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Is exercise as effective as treatments for depression and anxiety?
Some big studies say yes. Many experts have reservations
How to think about foreign policy in the new geoeconomic era
Middle powers need to tread skilfully around the biggest blocs, writes Yvette Cooper
The staggering strangeness of the Labubu bubble
Want a scary elf doll? That’ll be $150,000
Meddling and the midterms
Our weekly podcast on America. This week, whether Donald Trump will try to rig November’s elections
An explosion still echoing: Chernobyl at 40
A special episode of the daily podcast examining the world’s worst nuclear disaster from 40 years ago to today
The US in Brief: the rich hit back at Mamdani
Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter
What to watch this week
Three of the best things to see right now—and one of the worst
The horsemen of the West Bank
Palestinians brave checkpoints and gunfire to see their favourite Arabian stallions compete
Ice block stalls hundreds of Everest climbers at base camp
Officials assessing route after serac between base camp and camp one deemed unstable and too risky for climbers A large ice block on the route just above the Mount Everest...
India voices anger after Trump shares comments calling it a ‘hellhole’
Foreign ministry calls remarks of rightwing podcast host shared by Trump ‘uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste’The Indian government has denounced a social media post shared by Donald Trump that...
Indonesia suggests charging a toll to transit the Malacca Strait
It’s not the first time that it has toyed with the unwelcome idea