Hot prospects: a sobering IPCC report

Hot prospects: a sobering IPCC report

The UN climate body’s latest doorstopper report is unequivocal: climate change is human-caused, and already here—and 1.5°C of warming is looking ever harder to avoid. In Bolivia, debate still rages as to whether a 2019 election was rigged, or a coup; the people want pandemic relief, not paralysed politics. And investigating the received wisdom of the “difficult second novel”.

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Bulls’ AI: funding artificial intelligence

Bulls’ AI: funding artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence has gained ground so fast that OpenAI, the firm powering ChatGPT, is changing Silicon Valley’s investment model and how it innovates. Why the global nuclear order may be in per...

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Election rejection: fears of a contested result

Election rejection: fears of a contested result

Republicans are already preparing to contest the result if Kamala Harris wins the presidency. American elections demand patience and trust, but with Donald Trump on the ballot those are in short suppl...

20 Syys 202448min

Rocketing: Israel escalates Lebanon conflict

Rocketing: Israel escalates Lebanon conflict

After Israeli fires rockets into Lebanon and Hizbullah warns of “red lines” crossed, the Middle East is braced for further attacks. As the planet warms, sport is getting harder – and deadlier (6:32). ...

20 Syys 202421min

Fed-letter day: at last, a rate cut

Fed-letter day: at last, a rate cut

The first reduction in interest rates for four years shows America’s Federal Reserve thinks inflation is now in check. But does the central bank’s decision suggest it is now concerned about the labour...

19 Syys 202425min

Pager turn: the Israel-Hizbullah conflict escalates

Pager turn: the Israel-Hizbullah conflict escalates

The explosion of thousands of pagers across Lebanon and Syria was an attack on Hizbullah, a Shia militant group which had been trying to evade Israeli surveillance by using these low-tech devices. Wha...

18 Syys 202421min

Playing the fuel: reforming Nigeria’s subsidies

Playing the fuel: reforming Nigeria’s subsidies

Large fuel subsidies in Nigeria are popular but ruinous to other public services. Our correspondents report from Lagos on how home-grown oil refining could help wean people off this popular premium. T...

17 Syys 202422min

Foiled again: a second attempt on Trump

Foiled again: a second attempt on Trump

With less than eight weeks to go to the presidential election, tension is running high after a second probable assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Has political violence become routine in America? ...

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Open to debate: Harris and Trump clash

Open to debate: Harris and Trump clash

On Tuesday night in Philadelphia Donald Trump and Kamala Harris took part in what might be the only debate between them in this campaign. The race is extremely close: will the debate make any differen...

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