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Bandits in north-west Nigeria abduct villagers they invited to discuss peace talks
Thirty-nine people taken near Magamin Diddi village in Maradun municipality, north-west Zamfara state, police sayArmed bandits in north-west Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about...
Armenia’s election is a setback for Vladimir Putin
Russia’s dirty tricks are failing to stop its pivot to the West
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A question that will define the 21st century
A bidding war erupts for the world’s oldest bank
Monte dei Paschi di Siena is suddenly all the rage
How Israel is frustrating Donald Trump’s Iran plans
Binyamin Netanyahu has defied America twice in recent days
The ageing protesters trying to topple Washington’s “ego arch”
Donald Trump has energised his fellow boomers in opposition
The War Room newsletter: When war becomes a political aesthetic
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An opportunity to write for The Economist
A dropout-turned-influencer shakes up Chinese science
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This may just be the last World Cup
America’s bellicosity combined with FIFA’s dysfunctionality spells trouble, reckon the Soccernomics podcasters