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America’s AI labs are under threat from cheap Chinese rivals
Demand for open-weight models is soaring
Where should you move for higher pay?
Some cities merely attract the well remunerated. Others will lift your wages
How investors learned to live with inflation
Fewer than ever believe central bankers will bring it back to target
When a president stops pretending that voters count, disaster beckons
Tiny Nicaragua offers a cautionary tale for democrats everywhere
Blighty newsletter: On safari at the Liz Truss festival of ideas
The conference “was billed as the launchpad for a new era of British conservatism”, writes Sonny Loughran, our Britain correspondent. “It felt more like the end.”
Inside the world’s most important exam (part two)
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, is academic excellence still the best route to a good life in China?
China’s shadowy maritime militia is worryingly active
Big new formations north of Taiwan suggest officials are testing out its capabilities
South America is eradicating hunger
Thank central banks and savvy handouts
Why Gen Z hikers keep getting lost up mountains
Following social media, they set off with more inspiration than preparation
Hard cedar: Lebanon seeks Trump’s help
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Healthy diet too expensive for one in three people globally, UN report finds
Global hunger declined for the third year in a row in 2025 but experts call for action to bring down costs of fruit, vegetables and dairy as report shows 2.69bn...
How Demis Hassabis would regulate AI
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist