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Huntington Beach’s hard-right turn is typical of modern California Republicanism
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Ecuador’s raid on a Mexican embassy challenges a central principle of diplomacy
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The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president
A fleet of electric-car startups is struggling to stay in business
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How a psychologist transformed economics
That will make inflation trickier to handle in future
Donald Trump’s threat to dump allies would risk a nuclear free-for-all
Tree loss in South America fell by almost a quarter in 2023, compared with the year before
After almost a decade in power, Canada’s prime minister looks beleaguered
The seconds really do pass more quickly up there
Following Israel’s killing of seven aid workers, Joe Biden delivers his sternest warning yet to Binyamin Netanyahu
It is a dangerous game in a region already at war
It will make it even harder to feed desperate people
Soumaya had planned a perfect start in life for her twins. This is what happened instead
It will disappoint China’s people and anger the rest of the world
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
Xi Jinping is sending mixed messages to Western bosses and investors
It wanted countries to focus on interests, not values. Careful what you wish for
Links between abortion and falling crime discomfit many but are clear, say the economists
She goes out to work, he stays at home (and logs on)
Three books examine the perils and pleasures of being alone
Scientists are finding that anti-obesity medicines can also help many other diseases
From target hunting to catching sanctions-busters, its war is increasingly high-tech
Licensed deminers are swamped and farmers want to sow
The race to save Kharkiv from Russian bombs
Our satellite view of the conflict, updated daily
Regulators need to up their game to keep up
Academics and tech entrepreneurs disagree. A court may soon decide
Their most useful application may lie in helping human composers
Nvidia and Microsoft are not the only winners
Hampton Sides also takes on the complex legacy of the British explorer
The world’s most selective bureaucracy is struggling to make it happen
Migrants help campaign for the prime minister at home and lobby for the country abroad
Toxic majoritarianism is just part of the story, says the policy scholar
Six books explain the dangerous ideology of India’s ruling party
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is transforming the far-eastern city
In Arizona, a growing Hispanic electorate should help Democrats. Yet Donald Trump is gaining ground
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First-person view drones have achieved near mythical status on the front lines
The presidential candidate’s threat to dump allies would risk a nuclear free-for-all
Crime, abortion and socialism, not immigration, are the issues that rile them
Educated voters usually disdain populists. Three factors explain why India’s leader is different
Scientists are finding that anti-obesity medicines can also help many other diseases
AIs will make health care safer and better, reports Natasha Loder. It may even get cheaper too
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