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Blame game Distracted Democrats risk forgetting the greater goal
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Blame game Distracted Democrats risk forgetting the greater goal

When an opinion poll in the New York Times found that a majority of Joe Biden's voters believe he is too old to be an effective US president, the call to action was swift. But it was not aimed at Joe Biden.

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March 15, 2024
'Like choosing between a hedgehog or a porcupine' The presidential election rematch no one wants
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'Like choosing between a hedgehog or a porcupine' The presidential election rematch no one wants

In past years, the first phase of the general election has involved at least one of the presidential nominees introducing themselves to the public and presenting their case for taking the US in a new direction. But that has been rendered unnecessary this year: former president Donald Trump and president Joe Biden are very familiar to the electorate and are broadly unpopular.

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March 15, 2024
Deportation and coercion How Russia stamps rule on occupied Ukraine
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Deportation and coercion How Russia stamps rule on occupied Ukraine

Early voting in Russia’s presidential election had already begun last week in occupied areas of Ukraine, with officials carrying ballot boxes going house to house in some areas, accompanied by soldiers.

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March 15, 2024
Putin's puppets How stagemanaged polls string along the voters
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Putin's puppets How stagemanaged polls string along the voters

Two election cycles ago, in 2012, Sergei Mironov was loudly playing the role of opposition to Russia’s ruling party, wearing the white ribbon of the protest movement in the State Duma and claiming his run against Vladimir Putin was “serious ”.

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March 15, 2024
A $1bn push for power
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A $1bn push for power

Leaked documents have revealed the vast scope and cost of the Kremlin's vote-rigging machinery. With Putin certain to win another six-year term this weekend, why do elections matter so much to the Russian president?

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March 15, 2024
A city of two massacres War leaves deep scars in Geneina
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A city of two massacres War leaves deep scars in Geneina

Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state in Sudan, can feel like two cities in one. There are mass graves, abandoned armoured vehicles and homeless children, but also new restaurants, bustling markets and factory-fresh Toyotas, nicknamed Kenjcanjia - meaning stolen in the local dialect- owing to their lack of registration plates.

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March 08, 2024
The schools that stay cool in 40C
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The schools that stay cool in 40C

Architects use local materials and merge traditional techniques with modern technology to make welcoming spaces

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March 08, 2024
Supporters of Navalny defy Kremlin at final farewell
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Supporters of Navalny defy Kremlin at final farewell

Alexei Navalny lay in an open casket in a Moscow church last Friday under a bed of roses, carnations and chrysanthemums, his face pale in candlelight, surrounded by grieving relatives and supporters.

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March 08, 2024
Ceasefire talks The pathway to a pause in hostilities-and the obstacles
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Ceasefire talks The pathway to a pause in hostilities-and the obstacles

Last week, Joe Biden said he believed that a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas could soon be reached.

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March 08, 2024
Lightning in a bottle
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Lightning in a bottle

Midway through my interview with Annie Clark, AKA the critically lauded, Grammy-winning, art-rock experimentalist St Vincent, a thumbs-up emoji appears next to her head.

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March 08, 2024
George Galloway is not the only one profiting from the pain of Gaza Jonathan Freedland
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George Galloway is not the only one profiting from the pain of Gaza Jonathan Freedland

There has been a lot of talk about George Galloway in recent days, much of it negative and almost all of it true.

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March 08, 2024
AI KNOW JUST WHAT YOU MEAN
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AI KNOW JUST WHAT YOU MEAN

Millions of people are turning to AI therapy as mental health waiting lists grow. It's cheap, quick and convenient, but is counselling by chatbots really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs?

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March 08, 2024
LINE OF DUTY
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LINE OF DUTY

THE OPENING bars of the Cossack March rang out from the platform speakers at Zaporizhzhia-1 train station, jaunty trumpets transitioning into a rousing military march, heralding the departure of train number four, the 17.53 to Uzhhorod.

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March 08, 2024
New law sparks fear as potential conscripts try to flee
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New law sparks fear as potential conscripts try to flee

Across Myanmar, the young and middle-aged, both men and women, are desperately searching for ways to flee their homes, after it was announced the military junta will impose a mandatory conscription law from mid-April.

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March 08, 2024
Slow to judge Supreme court moves risk appearance of helping Trump
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Slow to judge Supreme court moves risk appearance of helping Trump

The US Supreme Court's decision last month to hear Donald Trump's claims that he cannot be prosecuted for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election marked the court's direct entry into the 2024 presidential election.

