Arraigning on his parade: the charges against Donald Trump

Arraigning on his parade: the charges against Donald Trump

Perhaps the only surprising thing about the former president’s arraignment was that it was not followed by big demonstrations—but he did take to the airwaves to seethe. A global rice crisis is brewing; the world’s most important crop is fuelling both climate change and diabetes. And what connects leased pandas in America and Chinese nationalists’ anger.


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Death of a salesman: Silvio Berlusconi

Death of a salesman: Silvio Berlusconi

Italy’s longest-serving prime minister has died aged 86. He inspired as much derision as devotion, and for all his gaffes and scandals he helped to shape the country’s media—and its economic malaise. ...

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Gain, wait: Ukraine’s tentative push

Gain, wait: Ukraine’s tentative push

Hints of the long campaign ahead are emerging, but all the operations so far are just drawing the eventual, full-scale battle lines. Cheap vaccinations could save millions of lives lost to cervical ca...

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Charged up: Trump’s latest indictment

Charged up: Trump’s latest indictment

He is expected to be charged for failing to return classified documents and obstructing justice. The former president denies wrongdoing, and any possible convictions are still a long way away, but how...

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No Khan do: Pakistan’s meddling army

No Khan do: Pakistan’s meddling army

The country’s military is renowned for political overreach. Now, its leaders are taking on former prime minister Imran Khan. Is violent unrest on the horizon? Why a new Polish law to rid the country o...

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Not born yesterday: the world’s ageing population

Not born yesterday: the world’s ageing population

Fertility rates are falling to worrying levels, and an older, smaller, global population is bad news for economic growth. Apple’s new headset could revolutionise the virtual reality world, but only if...

7 Jun 202326min

Dam and blast: Ukraine launches counter-offensive

Dam and blast: Ukraine launches counter-offensive

After months of waiting, probing attacks have begun. A destroyed dam in Kherson suggests that Russia is upping the ante in response. But what else is in store? Uyghurs are still suffering in Xinjiang,...

6 Jun 202324min

Trouble in Shangri-La: Sino-American tensions escalate

Trouble in Shangri-La: Sino-American tensions escalate

At a meeting of defence ministers from the Asia-Pacific region, heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington were all too apparent. A naval spat in the Taiwan Strait looms large over relations. ...

5 Jun 202324min

League of her own: Sheikh Hasina’s grip on Bangladesh

League of her own: Sheikh Hasina’s grip on Bangladesh

Over two decades in office, the prime minister and her Awami League party have overseen impressive growth and reforms in a notoriously corrupt country—but that same firm hand may now be limiting Bangl...

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