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Britain’s least-loved hotel chain is finally splashing the cash
New management, and the loss of government business, bring a change of strategy
Britain’s welfare state is living on borrowed time
But John Healey’s budget will feed the delusion that it is not
Emirati-Saudi rivalry is spurring bloodshed on a horrific scale
The rift is prolonging and deepening deadly wars in Sudan, Yemen and elsewhere
How effective is effective altruism?
Also this week, gun laws, rock concerts, human oversight of AI, public debt
Indonesia’s populist president is losing his charm
Prabowo Subianto’s erratic policies are holding back his country
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are sowing chaos
Gulf powers should stop fuelling carnage in their backyard
Europe must escape its reliance on American satellites
To do so it will have to drop old habits
Cartoon: France’s clean up
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s son speaks to detained former Myanmar leader for first time in five years
Kim Aris says ‘hearing her voice again means more than words can express’ amid loosening of detention restrictionsThe son of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to speak...
The surprising popularity of AI
Unlike rich Westerners, many around the world feel hopeful about the technology
India is pouring money and concrete into its border with China
Can roads and villages secure a state that China claims?
The agony of liberal Europe
Centrist rulers have fallen dangerously short—and are now paying the price