America’s next top model: predicting the midterm results

America’s next top model: predicting the midterm results

Our model, built to predict the outcome of this year’s midterm elections, tips Republicans to take the House and Democrats to retain control of the Senate. The model’s architect discusses how and why he built it, and our polling guru explains why polls matter. Why there’s no nuclear-arms race in Asia—yet. And Egypt wants the Rosetta Stone back, but it’s not that simple.

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Cresting: India’s second covid-19 wave

Cresting: India’s second covid-19 wave

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Takeaway lessons: Deliveroo’s listing disappoints

Takeaway lessons: Deliveroo’s listing disappoints

The tepid debut of Britain’s dominant food-delivery app signals doubts not only about the gig economy but also about London’s ability to lure tech-firm listings. Chinese officials love to deploy “clou...

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High threat-count: boycotts in China

High threat-count: boycotts in China

Western fashion brands are in Chinese consumers’ crosshairs, the victims of political wranglings over sanctions and human-rights issues—a spat that may soon consume other industries. A striking number...

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The smell of gas: insurgency in Mozambique

The smell of gas: insurgency in Mozambique

In a province that is home to a massive natural-gas project, a long-simmering insurgency has burst into horrific violence; we ask why the government seems to have lost control. Our correspondent visit...

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Growth and stagnation: Bangladesh’s first 50 years

Growth and stagnation: Bangladesh’s first 50 years

The country has empowered its women, established itself as a garment-industry powerhouse and vastly improved public health—but its politics remains troubled. The pandemic has not reduced average globa...

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Export-control panel: the EU meets on vaccines

Export-control panel: the EU meets on vaccines

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Can’t take a hike: more economic turmoil in Turkey

Can’t take a hike: more economic turmoil in Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan just does not like interest-rate rises. So he has again sacked a central-bank governor given to imposing them—again, to his own peril. America’s love of free markets ext...

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Always be their Bibi? Israel votes, again

Always be their Bibi? Israel votes, again

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