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Why Indians are unhappy about 7.8% economic growth
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CIA releases dozens of presidential daily briefs on Bin Laden and al-Qaida from before 9/11
The presidential briefing documents were declassified on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacksSeveral dozen presidential briefing documents declassified on Friday, the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks,...
Checks and Balance newsletter: What America can learn from New York’s resilience after 9/11
Charlotte Howard, our US editor, reflects on the lessons from that tragedy
Top mathematicians are outraged by OpenAI’s methods
24 Fields Medal winners have written a letter of objection
Hot coffee could cause oesophageal cancer
The cooler it is, the safer
Surging bond yields presage pain—and not just for bond investors
Stubborn inflation, corporate demand for capital and big public debts are squeezing holders of government bonds
Why Republicans might lose the midterms
Our weekly podcast on America. This week, whether to blame Donald Trump if his party does badly at the polls
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Out-numbered: AI’s contentious maths milestone
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When will Israel stop treating its Arab citizens as guests?
It’s time Jewish political leaders acted on promises to work with moderate Arab parties, argues Yonatan Touval