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A “compact” offered by the administration could devastate racial diversity at elite universities.

Defending Trump’s lawfare as just deserts misremembers what actually happened.

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

Il cambiamento tecnologico percorre tutta la storia dell’umanità. Ma solo dalla rivoluzione industriale in poi l’innovazione si accompagna alla crescita economica. Mokyr, Aghion e Howitt, i premi Nobe...

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And Trump’s policies guarantee that we will never catch up

Hegseth wants journalists to only publish ‘explicitly authorized’ information. That is not how the free press works

Science tells us that foetuses develop in the uterus, rather than the placenta – but the US health secretary has a different take. Why are Republicans so clueless about women’s bodies, asks Arwa Mahda...

In 1982, Ronald Reagan picked up the phone to Menachem Begin to tell him to end a war. There are lessons from history and we need to learn them, says Guardian international security correspondent Jaso...

The city – the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the west of the country – has withstood more than 500 days of attacks by paramilitary RSF

Fears Moscow testing west in grey zone between war and peace with incursions into Nato territory

“Ukrainian gas infrastructure is under heavy pressure from Russian attacks,” said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week.

Cosa c'è alla base dell'andamento esplosivo del prezzo dell'oro? La narrazione del debasement del dollaro non trova conferme di mercato. Più convincente quella del momentum trade, guidato dal retail, che ha ucciso i ribassisti

Israel previously said the flow of aid would be cut by half and Rafah crossing would not open as planned due to delay in returning bodies of hostages

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Citizens have enrolled with little opposition, albeit with some concerns over security and privacy, as UK plans system

Few psychiatric conditions are as stigmatised or as misunderstood as narcissistic personality disorder. Here’s how it can damage careers and relationships – even before prejudice takes its toll

For retailers, the findings add a note of caution to the most crucial sales period of the year.

Chinese president is behind patriarchal turn in politics with activists silenced for ‘promoting gender antagonism’ Addressing dignitaries gathered in Beijing on Monday, Xi Jinping praised the “historic achievements” of women’s rights in China. In the past 30 years, the Chinese president said, maternal mortality rates had dropped by nearly 80%, and women were now participating in the project of national governance with “unprecedented confidence and vigour”. Xi was speaking at the global women’s summit, an event on Monday and Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the historic UN’s world conference on women, which took place in Beijing. It was there in 1995 that Hillary Clinton, the then US first lady, delivered her “women’s rights are human rights” speech, lines now often quoted by people in China advocating for women’s rights. Continue reading...

As Russia’s Continues to Escalate Against NATO

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share the Nobel economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development

Beijing has imposed sweeping curbs on rare earth exports. The US and Europe must diversify their supplies.

Spurred by US criticism, the European Union’s sanctions against Russia now include crucial measures targeting its energy revenues.