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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Peace from pieces: Syria after Assad

Peace from pieces: Syria after Assad

President Bashar al-Assad has been run out, his regime in tatters. As Syrians awaken to a new era, how can they put their broken country back together peacefully? Australia has passed a law that will ...

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Ashes to Masses: Notre Dame’s stunning return

Ashes to Masses: Notre Dame’s stunning return

Many thought a five-year timeline was too ambitious. But even as France’s politics falls apart, it has managed to put the cathedral back together with aplomb. As an election takes place in Ghana, its ...

6 Joulu 202424min

Michel shock: France’s government falls

Michel shock: France’s government falls

An alliance of the far right and the left has sacked Prime Minister Michel Barnier; out goes his budget and the government. Can President Emmanuel Macron find a stable path between the political extre...

5 Joulu 202420min

 Dark side of the Yoon: South Korea’s chaos

Dark side of the Yoon: South Korea’s chaos

The country’s increasingly unpopular president, Yoon Suk Yeol, backed down six hours after his shocking move of imposing martial law. South Korea’s democracy has held firm—so far. Brazil’s gangsters h...

4 Joulu 202420min

Talk to EU later: Georgia’s fiery protests

Talk to EU later: Georgia’s fiery protests

The country has been turning increasingly away from Europe and towards Russia—but a halt to EU-accession talks has sparked enormous demonstrations. Researchers know unequivocally that ultra-processed ...

3 Joulu 202423min

Shock and thaw: Syria’s frozen war resumes

Shock and thaw: Syria’s frozen war resumes

The country’s civil war never ended—it became a fragile stalemate that fell out of the news. A surprise rebel advance reveals how the war’s international players are busy facing their own challenges. ...

2 Joulu 202420min

Milei’s way: Argentina’s president, a year on

Milei’s way: Argentina’s president, a year on

In an interview with Javier Milei, our correspondent probes how far the “anarcho-capitalist” president plans to push his promise to slash spending and reform the state. Can seaweed and other fibrous p...

29 Marras 202425min

A losing battle: Sudan’s elusive peace deal

A losing battle: Sudan’s elusive peace deal

As civil war rages in the country, millions of people have been displaced and famine is widespread. Why won’t the warring parties join talks to end it? Accusations of assassination plots and an attemp...

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