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• Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza and target West Bank
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• Israel launched its biggest raid on the West Bank in over 20 years
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• Argentina is wasting the vast opportunities China offers it
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• Russia's missile attacks on Ukraine have been ineffective
• Rishi Sunak's anti-green turn on Britain's climate targets
• The future lies with electric vehicles
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• Israeli restrictions leave Palestinians facing digital divide
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• Santiago Peña, a former economist, is Paraguay's next president
• China's greying population is refusing to save for retirement
• Even doctors can struggle to diagnose concussions
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• 'I Am a Practicing Catholic and I Am a Proud Jew'
• The pandemic has accelerated a global decline in the rule of law
• The promise of crypto has not lived up to its initial excitement
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• A new book explains the tragic failure of Boeing's 737 MAX
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• Joe Biden donates weapons to Taiwan, as he does to Ukraine
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• How one pandemic made another one worse
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• Part of Donald Trump's base thinks he is fighting a spiritual war
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• This week's cover
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• The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people
• The lethal negligence of politicians in Morocco and Libya
• The war in Ukraine is boosting Israel's arms exports
• What is behind the unexpected decline in dementia?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The EU's rotating presidency should be scrapped
• A changing car industry should result in more choice and better motoring
• Instead of undoing Ataturk's legacy, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed it
• Are American children's books getting more "woke"?
• China's persecution of Uyghurs extends to those it once favoured
• Pharma's big push for a new generation of obesity drugs
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• Streaming services are helping Arab producers liven up television
• A mercurial billionaire, Terry Gou, shakes up Taiwan's presidential race
• Why Nintendo Kept Super Mario Bros. Wonder's New Mario Under Wraps
• GM, UAW Reach Tentative Labor Deal to End Strike
• Traute Lafrenz showed that resistance to the Nazis was possible
• Britain's green belt is choking the economy
• Ko Jimmy was determined to make Myanmar free
• Fanatics and putschists are creating failed states in west Africa
• 'Buy the Dip' Investing Mantra Lives On in Bond Market
• Business
• A surge in global bond yields threatens trouble
• Fantastic Beasts Is Probably Dead, As It Should Be
• Ukraine's counter-offensive is speeding up
• Autherine Lucy was an unlikely pioneer
• The 23andMe User Data Leak May Be Far Worse Than Believed
• The Dark History 'Oppenheimer' Didn't Show
• Are America's allies the holes in its export-control fence?
• Asia is rowing about Fukushima nuclear wastewater
• Why aren't more people being sacked?
• Some of the new king's realms may become republics
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Ukraine's missile cemetery
• China tries to figure out whom a hit song is mocking
• Xi Jinping bumps up the share prices of firms he visits
• How oceans became new technological battlefields
• Everything I Thought I Knew About Nasal Congestion Is Wrong
• Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela once ran 80% of the world cocaine market
• Patrick Stewart Boldly Explores His Own Final Frontier
• Settler vigilantes are getting more violent—and Israel's government is encouraging them
• Stuttgart's ever-receding station is Germany's latest transport fiasco
• The Run-Up Returns, Every Week Through Election Day
• The pandemic's indirect effects on small children could last a lifetime
• Four charts that highlight this summer's freakish temperatures
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• Dervla Murphy let nothing stand in the way of adventure
• Seven years after a terrorist attack, Nice has rebuilt itself
• Customer service is getting worse—and so are customers
• China's "demographic dividend" appears to be a myth
• Superbatteries will transform the performance of EVs
• Artificial brains are helping scientists study the real thing
• Biden to Issue First Regulations on Artificial Intelligence Systems
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• China wants to be the leader of the global south
• What Ukraine's bloody battlefield is teaching medics
• Why are so many of the victims in Gaza children?
• The economics of pumpkin patches
• The forgotten importance of the War of Jenkins' Ear
• Beyond the tech hype, how healthy is American business?
• Antony Sher pushed the boundaries of Shakespeare's plays
• Deflation is curbing China's economic rise
• Economic data, commodities and markets
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