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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Joe, College: Biden’s victory affirmed

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So long, and we’re keeping all the fish: Brexit

Britain’s divorce from the European Union still hinges on sticky matters of fishing rights and the enforcement of fair competition, and time is rapidly running out to strike a deal. India’s fantastica...

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Taking the temperature: a climate chat with the UN chief

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Ahead of a weekend meeting to assess and bolster the Paris Agreement, our correspondent speaks with Antonio Guterres about his reasons for cautious optimism. The founder of an upstart far-right Dutch ...

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If you already joined ‘em, beat ‘em: Facebook gets sued

If you already joined ‘em, beat ‘em: Facebook gets sued

American regulators have put mergers that they approved years ago at the heart of antitrust lawsuits—a tricky bid to curb the social-media giant’s market power. We examine the surge of an artist-led p...

10 Des 202021min

Laïcité, égalité, fraternité? France’s secularism bill

Laïcité, égalité, fraternité? France’s secularism bill

President Emmanuel Macron’s draft bill walks a fine line balancing the country’s foundational secularism and worries about Islamist terrorism. Amid slumping economies everywhere, Taiwan’s looks surpri...

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Granting immunity: America weighs vaccine approval

Granting immunity: America weighs vaccine approval

As Britons receive the first doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, authorities in America are meeting this week to authorise its emergency use. We examine the approaches on both sides of the pond. De...

8 Des 202021min

Fairly unusual: Ghana’s elections

Fairly unusual: Ghana’s elections

In a region racked by dodgy polls, the country looks to continue a trend of uncontested handovers of power. That is not to say, however, that there aren’t sticking points. As tortuous Brexit negotiati...

7 Des 202022min

Intensive scare: covid-19 ravages America

Intensive scare: covid-19 ravages America

Numbers of cases, hospitalisations and deaths are rocketing across the country. We examine the situation in the Midwest, as a microcosm of a wider unfolding tragedy. Venezuela’s ruling party will take...

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