions
• Why investors are not buying Europe's revival
• Trump's trillion-dollar tax cuts are spiralling out of control
• 'It was like I'd run six marathons then they said do a seventh' – how Industry's Marisa Abela hit peak form
• Meet the incels and anti-feminists of Asia
• South Africa's support for the Palestinian cause has deep roots
• Xi Jinping really is unshakeably committed to the private sector
• Retail investors are losing billions buying stock options
• Will America's government try to break up Google?
• How Manchester City went from world's best to straw men in 12 months | Barney Ronay
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• PolyDrop - A BYOSI (Bring-Your-Own-Script-Interpreter) Rapid Payload Deployment Toolkit
• Politics
• How Asia's wild west shakes up the modern world
• Disney Pulled the Plug on This Game in 2013. A Group of Teens Kept It Alive
• What Is Blockchain? The Complete WIRED Guide
• Missionary creep
• Britain's army chief fears war may come sooner than anyone thinks
• Economic data, commodities and markets
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