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Past fires suggest effects of Europe and North America wildfires may linger for years
Three years after Maui wildfires many still struggle with ‘biological, emotional and social consequences’, study saysA spate of ferocious wildfires across North America and Europe, worsened by the climate crisis,...
AI revenues are growing fast, but not fast enough
The returns on trillions of dollars of spending are deeply uncertain
Burning questions: a more fire-prone world
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Javier Milei accuses US Democrats of financing ‘anti-Argentina campaign’ at World Cup
President also blames Brazil and Mexico and says online critics ‘do not want the ideas of freedom to succeed’More than a week has passed since Ferran Torres scored the extra-time...
A widely repeated statistic is shaping Britain’s grooming-gangs debate
The Economist investigates whether it stands up
What Andy Burnham gets wrong about Britain
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
India’s Cockroach movement threatens to restart protests after mass student arrests
Cockroach Janta party says government has broken promise, with detentions in Delhi, Assam, West Bengal and BiharIndia’s youth-led “Cockroach” movement, whose nationwide protests forced the resignation of the education minister,...
‘We have lost everything’: extreme rainfall across Asia brings flash floods and typhoons
From Afghanistan to Taiwan, unprecedented deluge highlights devastating impact of climate breakdown“It rained for 10 days and 10 nights, non-stop – I’d never seen anything like it,” says Anar Gul,...
Xi Jinping, pioneering venture capitalist
CXMT’s monster initial public offering is a money-maker for the state. Its success may not be repeated
How to design paper money that represents Europe
The euro gets a makeover
Brazil has the world’s strictest laws against racist speech
But it is unclear what the rocketing number of prosecutions is achieving
China’s mightiest river is coming back from the brink
But eco-authoritarianism is not all roses