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Offensive: UN calls it genocide, Israel persists
A new United Nations report says Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute “genocide”. That has not deterred Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, f…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Honey, we shrunk the kids: population fall
Falling fertility makes a global decline in population inevitable. That will change the shape and make up of societies. But it may not make us poorer…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Losing the plot: Brazil-US relations tested
After Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for trying to organise a coup in 2023, Donald Trump accused Brazil of staging a “witch hunt”…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
When the son comes up: the Murdoch succession battle
A high-stakes tussle about who will take over Fox and News Corp from Rupert Murdoch has concluded; Lachlan, his eldest son, came out on top. Will the…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Combative, conservative, cut down: Charlie Kirk
America’s most prominent young conservative was assassinated while conducting one of his signature campus events. His death might only widen politica…
6 months ago
Strikes’ price: Israel’s shocking Doha attack
Qatar had positioned itself as a regional mediator, a safe space for negotiations. Israel’s previously unthinkable airstrikes have put an end to that…
6 months ago
Buns in ovens: heatwaves and maternal health
There is a growing awareness of how high temperatures affect expectant mothers and their babies. We look at the evidence for a climate-change effect …
6 months ago
Go, fourth? France likely to lose another PM
An unpopular budget will probably spark the ousting of another prime minister, Francois Bayrou—and with him goes another government. Parliamentary im…
6 months ago
For her eyes only: a new boss at MI6
When the incoming chief of Britain’s secret services takes the helm on October 1st, she must balance competing priorities and navigate a world in whi…
6 months ago
Mission possible: Baghdad is booming
Our correspondent meets Iraq’s prime minister Muhammad al-Sudani to discuss the country’s construction boom, its future aspirations and the obstacles…
6 months, 1 week ago