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March 08, 2024
The return of Bannon, the unkempt cheerleader of far right
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The return of Bannon, the unkempt cheerleader of far right

Wearing an olive-green jacket over a black shirt, Steve Bannon blew the doors off a subject most other speakers had tiptoed around.

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March 08, 2024
Anger rises as vaping permeates primary schools
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Anger rises as vaping permeates primary schools

Feeling lost and angry over the death of his father, Lucas Sykes started vaping in 2021 after his friends suggested it would help the grieving process.

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March 08, 2024
How Shōgun broke the mould of depicting the Japanese
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How Shōgun broke the mould of depicting the Japanese

Japanese audiences could have been forgiven for bracing themselves when Disney announced Shögun, a 10-part adaptation of James Clavell's classic 1975 novel.

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March 08, 2024
Documentary offers a new lease of life to Bobi Wine
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Documentary offers a new lease of life to Bobi Wine

When the Ugandan musician turned-politician Bobi Wine ran for president, his 2020 campaign was thwarted by violent crackdowns by Yoweri Museveni's regime. When the Ugandan musician turned-politician Bobi Wine ran for president, his 2020 campaign was thwarted by violent crackdowns by Yoweri Museveni's regime.

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March 08, 2024
The battle to reclaim social media from 'manosphere'
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The battle to reclaim social media from 'manosphere'

Influencers such as Andrew Tate have become bywords for \"toxic masculinity\", attracting huge audiences of young men and boys with a mixture of quasi-motivational pep talks, fast cars and demonstrations of sexual prowess.

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March 08, 2024
Live wires How important are Russia's intercepted military talks?
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Live wires How important are Russia's intercepted military talks?

An extraordinary leak of an online call involving Germany's air force chief and three subordinates emerged last Friday, in which they discussed whether it might be possible to persuade a reluctant chancellor Olaf Scholz to approve giving the long-range Taurus missile to Ukraine, and whether the munition could blow up the strategic Kerch Bridge that connects Russia to occupied Crimea.

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March 08, 2024
Two Sessions but only one message: the party rules supreme
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Two Sessions but only one message: the party rules supreme

China held its most high-profile annual political gathering this week as thousands of delegates arrived in Beijing for the Two Sessions, a closely observed series of meetings that laid out the government's policy blueprint for the year ahead.

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March 08, 2024
The man who was killed looking for food for his daughters
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The man who was killed looking for food for his daughters

A few weeks before his death, Bilal el-Essi took a photo of a man's body, sprawled under a women's bike in a Gaza City street, a child's pink backpack fallen from the basket.

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March 08, 2024
Held to ransom Rohingya face exploitation at the hands of traffickers
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Held to ransom Rohingya face exploitation at the hands of traffickers

Even as dehydration was getting to their passengers, the traffickers using boats to carry hundreds of Rohingya away from refugee camps in Bangladesh thrust phones into their hands and demanded they ask their relatives for money.

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March 08, 2024
'Life is meaningless'
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'Life is meaningless'

In the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, where a million people fled from genocide in Myanmar, Rohingya hold little hope of return-and are finding their lives devastated by diseases such as cancer and diabetes

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March 08, 2024
A clear winner: what is brown butter and how do I use it?
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A clear winner: what is brown butter and how do I use it?

What's the deal with brown butter? I keep seeing it in recipes and on menus.

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March 01, 2024
Steady as he goes A biography of the Labour leader mirrors its unflashy subject, but offers intriguing clues as to what motivates him
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Steady as he goes A biography of the Labour leader mirrors its unflashy subject, but offers intriguing clues as to what motivates him

Keir Starmer can be a hard man to read.

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March 01, 2024
Statues of liability
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Statues of liability

At the ancient citadel of Spandau in Berlin, German historyis redefined witha near-secret exhibition of rejected sculptures, from Kant and Lenin to Hitler

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March 01, 2024
Police repeatedly fail victims by not taking stalking seriously
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Police repeatedly fail victims by not taking stalking seriously

In March 2022, I published an investigation into the crimes of Matthew Hardy, who had been sentenced to nine years in prison in what was then believed to be the UK's worst-ever case of cyberstalking.

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March 01, 2024
THE NEW SCIENCE OF HISTORY
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THE NEW SCIENCE OF HISTORY

How technology is opening up a new realm of knowledge about the old world

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March 01, 2024