Liberals Are Now Fighting a Two-Front War

Leftists like Abdul El-Sayed will take over the Democratic Party unless the center-left adapts to their rise.

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Bidenomics Was More Successful Than People Think

Conventional wisdom holds that Joe Biden’s bet on climate investment was a bust. The data suggest otherwise.

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Did al-Qaeda Succeed?

Twenty-five years after 9/11, analysts can’t decide whether the terrorist organization got what it wanted.

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Private companies added just 44,000 workers in July, below expectations, ADP reports

Hiring at private companies slowed considerably in July, with most of the job growth coming health care.

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Trump’s university ‘compact’ is gone. That doesn’t mean the assault on education is over | Kenneth Roth

The administration’s proposed agreement met a scathing response. But universities must remain vigilant

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Middle East crisis live: US and Iran signal hope for Hormuz deal but terms unclear

While Trump suggests deal could come as soon as today, Iran indicates that ongoing talks with Oman would not lead to its immediate reopening

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‘What they’re doing qualifies as torture’: new details of ICE force-feeding revealed

Exclusive: cases of Afghan man, Ukrainian man and Saudi woman show repeated nasogastric tube insertions and lack of legal representation

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Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James

The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training data

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Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi

Amid stop-and-start threats and with a divided staff, it’s clear Trump has no idea how to end a war that shouldn’t have begun

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An Explosion of Misery

Making American hungry and uninsured again

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Michigan Senate Democratic primary race remains too close to call as El-Sayed holds narrow lead – US politics live

The former public health official has slight lead over congresswoman Haley Stevens, but vote count could continue well into the day

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A Ceuta la vera invasione è la propaganda di destra contro l'Europa - Valigia Blu

La crisi di Ceuta è l'ultimo capitolo di una strategia d'attacco coordinata contro la Spagna. Mentre l'estrema destra europea e internazionale rilancia notizie false sul collasso delle frontiere, i da...

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Zelenskyy rails at lack of anti-missile defences amid deadly Russian attack on Kyiv – Europe live

Ukrainian president tells allies that anti-ballistic measures could have saved lives as at least 17 die and more than 40 are injured in huge attack

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Asian shares jump on AI trade revival despite SpaceX, AMD setbacks, as oil prices dip – business live

Technology stocks booming again while Brent crude trades below $80 a barrel amid hopes for a Middle East interim deal

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Russian attack on Kyiv region kills at least 14 people, say Ukrainian authorities

Air raid alerts last for more than an hour as Moscow inflicts another heavy bombardment on Ukraine’s capital

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They gave me to someone who could not read or write … it would be better if you buried me alive

I was the top student in my university class but when the Taliban took Afghanistan again I was forced to marry and my dreams of being a pilot ended

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Hundreds camp in Rome heatwave as Meloni government cracks down on squats

Spin Time provides homes, food banks and after-school clubs but the authorities have locked out residents

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EXCLUSIVE: North Korean missile unit deploys in Russia for Ukraine war, Kyiv says

A North Korean missile unit has begun deploying to western Russia and could be equipped with 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers for strikes against Ukraine, ​an official at Ukraine's military in...

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : des bombardements sur Kiev et sa région font au moins deux morts

Selon les autorités locales, une femme a été tuée et douze personnes blessées dans des frappes aériennes qui ont touché au moins sept lieux de la capitale ukrainienne. Une autre personne a été tuée dans le district de Boutcha, et au moins 21 autres blessées.

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Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias

Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic, says Yiannis Baboulias, a Greek writer based in London

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Hundreds in Morocco gather near Ceuta border in anxious wait for missing loved ones

People hope to see friends or relatives among those still returning as death toll from mass crossing nears 100

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‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities

Increasingly erratic weather patterns due to climate change mean people are losing homes, crops and livestock

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Trump's Executive Order on Voting: Blue State Attorneys General, and Some Retired Judges, Weigh In

Sunday night in The Week Ahead post, we discussed the Trump administration’s effort to push ahead with implementation of an executive order that would give the federal government greater control over ...

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Wormholes could be the key to time travel

Wormholes are one way that physicists have imagined traveling into the past. But if something gets there, is it physically possible to change anything?

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Automation does not lower the labour share

The rapid diffusion of generative AI has revived fears that a new wave of automation will inevitably shift income away from workers. This column uses data covering nearly the universe of French firms ...

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When political pressure trumps academic freedom

Academic freedom has been declining over the past decade across the world. This column analyses over 25,000 economics working papers to show that, beyond direct intervention by authorities, political ...

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Ukraine Is Failing Its Foreign Heroes

Foreign volunteers came to Ukraine to fight for freedom, but are too often snared by the country’s bureaucracy.

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Russia launches ballistic missile and drone strike on Kyiv

The head of Kyiv's military administration says Russia is "once again massively attacking" and has hit residential buildings.

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India CJP protests: Young women face online harassment and abuse

Women tell the BBC how they were harassed for participating in the CJP protest and posting about it online.

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How AI is changing jobs in the Philippines' outsourcing industry

AI is reshaping the Philippines' outsourcing industry, raising questions over the future of the industry.

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